Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster to be honoured at this year's TIFF Tribute Awards
De Toro will be presented with the Ebert Director Award — recognizing filmmakers who have exemplified greatness — at the TIFF Tribute Awards on Sept. 7.
The Academy Award-winning director will premiere his sci-fi feature 'Frankenstein' at the festival.
Jodie Foster will receive this year's Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award, recognizing women in film who pave the way for others.
The two-time Oscar winner will join past recipients Cate Blanchett, Patricia Arquette and Michelle Yeoh.
American-Canadian actor Brendan Fraser will serve as honorary chair of the proceedings.
Meanwhile, Japanese writer-director Mitsuyo Miyazaki, also known as Hikari, will be honoured with the Emerging Talent Award, and South Korean actor and 'Squid Game' star Lee Byung-hun will receive the Special Tribute Award.
TIFF also announced Thursday that Park Chan-wook's comedy thriller 'No Other Choice' will make its North American premiere at the festival. It stars Byung-hun as a middle-aged man on a desperate job hunt after being fired from a role he's had for 25 years.
TIFF runs from Sept. 4 to 14 and will open with 'John Candy: I Like Me,' a documentary on the late Canadian comic.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 31, 2025.
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