Overview

• Guillermo del Toro is set to receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award for his sci-fi feature Frankenstein, which premiered at Venice and will have its North American debut in Toronto.
• Jodie Foster will be honored with the Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award ahead of a Toronto screening of her French-language directorial A Private Life after its Cannes bow.
• Japanese writer-director-producer HIKARI will collect the Emerging Talent Award for Rental Family, a festival premiere that also features Brendan Fraser.
• South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun will receive the Special Tribute Award during the gala alongside the North American premiere of Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice.
• Proceeds from the Sept. 7 ceremony at Fairmont Royal York support TIFF’s 50th anniversary Transform Together campaign for talent development and diversity programs.