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    Producer-director Shawn Levy to receive inaugural Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award

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    Shawn Levy (photo by Guy Aroch/courtesy of Netflix)
    TORONTO --

    Canadian producer-director Shawn Levy (Free Guy, Deadpool 3) will receive the inaugural Norman Jewison Award. Named in honor of the legendary Canadian filmmaker, the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award is presented by The Budman Family, and recognizes Canadians in the film industry who have made a global impact with their careers. The awards presentation will take place at the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Tribute Awards gala fundraiser on Sunday, September 10, at Fairmont Royal York Hotel.

    The Montreal-born Levy, known for the blockbuster award-winning series Stranger Things and the hit franchise Night at the Museum, will be showcasing his latest work at the Festival–All the Light We Cannot See, based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel–which he directed and produced through his production company 21 Laps. Levy has been at the forefront of creating global sensations including Free Guy, The Adam Project, and the Academy Award®–nominated thriller Arrival.

    “We’re honored to present this new Award, named after legendary Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison, whose commitment to developing Canadian cinema and impact on the global stage is unmatched,” said TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey. “With a multi-faceted career spanning over three decades, Shawn Levy has become one of the most versatile filmmakers and storytellers of his generation, and we’re thrilled for him to be the inaugural recipient of this Award.”

    Levy joins the recently announced 2023 TIFF Tribute Award honorees Pedro Almodóvar, recipient of the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media presented by Participant, and Spike Lee, recipient of the TIFF Ebert Director Award. Past honorees 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, with the Tribute Awards serving as an awards bellwether.

    All the Light We Cannot See is a Netflix Original series based on Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book of the same name, and follows the story of Marie-Laure (Aria Mia Loberti), a blind French girl, and her father, Daniel LeBlanc (Mark Ruffalo), who flee German-occupied Paris with a legendary diamond to keep it from falling into the hands of the Nazis. The first two episodes of the series will be presented as part of TIFF’s Primetime program, a showcase featuring compelling series from Canada and around the world.

    Now in its fifth year, the Tribute Awards gala is TIFF’s largest annual fundraiser, having raised $1.3 million in 2022, and is presented by Bulgari, sharing their commitment to arts and culture along with TIFF. This year, the Tribute Awards gala will support the Viola Desmond Cinema campaign, which was launched through the Every Story Fund in 2022. 

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    Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan chat fame and friendship during BFI chat

    Wednesday, December 18, 2024
    Saoirse Ronan, left, and Timothee Chalamet pose for photographers upon arrival at the photo call for an 'In Conversation' event at the BFI Southbank, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

    Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan may be juggling multiple releases and busy schedules, but the bright young stars managed to reunite on Wednesday in London for a conversation at the British Film Institute.

    The former co-stars met on Greta Gerwig's 2017 high school film "Lady Bird" and were paired up again several years later in her adaptation of "Little Women."

    Though professionally their lives have taken them in different directions, they've remained friends and will "dip back in every few years" to catch up, Ronan said.

    "That is what is so beautiful about this point in our lives, we're really lucky that the two of us are doing really well and our paths can continue to cross," Ronan added, as her husband, Jack Lowden supported from the audience.

    Both had busy years appearing in multiple film releases that are now vying for awards recognition.

    Chalamet took on the role of Bob Dylan in James Mangold's "A Complete Unknown," which is out Christmas day, and Ronan played a young alcoholic who tries to escape the depths of her addiction by moving home to the Orkney Islands in Scotland in "The Outrun."

    Chalamet also stepped back into the role of Paul Atreides in the epic sci-fi "Dune: Part Two," and Ronan starred in Steve McQueen's "Blitz."

    The audience watched back-to-back scenes of the collaborations with Gerwig. Chalamet quipped that a "Lady Bird scene is a lot better than I remember it being!"

    The conversation then shifted to their relationship with fame.

    Chalamet said it's the "most boring thing to talk about in my life."

    Ronan agreed: "I just pretended that all of that doesn't exist."

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