Toronto’s Shangri-La Hotel provided the setting for the 2016 Birks Diamond Tribute, which honoured 12 female screenwriters, actors and directors for their contributions to screen-based industries. The honourees for 2016 were directors Tracey Deer, Ann Marie Fleming, April Mullen, Léa Pool and Ann Shin, actors Amanda Crew, Caroline Dhavernas,Christine Horne, Sandra Oh and Jennifer Podemski, and screenwriters Emma Donoghue and Marie Vien.

Photos courtesy of George Pimentel

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