91裸聊视频淭he Shape of Water91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频檚 Oscar wins on Sunday for best picture and best production design reflect Toronto91裸聊视频檚 growth into a film and TV production powerhouse, said the Canadian talent behind the movie who went home with golden statuettes.

Toronto producer J. Miles Dale, who shared the best picture Oscar with director Guillermo del Toro, called the achievement 91裸聊视频渁 watershed moment91裸聊视频� for Toronto and the Canadian film industry at large. The film was shot in Toronto and Hamilton and besides del Toro and the movie91裸聊视频檚 cinematographer, most of the crew members were Canadian.

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91裸聊视频淭hirty years ago when the business just started up there, the people up there began to learn from the best in the world and now they are some of the best in the world,91裸聊视频� Dale told reporters backstage.

91裸聊视频淪o we were committed to using those people all across the board on the film and we think it91裸聊视频檚 a great moment for Canadian filmmaking.91裸聊视频�

It was Dale91裸聊视频檚 first Oscar win but he didn91裸聊视频檛 get much time at the microphone. It appeared the broadcast would end before he had a chance to speak, but he was saved by host Jimmy Kimmel, who went up to Dale and asked: 91裸聊视频淲hat did you want to say? I91裸聊视频檒l tell them.91裸聊视频�

Dale was able to briefly salute del Toro91裸聊视频檚 work on the film, saying: 91裸聊视频渢his is his heart and it91裸聊视频檚 everything.91裸聊视频�

Earlier in the show, Canadians Paul Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau shared the best production design trophy for crafting the look of the Cold War-era merman romance, which stars Sally Hawkins as a mute janitor who falls for a captive and abused amphibian creature, played by Doug Jones. The film also won the best director and original score Oscars.

Speaking to reporters backstage, Vieau noted that Toronto91裸聊视频檚 screen community had a huge year not only with the leading 13 Oscar nominations for 91裸聊视频淭he Shape of Water,91裸聊视频� but also the accolades for TV91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Handmaid91裸聊视频檚 Tale,91裸聊视频� which was shot in the city.

91裸聊视频淭oronto (was) above and beyond with everyone in North America with 91裸聊视频楬andmaid91裸聊视频檚 Tale91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频楽hape of Water,91裸聊视频� we really came out on top,91裸聊视频� Vieau said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a really big thing.91裸聊视频�

Melvin said after decades of growth, Toronto91裸聊视频檚 TV and film industries are truly 91裸聊视频渨orld-class.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 have 35 years in the business now and worked in Toronto almost exclusively, so I91裸聊视频檝e worked with and watched the business grow in Toronto and go from children91裸聊视频檚 television to Academy Award-winning films,91裸聊视频� said Melvin, who is based in Toronto.

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As they accepted their trophies onstage, the trio thanked their colleagues watching back home in Toronto.

91裸聊视频淭hanks to all the Canadian crew who are partying right now at the Palais Royale in Toronto 91裸聊视频� this is for you,91裸聊视频� said Austerberry, who was born in Toronto and grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

91裸聊视频淭hank you to the academy. Guillermo 91裸聊视频� may you keep dreaming up your monsters and their wonderful stories so people like us can help shape their worlds.91裸聊视频�

It was the first Oscar nomination for the trio, who also won in the same category at the recent British Academy Film Awards.

Meanwhile, the winners of the best visual effects award for working on Quebec director Denis Villeneuve91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淏lade Runner 204991裸聊视频� thanked their 91裸聊视频渇riends in Montreal,91裸聊视频� saying: 91裸聊视频滿erci beaucoup, this is for you.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭hank you to Denis Villeneuve, whose guts are seen in every frame of this film, especially the visual effects,91裸聊视频� said John Nelson, who won alongside Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover.

Villeneuve also got a shout-out onstage from Roger Deakins as he accepted the Oscar for best cinematography on 91裸聊视频淏lade Runner 2049.91裸聊视频�

Kimmel mentioned another Canadian nominee in his opening segment 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频渢he magnificent Christopher Plummer91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� who got a nod for his supporting role in 91裸聊视频淎ll the Money in the World.91裸聊视频�

Kimmel made a couple of jokes about the 88-year-old Toronto native91裸聊视频檚 age, including a reference to the hit Broadway play 91裸聊视频淗amilton,91裸聊视频� about one of the founding fathers of the United States.

91裸聊视频淗ow does (91裸聊视频楬amilton91裸聊视频� creator and star) Lin-Manuel Miranda compare to the real Alexander Hamilton?91裸聊视频� Kimmel teased Plummer from the stage.

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