2015 FESTIVAL GALA AT CASA LOMA FOR ARTISTS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Dame Helen Mirren, with two films at TIFF, Eye in the Sky and Trumbo, sparkles on the red carpet at Casa Loma
(l) Leather designer Roger Edwards, Creative Director of Parks Canada Original, Eileen Green Leon, Partner and VP of Hub International, talented singer Sean Jones, and Suzanne Boyd, Zoomer magazine’s Editor-In Chief, stylishly arrive at the Artists for Peace and Justice Gala
Director/screenwriter Paul Haggis, (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), the founder of Artists for Peace and Justice, had plenty to celebrate. The evening’s event raised an astonishing $1,200,000 for education and health endeavours in Haiti!
Acclaimed actor (Thelma and Louise, Dead Man Walking) and global activist Susan Sarandon, received the inaugural Peace and Justice Award, which was presented to her by Helen Mirren
Russell Starr, Senior Vice President of Auryn Resources, accompanied socialite Kealy Simpson whose philanthropy helped boost the coffers of the evening’s auction
The venue’s hallowed hallway features posters of the recipients of the charity’s fundraising efforts
Hockey Night In Canada's George Stroumboulopoulos co-hosted the APJ 2015 Festival Gala.
(l) Ana Serrano, Chief Digital Officer at the Canadian Film Centre, KPMG’s Alexandra Bellamy, and Slaight Music’s Barnaby Marshall support the worthy APJ fundraiser for Haiti
The black-tie affair featured pre-dinner cocktails in the beautifully lit castle ballroom
Natasha Koifman, Board Chair of Artists for Peace and Justice, gave a heartfelt speech about the beneficial changes she’s witnessed during her many visits to Haiti
DJ Windows 98, aka Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler, performed for the gala attendees
Model and soon-to-be announced tv host, Soraya Azzabi, is stunning in a gown by Canadian designer Maria Karimi
Moby, whose own charity, Mobygratis, provides free music for independent filmmakers, wowed the crowd with his performance
(l) Haitian-based humanitarian, Jaebets Jean Gilles, who also received a Peace and Justice award, joins singer Alexandre Osias
Matthew Asper was the winner of a unique auction item bid - a walk on role in James Franco’s new film, The Disaster Artist, which Franco will direct
Hollywood Unites for Haiti founder, actor Jimmy Jean-Louis (who’ll reprise his role as “the Haitian” in the upcoming tv series Heroes Reborn) joins his friends, actor Q’orianka Kilcher, whose new film Sky premiered at TIFF, and Tunnel CEO, Alan Pao