Toronto International Film Festival Changemaker Award Explained

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 is open to both feature and short films.

Winners

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]

Notes and References

1. https://www.etalk.ca/tv/watch-shawn-mendes-cover-stevie-wonder-for-the-2020-tiff-tribute-awards.html "Watch Shawn Mendes cover Stevie Wonder for the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards"
2. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2020/09/09/canadian-chart-topper-shawn-mendes-to-perform-at-tiff-tribute-awards.html "Canadian chart-topper Shawn Mendes to perform at TIFF Tribute Awards"
3. Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 20, 2020.
4. Steve Pond, "‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, September 18, 2021.
5. Christian Zilko, "‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award". IndieWire, September 18, 2022.
6. Christian Zilko, "American Fiction’ Wins People’s Choice Award at 2023 TIFF (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire, September 17, 2023.