Nandu News Reporter Liu Yifan Intern Ling Junxin On September 8, local time, the 49th Toronto International Film Festival "Tribute Award" award ceremony was held grandly. Chinese actress Zhao Tao won the "Special Contribution Award". Zhao Tao thus became the first female filmmake

"The Romantic Generation" is scheduled to be released in China this year.

Nandu News Reporter Liu Yifan Intern Ling Junxin On September 8, local time, the 49th Toronto International Film Festival "Tribute Award" award ceremony was held grandly. Chinese actress Zhao Tao won the "Special Contribution Award". Zhao Tao thus became the first female filmmaker among Chinese actors to win this award.

The "Special Contribution Award" is one of the tribute awards issued by the Toronto Film Festival to recognize outstanding contributors to the film industry and their achievements. In addition to Zhao Tao, seven world-renowned filmmakers received various tribute awards this year. Other winners include actors Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Jarrell Jerome, director David Cronenberg, Mike Leigh, etc.

This year, the film "The Romantic Generation" directed by Jia Zhangke and starring Zhao Tao was shortlisted for this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto International Film Festival Artistic Director Cameron Bailey commented when announcing Zhao Tao's award speech that Zhao Tao, who has experience in Chinese folk dance, is very good at body and expression. Every time she cried, every sigh, every time she laughed, They are all equally powerful and every scene belongs to her.

"The Romantic Generation" is scheduled to be released in China this year.

Zhao Tao said when accepting the award: "I have been a film actor for 24 years. The Toronto Film Festival gave me this encouragement when I needed it most, so I am particularly touched. 24 years is not a short period of time. I would like to thank all the directors who have worked with me over the years. Whether in China or abroad, I have always had the opportunity to play women who are in difficulties. These difficulties may be the difficulties of the characters. In fact, it is also my own difficulty. I am very grateful to movies for giving us the opportunity to show our lives and allowing me to grow up in the process of making movies. I am very grateful to movies. Movies make us women stronger. "

Zhao Tao. He has starred in many films directed by Jia Zhangke. Since 1999, the two have collaborated on seven feature films. In 2006, their collaboration "The Good Man" won the Golden Lion Award at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival. In 2015, she won the Jury Award for Best Performance at the 33rd Miami Film Festival for "Old Friends" directed by Jia Zhangke. She won the Best Actress at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival for "Children of Jianghu" directed by Jia Zhangke. In real life, Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao announced their marriage on social platforms in 2011. Since Zhao Tao won the award, Jia Zhangke has forwarded relevant news on Weibo many times.

This Toronto International Film Festival will be held from September 5th to 15th. In addition to the North American premiere of "The Romantic Generation" in the "Special Screening" section of this film festival, there are also many Chinese-language films screened during this film festival, including "Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century" directed by Li Yang and written by Huo Xin "Bundled to Heaven", which he also directed, and Huang Xi's new work "Daughter's Daughter" were selected for different screening units.