Written by Kianna Best on Aug 26, 2022. Posted in Awards and Festivals

Toronto International Film festival announces 2022 recipients of the TIFF Tribute Award

In Toronto on 25 August 2022, Cameron Bailey, CEO of the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) announced the TIFF Tribute Award honourees. This year, Academy Award-winning Icelandic artist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir will receive the Variety Artisan Award and award-winning Welsh Egyptian filmmaker and screen writer Sally El Hosaini will be honoured with the TIFF Emerging Talent Award. The awards ceremony will be hold its fourth annual event the Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Sunday 11 September. 

“Both Hildur Guðnadóttir and Sally El Hosaini are singular artists who continue to expand the horizons of their disciplines,” said Bailey. “We’re proud to present TIFF Tribute Awards to Guðnadóttir for her remarkable score for Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, and El Hosaini for directing one of the most urgent, moving films of the year in The Swimmers.” 

The TIFF Variety Artisan Award is a recognition of a creative who has made significant contributions to the world of cinema and entertainment. Guðnadóttir’s composition for Sarah Polley’s Women Talking  has placed her in a position to be receiving the honour. The film is an adaptation of Miriam Toew’s acclaimed novel set in 2010 rural America. The international premiere will take place at the festival on 13 September 2022. 

El Hosaini’s The Swimmers is the writer-director’s capturing of the story of two sisters who left their home of war-torn Syria to embark on a new journey in Europe. Here they were able to take the chance to compete in the Summer Olympics. Co-written by Jack Thorne, the film will have its premiere at the Opening Night Gala Presentation on 8 September 2022. 

“Variety is honoured to be presenting Hildur Guðnadóttir with our annual Artisan Award at the TIFF Tribute Awards,” said Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh. “We are looking forward to returning to an in-person awards programme at one of the most important festivals in the world. Highlighting Hildur’s work is a testament to Variety’s commitment to celebrating artisans.” 

Awardees for the event also include Brendan Fraser, who will receive the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance, Sam Mended, TIFF Ebert Director Award recipient, and the My Policeman ensemble receiving the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance. 

Image courtesy of the TIFF