TIFF season is upon us. The 49th Toronto International Film Festival will send a jolt of energy to the film industry, and this year’s celebration will have some stellar films and well-earned awards. Legendary Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg will be honored, alongside Amy Adams and Sandra Oh, who will be the inaugural Tribute Awards Honorary Chair of the fundraising gala.
This year’s festival will host the annual Tribute Awards. Amy Adams will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award, and David Cronenberg will be recognized with the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award. The awards ceremony will be held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
“In the five years that TIFF has been honoring such standout talent as Joaquin Phoenix, Michelle Yeoh, Jessica Chastain, Chloe Zhao, Taika Waititi, and Ari Wegner on their road to further awards success, we’ve been inspired to watch our Tribute Awards gala grow into a must-attend event,” TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey said. “This year, we’re thrilled to welcome the incomparable Sandra Oh as the inaugural honorary Chair of the 2024 Tribute Awards. She joins our first-announced honorees, Amy Adams and David Cronenberg, in what promises to be another singular, sparkling night during the Festival. We’re grateful that artists of this stature will gather in Toronto to help TIFF turn the spotlight on increasing inclusion throughout our industry.”
Nightbitch will screen in TIFF’s special presentations section this year. Other films included will be Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck and Netflix’s Rez Ball. The Elton John documentary Elton John: Never Too Late will debut, along with Harbin, starring Hyun Bin, Lee Dong-wook, Park Jeong-min, and Jeon Yeo-been. We’ll also see the debut of the animated film The Wild Robot with Lupita Nyong’o voicing the titular android.
The 49th Toronto International Film Festival will run September 5th through 15th.
