Toronto International Film Festival Changemaker Award

The Changemaker Award is an annual film award presented by the Toronto International Film Festival in conjunction with the Shawn Mendes Foundation.[1] First presented at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, the award is presented to honour films with a strong social message, with the winner selected by the organizing committee for the TIFF Next Wave youth film festival.[2]

It was open to both feature and short films.

The award was not presented at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.

Winners

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Year Film Director Ref
2020 Black Bodies Kelly Fyffe-Marshall [3]
2021 Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson [4]
2022 Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis [5]
2023 We Grown Now Minhal Baig [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Watch Shawn Mendes cover Stevie Wonder for the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards". eTalk, September 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Canadian chart-topper Shawn Mendes to perform at TIFF Tribute Awards". Toronto Star, September 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Steve Pond, "‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, September 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Christian Zilko, "‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award". IndieWire, September 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Christian Zilko, "American Fiction’ Wins People’s Choice Award at 2023 TIFF (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire, September 17, 2023.
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