International Financing & Project Market
Presented by Ontario Creates
Official Media Partner
This curated engine aims to accelerate finance and help find co-production and international collaborators for projects. It brings together established producers with key global partners and decision-makers in dedicated meeting spaces where producers present to a select group of industry experts. Participants benefit from amplified exposure across TIFF: The Market platforms, along with eligibility for awards.
The programme features 50+ established producers showcasing 40 films, 6 series, and 5 immersive or interactive projects to up to 60 decision-makers, all selected by TIFF’s Market Team. The projects span screen sectors, including fiction and non-fiction across all genres and formats.
What's included
- Three days of curated industry access taking place during TIFF: The Market 2026.
- A minimum of six (6) curated meetings with key industry decision-makers, along with visibility across TIFF: The Market and industry platforms.
- Access to TIFF’s digital meeting tools for additional networking opportunities.
- Eligible for awards and recognition within their respective project categories.
Questions?
Contact us by email at themarket@tiff.net.
2026 International Financing & Project Market Projects
FEATURE FILM
A Brief History of Silence
- Documentary
- Country: USA
- Producer: Brian Montopoli, Nadean Rawlins
- Director: Stephen Francis Winter
- Key Attachments: Marlon James
Against the Wind
- Documentary
- Country: UK
- Producer: Adele Reeves
- Director: Rachel Ramsay
- Key Attachments: Juliana Buhring
Apeman
- Country: USA
- Producer: Lucas Ford
- Director: Michael Basha
- Key Attachments: Alex Wolff, Willa Fitzgerald, Chace Crawford
Argus Inside
- Country: Taiwan
- Producer: Hsinmei Cheng, David Kao
- Director: Hsinmei Cheng
Black Snake
- Country: Zimbabwe
- Producer: Sue-Ellen Chitunya
- Director: Naishe Nyamubaya
Breathe With Me
- Country: Canada (Quebec, Nova Scotia)
- Producer: Marie-Claude Poulin, Jason Levangie, Marc Tetreault
- Director: Yves-Christian Fournier
Campers
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Tony Wosk, Kimberley Walker
- Director: Adam Stern
Canyon
- Country: Canada (British Columbia)
- Producer: lori lozinski, Tyler Hagan
- Director: Kathleen Hepburn
Central Park Tale
- Animated
- Country: USA
- Producer: Jacqui Barcos, John Fragomeni
- Director: Daniel Jeanette
- Key Attachments: Keke Palmer, Common
Dating After Marriage
- Country: Canada (Ontario) / India
- Producer: Prem Singh, Michael Pugliese, Andrew Bronfman
- Director: Misha Ghose
- Key attachments: Prem Singh, Michael Pugliese
Dirty
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Matt Schichter, Ariel Yang, Jordan Gavaris
- Director: Devon Graye
- Key attachments: Brandon Flynn, Jordan Gavaris, Jane Levy
Do Not Wake
- Country: Australia
- Producer: Bobby Romia, Tianna Roberts, Braiden Asciak, Danielle White
- Director: Steven Arriagada
- Key attachments: Carlos Sanson Jr.
DREAMERS - The Hunt for Shadowclaw
- Country: Germany / Canada
- Producer: Ulrich Schwarz, Heather Puttock, Arno Hazebroek, Andreas F. Schneider, Thomas Baumgarten
- Director: Christopher Jenkins
House of Kali
- Country: Canada (Ontario) / India
- Producer: Vikram Dasgupta, Kim Saltarski
- Director: Vikram Dasgupta
If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
- Country: USA / Poland / Denmark / Greece / Sweden
- Producer: Brad Zimmerman
- Director: Erin Vassilopoulos
Impossible To Ignore
- Documentary
- Country: USA / Canada (British Columbia)
- Producer: Ana Carrizales, Jon Ornoy
- Director: Simantini Chakraborty
- Key attachments: Richard Saul Wurman
Kasino
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Adrian Wallace, Nicole Hilliard-Forde
- Director: Adrian Wallace
Mandaragat
- Country: Canada (Ontario) / Phillipines
- Producer: Karen Harnisch, Shasha Nakhai, Bradley Liew
- Director: Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson
Medium Beluga
- Country: Canada (Ontario, Quebec) / Luxembourg
- Producer: Simon Madore, David Baeta
- Director: Laura Bergeron
Mimesis
- Country: Australia
- Producer: Bethany Bruce, Kristian Moliere
- Director: Hannah Hilliard
