At tonight’s Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Awards, honorees like Idris Elba , Guillermo del Toro and Nina Hoss urged empathy, invoking the state of the world as in desperate need of human compassion.

The gala, which is an annual fundraiser supporting TIFF ‘s core mission of cinema’s transformative power in real life, honored the outstanding impact of leading industry members. This year’s awardees also included Jodie Foster, Hikari, Lee Byung Hun, Kazu Hiro, Channing Tatum, Jafar Panahi, Zacharias Kunuk and Catherine O’Hara.

This year’s event also celebrated TIFF’s 50th Edition.

Though the artists’ statements remained vague in their gesticulations toward various sociopolitical crises currently sending shockwaves through the earth, it’s not difficult to infer veile

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