The Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition (September 4-14) is fast-approaching, and at present, TIFF has introduced the primary wave of its 2025 Tribute Award winners.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (whose new movie “Frankenstein” performs TIFF after a Venice world premiere) will obtain the TIFF Ebert Director Award.
Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster (whose French-language directorial effort “A Personal Life” performs TIFF after world-premiering out of competitors in Cannes) will obtain the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award.
Award-winning Japanese author, director, and producer HIKARI (whose “Rental Household” performs the competition) will obtain the TIFF Rising Expertise Award.
Award-winning South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun (who stars in “Squid Recreation”) is the recipient of the TIFF Particular Tribute Award, attending TIFF this 12 months with the North American gala premiere of Park Chan-wook’s “No Different Alternative.”
Academy Award–successful actor and 2022 Tribute Performer Award recipient Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) will return to the Tribute Awards because the 2025 Honorary Chair.
The seventh annual TIFF Tribute Awards will happen on Sunday, September 7, at Fairmont Royal York Resort.
“We’re thrilled to announce this 12 months’s recipients, every of whom has left an indelible mark on the cinematic panorama: from the commanding expertise of Lee Byung Hun; the visionary creativeness of maestro Guillermo del Toro; the evocative storytelling of HIKARI; to the incomparable profession of actor, filmmaker, and icon Jodie Foster. We’re honoured to welcome these distinctive artists to Toronto for the seventh annual Tribute Awards,” stated TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey. “We’re additionally delighted to welcome again Brendan Fraser, our 2022 Tribute Performer Award recipient, as this 12 months’s Honorary Chair, a beloved artist and previous honouree whose heat, generosity, and fervour for storytelling actually embody the spirit of our Competition.”
The TIFF Tribute Awards gala is TIFF’s largest annual fundraiser. Proceeds assist TIFF’s fiftieth anniversary marketing campaign, Remodel Collectively, advancing TIFF’s expertise growth, honoring visionary artists, and deepening neighborhood impression.