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BEST IN THE BIZ RECIPIENTS

HONORARY DIRECTORS 

  •  2020 Deborah Kampmeier (NYC, USA).The Gilded Cage (2023 TV), Harlan Cohen’s Shelter (2023 TV mini-series), Tape (2020), Split (2016), Hounddog (2007), Virgin (2003). 

  • 2018 Liz Marshall (Toronto, CAN). Meat the Future (in production), Midian Farm (2018), Ghosts In the Machine (2013), Water on the Table (2010). 

  • 2017 Ann Marie Fleming (Vancouver, BC). Window Horses (2016), The French Guy (2015). 

  • 2016 Ingrid Veninger (Toronto, CAN). Porcupine Lake (2017 in post), He Hated Pigeons (2015), The Animal Project (2013), I Am A Good Person, I Am A Bad Person (2011), Modra (2010), Only (2008). 

  • 2015 Léa Pool (Montreal, Quebec). Double Sentence (2016), The Passion of Augustine (2015), Pink Ribbons, Inc. (2011). 

  • 2014 Gail Harvey (Toronto, CAN). Rickie Lee Jones, The Other Side of Desire (2015), Home By Christmas (2006), Some Things That Stay (2004). 

  • 2013 Ruba Nadda (Toronto, CAN). October Gale (2014), Inescapable (2012), Cairo Time (2009), Sabah (2005), Aadan (2004). 

  • 2012 Barbara Willis – Sweete (Toronto, CAN), Songs of Freedom (2015), Year of the Sheep (2014), Billy Bishop Goes to War (2010). 

  • 2011 Mary Harron (NYC, USA) We The Economy (2014), Twenty Short Films You Can’t Afford To Miss (2014), Armani (2012), The Moth Diaries (2011), American Psycho (2000). 

  • 2010 Catherine Hardwicke (Los Angeles, USA). Star Girl (2017 post), Red Riding Hood (2011), Miss You Already (2015), Twilight (2008), Thirteen (2003), Lords of Dogtown (2005). 

  • 2009 Patricia Rozema (Toronto, CAN). Into The Forest (2015), Kit Kittredge: American Girl (2008), Mansfield Park (1999), I heard the Mermaids Singing (1987), When Night Is Falling (1995). 

  • 2008 Kari Skogland (Toronto, CAN). Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008), The Walking Dead (2017 / 2016 TV), The Stone Angel (2007), Liberty Stands Still (2002). 

  • 2007 Deepa Mehta (Toronto, CAN). Anatomy of Violence (2016), Beeba Boys (2015), Midnight’s Children (2012), Heaven On Earth (2008), Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Water (2005). 

HONORARY MAVERICKS 

JUNE 20, 4 PM - 5:30 PM

TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 4

Join us for an intimate conversation with the producers of The Writers Lab (NYC), supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.

 

Moderated by Leslie-Ann Coles, FeFF Founder, Artistic & Executive Director

  • 2020 Maverick, Elisabeth Moss (Los Angeles, USA). Actor, Producer. 

  • 2018 Maverick, Debra Zimmerman (NYC, USA). CEO Women Maker Movies. 

  • 2017 Honorary Maverick, Valerie Creighton, President & CEO Canada Media Fund. 

  • 2016 Maverick, Christina Jennings (Toronto, CAN). 

  • 2015 Maverick, Sandra de Castro Buffington (Los Angeles, USA). 

  • 2014 Maverick, Gabrielle Kelly (New York, NY, USA). 

  • 2013 Maverick, Judy Gladstone (Toronto, CAN). 

  • 2012 Maverick, Carol Whiteman (Vancouver, BC). 

  • 2011 Anne Tait, (Toronto, CAN). 

  • 2010 Maverick, Kit Redmond (Toronto, CAN). 

  • 2009 Inaugural Maverick, Lynda Schuyler (Toronto, CAN). 

SPECIAL JURY 

  • 2015, INAUGURAL OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD & BEST IN THE BIZ TRIBUTE, Kay Armatage (Toronto, CAN).

  • 2012 BEST IN THE BIZ TRIBUTE to Nancy Savoca (NYC, USA). Union Square (2011), 24 Hour Woman (1999).

  • 2012, INAUGURAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD & BEST IN THE BIZ TRIBUTE, Alanis Obomsawin (Montreal, Quebec).

HONORARY BEST ACTRESS AWARDS

  • Emily Baldoni, Honorary Best Actress, Snapshots (2018).

  • Mackenzie Phillips, Honorary Best Actress, Peach Plum Pear (2010), One Day at a Time (TV Series 2017-2020), American Graffiti (1973), So Weird (1999-2001).

  • Karen Black, Honorary Best Actress, Nothing Special (2010), A Walk Into a Split Mind (2014 in post), Dark Blood (2012), House of One Thousand Corpses (2001).

  • Elisabeth Moss, Honorary Best Actress, Chuck (2016), Get Him To The Greek (2010), Mad Men (TV Series 2007-2015), Virgin (2007).

HONORARY GUEST PERFOMERS

  • Alanna Masterson, Walking Dead (TV Series 2013- 2016), Mistresses (2016), Peach Plum Pear (2010), Tyler Blackburn, Hello Again (2017), Love Is All You Need? (2016), Pretty Little Liars (2010), Brave New World (2011), Peach Plum Pear (2010).

  • Carson Kressley, TV Personality (2010)

  • Hallee Hirsh, Chasing The Rain (2016), The Last Dinner Party (2014).

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