Taika Waititi is to receive the Toronto Film Festival’s (September 5–15) Ebert Director Award at this year’s inaugural TIFF Tribute Gala awards event. The award recognizes and honors a filmma…
, starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Waititi himself, will have its world premiere at TIFF and will be released by Fox Searchlight on October 18, 2019.
“Taika Waititi is one of the most innovative, bold, and exciting filmmakers working in the industry right now,” said Joana Vicente, TIFF Co-Head. “TIFF is thrilled to honour his extraordinary talent with the inaugural TIFF Ebert Director Award.” “Taika Waititi is the rock star cinema needs right now,” added fellow Co-Head Cameron Bailey. “His films are full of razor-sharp humour, faultless style, and boundless generosity. Somehow he manages to stuff both indie hits and massive crowd-pleasers with big, radical ideas. We’re thrilled to be premiering his latest,, at the festival and to hand over the inaugural TIFF Tribute Award for direction to this 21st-century master.
TIFF previously announced that Meryl Streep will receive the TIFF Tribute Actor Award, and that Participant Media will receive the TIFF Impact Award at the Gala. One other recipient of the TIFF Tribute Actor Award will be announced in the coming weeks, in addition to the recipient of the inaugural Mary Pickford Award, honoring a female emerging talent in the industry in celebration of United Artists’ 100th anniversary.
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