The 11 Diamond Tribute honourees will be celebrated at a VIP event during the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12. Go to ELLECanada. com/tiff for our red-carpet coverage of the event.

Emma Donoghue ( inabsentia)

What she does now An award-winning writer who turned her novel Room into an Oscar-nominated screenplay. What she’d like her legacy to be “I hope I’ve contributed to doing away with the stereotype that a novelist is the worst person to adapt her own book!”

April Mullen

What she does now A director who just shot the all-female-crewed Below Her Mouth. What she’d like her legacy to be “I want to make films that reach people’s hearts and leave a lasting imprint that will change their lives.”

Trac ey Deer

What she does now A Mohawk film and doc director who has won two Geminis. What she’d like her legacy to be “I want to build bridges between Canadians and my community. For my people, I want better—I want my work to make them talk, think and feel bigger.”

Christine Horne

What she does now A Canadian Screen Award-winning stage, film and TV actress. What she’d like her legacy to be “I’d like to be able to look at my body of work and be proud. I’d like to feel I had some choice in it and not be embarrassed.”

Marie Vien

What she does now A screenwriter whose debut, La Passion d’Augustine, won top prize at this year’s Gala du Cinéma Québécois. What she’d like her legacy to be “I want to write really strong female characters. I love that.”

Jennifer Podemski

What she does now An actress and producer who has appeared in films like Empire of Dirt and shows like The Rez. What she’d like her legacy to be “I want people to think in a circle, because a circle can breathe and expand.”

Ann Shin

What she does now A documentarian filmmaker whose film My Enemy, My Brother was shortlisted for an Oscar nom in 2016. What she’d like her legacy to be “I’d like to inspire people to think broadly about how a story can be told, from doc to digital media to fiction.”

Léa Pool

What she does now A director with over 30 years in the industry and 19 films to her credit. What she’d like her legacy to be “I’d like my legacy to be that you can make a career as a woman— that it’s possible.”

Amanda Crew

What she does now An actress currently appearing on TV’s Silicon Valley. What she’d like her legacy to be “I hope I can give younger girls the courage to be who they are instead of trying to live up to this idea of what society says we’re supposed to be.”

Ann Marie Fleming

What she does now She’s the director of over 30 films, including 2016’s Window Horses, a visual artist and the animator behind the “Stickgirl” character. What she’d like her legacy to be “World peace.”

Caroline Dhav ernas

What she does now Previously on Hannibal, this actress is currently starring in the Quebec show Blue Moon. What she’d like her legacy to be “I want to know that I took risks. In this business, we’re always trying to copy work from elsewhere.”