TORONTO — Marking its first-ever TV broadcast, the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards ceremony will air on Bell Media’s CTV on Tuesday, September 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, during the 45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Announced today by Bell Media and the Toronto International Film Festival, the one-hour broadcast produced by Bell Media Studios will feature special messages from award honourees, who include Kate Winslet and Sir Anthony Hopkins, who are both receiving TIFF Tribute Actor Awards. It was also announced director Chloé Zhao will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award and filmmaker Mira Nair will be honoured with the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media. Additional honourees for 2020 will be announced by TIFF in the coming weeks.
The TIFF Tribute Awards ceremony is an annual fundraiser to support TIFF’s year-round programming and the organization’s core mission to transform the way people see the world through film, says the news release.
“In what has been a challenging year for our global filmmaking community, we’re delighted to partner with Bell Media to unite cinemagoers across Canada, and around the world, to share in our love of film and celebrate the industry’s leading talent,” said Joana Vicente, executive director and co-head of TIFF, in the release.
“Featuring incredible career retrospectives along with appearances by extraordinary talent, we’re thrilled to be working with the TIFF team to create the inaugural broadcast of the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards for viewers in Canada and around the world,” said Randy Lennox, president of Bell Media.
In addition to airing on CTV in Canada, the broadcast will be streamed to a global audience by Variety.
