Director Kenneth Branagh, right, and actor Jamie Dornan walk the red carpet as they promote the film “Belfast” during the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical “Belfast,” a black-and-white family drama about the Northern Ireland city during the tumult of the late 1960s, on Saturday won the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award, a telling indicator of Academy Awards chances.
The festival’s top honor, voted on by festivalgoers at TIFF, is widely viewed as an Oscar harbinger. The previous nine winners have all gone on to secure a best-picture Oscar nomination, as have 13 of…
