Musician
Shawn Mendes is all set to grace the stage of the 2020 Toronto Film Festival Tribute Awards with a special performance.
According to a report, the organisation on Wednesday said that he will be endowing the new
Shawn Mendes Foundation
changemaker Award at the show along with his performance.
The award prize of a whopping USD 10,000 dollars will be given to a film that revolves around driving a social change.
The musician's foundation will also be making an annual contribution to support the next wave of
TIFF
and to help it in delivering key initiatives to elevate young voices.
"Shawn shares TIFF's commitment to elevating and empowering young changemakers to transforming the world through advocacy, and we're absolutely thrilled to have him join us to perform at this year's TIFF Tribute Awards as we honour the film industry's contributors,"
Joana Vincente
, executive director and co-head of TIFF, was quoted saying.
The 45th edition of the
Toronto International Film Festival
will run from September 10 to September 19.
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