Toronto International Film Festival to honor Penélope Cruz, Rosalind Eleazar, Siân Heder and Isabelle Huppert
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival is set for Sept. 10-20 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Tribute Awards gala is TIFF’s largest annual fundraiser and a world-class celebration of cinematic excellence, with proceeds supporting expanded access to cinema, championing artists, strengthening the industry, and bringing communities together through film.
Read MoreSerena Rossi to be honored with Passion for Film Award at Venice International Film Festival
The Campari Passion for Film Award is an accolade created to honor the talent, dedication, and bold artistic vision of those who transform passion into a driving creative force. The award honors those who turn passion into a driving creative force — not simply as a lifetime achievement, but as a tribute to the will to stand out and leave an indelible mark on the art of cinematic storytelling.
Read MoreRebecca Hall serving as guest director of Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival
Hall’s work spans independent films, major studio productions, television and the stage. She will next star in Adam Wingard’s A24 action thriller “Onslaught” and appears in the upcoming season of Netflix’s “Monster,” as well as “The Man I Love” and “The End of It,” which both premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
Read MoreEllen Burstyn to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice International Film Festival
The Golden Lion will be awarded to Burstyn in conjunction with the festival’s screening of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s short film “Flesh Impact.” Dedicated to Marilyn Monroe on the centenary of her birth, the film co-stars Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, and Sepideh Moafi.
Read MoreAgnieszka Holland’s Franz Kafka biopic ‘Franz’ is coming soon to theaters
Billed as Holland’s most ambitious project to date, her biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer had its world premiere last year at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, and it became Poland’s official entry to the 98th Academy Awards.
Read MoreDirected by Georgia Oakley, new take on Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ to bow in fall
Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Twisters,” “Where the Crawdads Sing”) as Elinor and Esme Creed-Miles (“The Sandman,” “The Chronology of Water”) as Marianne. George MacKay (“1917”) is portraying Elinor’s love interest, Edward Ferrars. Frank Dillane (“Urchin”) stars as Marianne’s initial love interest John Willoughby, and Herbert Nordrum (“The Worst Person in the World”) plays her later suitor, Colonel Brandon
Read MoreBritish filmmaker Alicia MacDonald’s feature film debut ‘Finding Emily’ appears in U.S. theaters in summer
“Finding Emily” follows a lovesick musician who is given the wrong number for his dream girl, so he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.
Read MoreIsabella Rossellini to receive the Excellence Award at the 2026 Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland
The daughter of two cinema legends, she has left her distinct mark on film history, forging a career featuring collaborations with filmmakers like Robert Zemeckis, David O. Russell, Marjane Satrapi, Guy Maddin, the Taviani brothers and, arguably most memorably of all, David Lynch, delivering remarkable turns that have given powerful but elusive voice to their diverse visions.
Read MoreRoadside Attractions cooking up a theatrical bow for Alysa Nahmias’ documentary ‘Cookie Queens’
The documentary “Cookie Queens,” which made its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, counts Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex; Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, among its executive producers.
Read MoreAnya Taylor-Joy plays a con artist on the run in the upcoming series ‘Lucky’
With a star-studded ensemble cast that also includes Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Drew Starkey, Clifton Collins Jr. and William Fichtner, “Lucky” will make its global debut on Apple TV with the first two episodes on Wednesday, July 15.
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An Alliance of Women Film Journalists blog.