- Key attachments: Olivia de Jonge
Mimir
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Javiera Quintana, Stuart Henderson
- Director: Amelia Moses
My Only Sunshine
- Country: Canada (Manitoba)
- Producer: Andrew Bronfman
- Director: Jessica Landry
Neutrino
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Alfons Adetuyi, Cora Tonno
- Director: Alfons Adetuyi
Red Leaves
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Gerry Lattmann
- Director: Audrey Cummings
- Key attachments: Kris Holden-Ried
Roots
- Documentary
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Karen Chapman
- Director: Karen Chapman
Salt and Shame
- Country: Canada (Ontario) / UK / Germany / Pakistan
- Producer: Shehrezade Mian, Jessie Drake Mangum, Chris Curling, Titus Kreyenberg
- Director: Seemab Gul
Savage
- Country: Canada (Ontario) / Italy
- Producer: Jennifer Weiss, Darlene Naponse
- Director: Darlene Naponse
- Key attachments: D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Shanghai Ballade
- Animated
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Jason Loftus, Masha Yujiao Loftus
- Director: Jason Loftus, Masha Yujiao Loftus
Sher
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: David Hamilton, Rajiv Maikhuri, Craig Stovel
- Director: Deepa Mehta
- Key attachments: Jeremy Irons
Son of a Bitch
- Country: Canada (British Columbia)
- Producer: Josh Farnworth
- Director: Brodi-jo Scalise
- Key attachments: Jeff Hiller
The Baklava Thief
- Country: Canada (Ontario) / Iraq
- Producer: Mohammed Al-Daradji, Ali Al-Darraji
- Director: Ali Al-Darraji
The Charcoal Swordmaster
- Animated
- Country: Brazil
- Producer: Cid Makino, Jonas Brandão, Guille Hierz
- Director: Vini Wolf
The Five Fathers
- Country: Canada (Ontario) / Australia
- Producer: Julian Geneen, Ryan Bobkin, Christopher Cassanova, Mike Cowap
- Director: Jamie Dagg
The Frogman
- Country: New Zealand
- Producer: Angela Littlejohn
- Director: Matthew J. Saville
The Gain
- Country: Canada (British Columbia)
- Producer: Jason James, Daniel Smith Arnold, Matthew Kowalchuk
- Director: Matthew Kowalchuk
- Key attachments: Jacob Tremblay, Marlee Matlin
The Mount
- Country: Ireland
- Producer: Laura McNicholas
- Director: Brian Durnin
The Story of Stories
- Animated
- Country: Canada (Quebec) / France
- Producer: Judith Beauregard, Laurence Petit, Eliottt Khayat
- Director: Marya Zarif
The Vinyl Diaries
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Glen Wood
- Director: Glen Wood
- Key attachments: Carolyn Taylor, Mae Martin
Wolves Don’t Live by the Rules
- Country: Canada (British Columbia)
- Producer: Tyler Hagan
- Director: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Year of the Rat
- Country: Canada (Quebec)
- Producer: Emily Gan, Daniel Schachter
- Director: Emily Gan
SERIES
DEI-ME, STACY! / DEI-MOI TOUT, STACY!
- Country: Canada (Quebec)
- Producer: Josiane Blanc, Vanessa Caceres
- Creator/Writer: Josiane Blanc
Killer Queen
- Animated
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Tiffany Lauren Bennicke
- Creator/Writer: Rune Brandt Bennicke
Necessary Violence
- Country: UK
- Producer: Charlotte Windle Mikkelborg
- Creator/Writer: Charlotte Windle Mikkelborg
The Brontës
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Natalie Urquhart
- Creator/Writer: Ivy Johnson
The Knife
- Country: Canada (British Columbia)
- Producer: lori lozinski
- Creator/Writer: KC Carthew
The Last One Standing
- Country: Italy
- Producer: Attilio De Razza, Nicola Picone, Carlo Degli Esposti
- Creator/Writer: Alessandro Sermoneta, Marco Turco
INNOVATION
A Funeral for the Internet
- Country: USA
- Producer: Scarlett Kim, Danny Cannizzaro, Samantha Gorman, J Noland
- Director: Scarlett Kim, Samantha Gorman
Andaloussia
- Country: Canada (Ontario)
- Producer: Nimrod Shanit
- Director: Oury Atlan
Inner Lights
- Country: Canada (Quebec)
- Producer: Charles S. Roy
- Director: Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes, Philippe Lambert
Spirit Machines
- Country: UK
- Producer: Elaine Wong
- Director: Yerosha Windrich, Bon Music Vision
virtu⋅iel
- Documentary
- Country: Canada (Quebec)
- Producer: Laurence Wells, Amelie Barrette
- Director: Amelie Barrette, Laurence Wells