Vicky Krieps, the star of Viggo Mortensen’s western The Lifeless Don’t Harm and Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Phantom Thread, can be bestowed with the TIFF Tribute Performer Award on the fifth annual awards gala on Sunday, September 10, at Fairmont Royal York Lodge.
The Luxembourgish, Berlin-based actor joins just lately introduced fellow Tribute Performer Award recipient Colman Domingo within the performing class. Previous recipients of this Award embrace Brendan Fraser and the ensemble solid of My Policeman final yr, Jessica Chastain and Benedict Cumberbatch in 2021, Kate Winslet and Sir Anthony Hopkins in 2020 and Meryl Streep and Joaquin Phoenix in 2019.
“Vicky’s transformative performances illuminate the display, weaving feelings right into a tapestry of storytelling,” stated TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey. “Her dedication to her craft and her potential to embody various roles with profound authenticity make her a real luminary within the realm of cinema.”
Krieps’ earlier standout performances in previous competition alternatives, embrace Bergman Island, Corsage, and The Survivor.
In The Lifeless Don’t Harm, she performs Vivienne Le Coudy, a fiercely impartial French-Canadian flower vendor, starring alongside Mortensen, who performs a Danish carpenter, in his 1860s-set feminist western about immigrants trying to forge a life in a corrupt Nevada city.
Along with Krieps and Domingo, the 2023 TIFF Tribute Award honorees so far are: Andy Lau, recipient of the Particular Tribute Award; Carolina Markowicz, recipient of the TIFF Rising Expertise Award introduced by MGM Studios; Łukasz Żal, recipient of the TIFF Selection Artisan Award; Shawn Levy, recipient of the Norman Jewison Profession Achievement Award introduced by The Budman Household; Pedro Almodóvar, recipient of the Jeff Skoll Award in Affect Media introduced by Participant; and Spike Lee, recipient of the TIFF Ebert Director Award.
The Tribute Awards gala is TIFF’s largest annual fundraiser, having raised $1.3 million final yr, and is introduced by Bulgari. It was just lately reported that TIFF was shedding their long-time sponsor Bell.
