Toronto International Film Festival Changemaker Award

The Changemaker Award is an annual film award presented by the Toronto International Film Festival in conjunction with the Shawn Mendes Foundation.[1] First presented at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, the award is presented to honour films with a strong social message, with the winner selected by the organizing committee for the TIFF Next Wave youth film festival.[2]

It was open to both feature and short films.

The award was not presented at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.

Winners

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Year Film Director Ref
2020 Black Bodies Kelly Fyffe-Marshall [3]
2021 Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson [4]
2022 Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis [5]
2023 We Grown Now Minhal Baig [6]

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