Mike Leigh is set to received a Tribute Award at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival.
Leigh, who returns to the festival with the world premiere of Hard Truths, will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award on Sept. 8 after earlier bringing films like Another Year, Happy-Go-Lucky and Mr. Turner to the Canadian festival. TIFF will also give Canadian director Durga Chew-Bose the TIFF Emerging Talent Award, while French songwriting and composing duo Camille Dalmais and Clement Ducol will receive the TIFF Artisan Award for composing the soundtrack for Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez, a Netflix film to screen in Toronto.
Proceeds from the Tribute Awards go towards the festival’s TIFF Every Story Fund, which encourages diversity, equity and inclusion in filmmaking. The gala dinner fundraiser for the fest’s philanthropic efforts is also an occasional harbinger of Oscar recognition and is held each year at Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
TIFF Tribute Award honorees tend to have films in Toronto’s official lineup.
Earlier, Toronto announced that Cate Blanchett will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award, David Cronenberg will receive the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award and Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award.
Past Tribute Awards honorees include Jessica Chastain, Roger Deakins, Colman Domingo, Brendan Fraser, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Joaquin Phoenix, Taika Waititi, Michelle Yeoh and Chloé Zhao.
