“Room” wins top honours at TIFF

After two weeks of famous faces, excited fans, and new flicks —  the Toronto International Film Festival has announced its 2015 award winners.

The People’s Choice Award went to the harrowing Canadian-Irish drama, “Room,” starring Brie Larson and Vancouver’s eight-year-old Jacob Tremblay as a mother and son who live in a shed that he thinks is the entire world.

Based on a best-selling novel, “Room” tells the story of what happens when they escape and have to adapt to the outside world after years of captivity by the boy’s father.

Last year’s top honour went to “The Imitation Game,” which then garnered eight Oscar nods and one statuette for best adapted screenplay.

The 11 day, 40th annual festival wrapped yesterday after attracting nearly 500-thousand people.