“Angh” cinematographer Adam Pietkiewicz will receive the TIFF Variety Artisan Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Also being honored are Helen Mirren, who will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award, presented by Joanna Griffiths. Seth Rogen will be presented with the TIFF Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award, presented by The Budman Family, and filmmaker Bassam Tariq will receive the TIFF Rising Talent Award. The TIFF Special Tribute Award will be presented to Fan Bingbing. As previously announced, Penélope Cruz, Lee Chang-dong, Rosalind Eleazar, Siân Heder and Isabelle Huppert will also be honored during the film festival.
Cameron Bailey, CEO of the festival said: “Helen Mirren and Fan Bingbing bring bold, compelling performances to this year’s Festival, building on iconic bodies of work.” He added, “Bassam Tariq’s ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother’ will confirm his reputation as a dazzling storyteller, and we recognize Adam Pietkiewicz for crafting never-before-seen images from one of the world’s most remote regions. And we will be forever grateful to writer, actor, director and producer Seth Rogen for sharing his wildly Canadian talents with the world.”
