Entertainment14 September, 20262 min read
Seth Rogen Says TIFF Career Award at 44 Is Ominous at Tribute Awards
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Seth Rogen attended TIFF alongside other major stars, highlighting his prominence at the festival. Rogen received TIFF's Career Achievement Award at the Tribute Awards.
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TIFF stars and awards
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) ran for 11 days until Sept. 20 and the 51st edition featured nearly 300 titles and big-name actors including Javier Bardem, Cynthia Erivo and Seth Rogen.
“Does TIFF know something I don’t know? You got a letter from my doctors?”
At TIFF’s Tribute Awards on Sunday, Seth Rogen said it was “ominous” to receive a career achievement award at 44, asking “Does TIFF know something I don’t know? You got a letter from my doctors?”
Helen Mirren received a Groundbreaker Award and dedicated it to Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem after their recent passing, saying, “It’s so hard to change culture, but these two women did that.”
Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong picked up the Ebert Director Award as his latest film, Possible Love, arrived in Toronto after a rapturous world premiere in Venice, and he said, “as people will think I’m a younger filmmaker.”
YouTube creator shows debut
YouTube debuted a slate of creator-led shows simultaneously at the Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, expanding the fall festival circuit’s definition of independent storytelling. On Opening Day, global creators Mark Vins and Ziwe screened their never before seen shows, with Mark Vins of Brave Wilderness premiering his feature length documentary Reef to Ridge and Ziwe following with two new episodes from You’d Be an Iconic Guest.
YouTube’s lineup also included Italian creator duothe, whose The Last Day of Ramadan followed their journey into the discipline and meaning of fasting, and Storyteller Lati Umani, who premiered The Mad Honey of the Himalayas about Nepal’s Gurung people. Sean Downey, President, Americas & Global Partners, Google, said, “YouTube is where this generation of entertainment is being built,” and the post added that partnering with TIFF and the Venice Film Festival shows creators are “actively leading it.”
Mahershala Ali and Bassam Tariq
At TIFF 2026, Mahershala Ali walked the red carpet ahead of the world premiere of Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, an action thriller exploring faith, family and motherhood. Ali told Reuters from the red carpet that filmmaker Bassam Tariq wrote a “really three-dimensional character,” and Tariq said it was “miraculous” that the two finally got to work together.
The film’s title references an Islamic hadith signifying the importance of motherhood, and Reuters reported that John Cho plays an Army veteran turned Texas pastor while Giancarlo Esposito and Tramell Tillman play supporting roles. Cho said his fans would be surprised by his character’s look, and the Reuters report added that the film will be released in U.S. theaters on September 25 by Amazon MGM Studios.