Mike Leigh is one among 4 new honorary awardees for the 2024 Toronto movie competition.
UK filmmaker Leigh will obtain the TIFF Ebert Director Award, a prize beforehand given to filmmakers together with Spike Lee, Sam Mendes, Denis Villeneuve, Chloe Zhao and Taika Waititi.
Leighβs 23rd movie Exhausting Truths could have its world premiere within the Particular Displays programme on the competition β the eighth time he has screened a movie in Toronto Official Choice.
Canadian filmmaker Durga Chew-Bose will obtain the TIFF Rising Expertise Award. The Montreal-based filmmaker will current her debut characteristic Bonjour Tristesse, tailored from Francoise Saganβs 1954 novel of the identical identify, within the Discovery programme.
French songwriting and composing duo Camille Dalmais and Clement Ducol will obtain the TIFF Artisan Award, for composing the soundtrack to Jacques Audiardβs Emilia Perez. The movie debuted in Competitors at Cannes, and can play as a Particular Presentation at Toronto.
The awards shall be offered as a part of the sixth TIFF Tribute Awards, a fundraising occasion that raises cash for the competitionβs Each Story Fund championing range, fairness and inclusion in movie. Beforehand introduced awardees on the occasion embody Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett and David Cronenberg.
Toronto takes locations from September 5-15.
