By Renu Mehta
Toronto
Academy Award-winning actor, Tony Award-winning producer, writer, director, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie will be honored at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. She will be presented with the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media on Sunday, September 8, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
“Angelina Jolie is a multifaceted talent who has entertained audiences for decades while consistently using her platform to champion important causes,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO at TIFF. “We’re honored to present her with the 2024 TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media. This award recognizes her exceptional achievements in filmmaking, and her unwavering commitment to positive change, solidifying her status as a veritable humanitarian and global force to be reckoned with.”
With more than 20 years of humanitarian work focusing on refugees and human rights, Jolie also champions local leadership in environmental conservation and has funded schools, health, and education initiatives globally. Additionally, she is President of the Maddox Foundation, an integrated development program headquartered in Cambodia, with a focus on conservation, agriculture, education, and economic development projects in the area.
Jolie is the founder of Atelier Jolie, a hub for artists that empowers people to participate in creating their own fashion, with a focus on sustainability. She is also the co-author of Know Your Rights and Claim Them, a guide for youth.
Jolie is returning to the film festival with her latest project Without Blood, which will have its World Premiere on September 8. The film, written, directed, and produced by Jolie, is based on the bestselling novel by renowned Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, and stars Salma Hayek Pinault and Demián Bichir. The film is set in the aftermath of an unidentified conflict that explores universal truths about war, trauma, memory, and healing.
The Tribute Awards honors the film industry’s outstanding contributors and their achievements. Past honourees Colman Domingo, Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Chastain, Roger Deakins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Joaquin Phoenix, Taika Waititi, and Chloé Zhao, have gone on to win awards on the international stage.
