Pedro Almodóvar Hopes For “Solutions” In Strikes — TIFF Tribute Awards
deadline.comThe TIFF Tribute Awards took place and Pedro Almodóvar acknowledged the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes while accepting an award. “I hope that you find solutions for everybody involved,” Almodóvar said during his acceptance speech.
Such were the words of Oscar winner Pedro Almodóvar at tonight’s TIFF Tribute Awards in a year when many actors couldn’t make the trip to Toronto due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The Spanish filmmaker was at the fest to pick up the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media. His cowboy short, Strange Way of Life, starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke, which made its world premiere at Cannes, also made its debut at TIFF.
Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the short in theaters. (WATCH) Pedro Almodóvar receives the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media and mentions strikes: “I hope they find a solution” #TIFF23 pic.twitter.com/GvUrhc3zHk The Spanish filmmaker got a standing ovation as he made his way onto the stage at the TIFF Awards.Standing ovation for Pedro Almodóvar as he makes his way on stage at the TIFF Awards to receive the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media pic.twitter.com/ezrkcrAz2K The TIFF Tribute Awards, which is a tee-off for the fall’s awards season, vies to be a bellwether in lauding actors with past honorees such as Jessica Chastain (who actually went on to win Best Actress at the 2022 Oscars after TIFF lauded her for her turn in 2021’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and last year’s Brendan Fraser, who went on to take home Best Actor at the Oscars for The Whale.
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