TIFF 2024: All TIFF Networking Events
The TIFF Industry Conference, running from September 6–10, 2024, promises to be an unmissable event for film professionals from around the globe. Held annually alongside the Toronto International Film Festival, this five-day conference is a cornerstone for networking, offering a prime platform for industry professionals to connect, learn, and explore the latest trends and innovations in cinema.
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With over 140 sales titles featured in the Festival’s Official Selection, TIFF 2024 stands as a premier destination for buying and selling screen-based projects. Whether you’re looking to make vital connections, gain new insights, or delve into industry trends, the TIFF Industry Conference provides a comprehensive lineup designed to meet these needs. Online passes are available until August 23, with onsite registration starting September 3 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
For more information for where to buy passes, visit the TIFF Industry Conference website: https://tiff.net/industry-yearround
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The conference features 6 main pillars for events: Visionaries, Dialogues, Perspectives, Microsessions, Spotlights, and Meet the Decision Makers. Each of these pillars offer a unique approach for attendees to absorb a broad range of perspectives and expertise in the industry.
The following lists features the currently released panels by TIFF, for their industry conference networking events:
1. DIALOGUES
Facilitated discussions with directors, screenwriters, and producers focusing on their creative processes. Dialogues is presented in partnership with Variety and supported by Ontario Creates.
This year’s panel, as announced by the TIFF official website:
- Adaptations with Janicza Bravo and Jordan Tannahill (The Listeners), and Malcolm Washington and Virgil Williams (The Piano Lesson)
- Directors with Guy Maddin (Rumours) and Matthew Rankin (Universal Language)
- Directors with Sydney Freeland (Rez Ball) and Kaniehtiio Horn (Seeds)
- Directors with Andrés Baiz (Pimpinero: Blood and Oil), Ana Endara (Beloved Tropic), and Rodrigo Prieto (Pedro Páramo)
- Queer Lens – Speakers TBA — Presented by Telefilm Canada
- Southeast Asian Cinema: Voyage Beyond Borders – Speakers TBA
- Intimacy in Documentary Storytelling (TIFF Docs) – Speakers TBA
- Elevating the Artistry in Documentary Filmmaking (TIFF Docs) – Speakers TBA
2. perspectives
Panel discussions on the current state of the industry, moderated to provide expert insights. Perspectives is presented in partnership with Screen International.
This year’s panel, as announced by the TIFF official website:
- The Future of Film Journalism
- The State of Theatrical Distribution in a Global Marketplace
- Indigenous Perspectives on New Models for International Co-Productions — Presented by Indigenous Screen Office
- Strategies for Sustainable Cinema — Supported by Ontario Creates
- Building Inclusive Futures: The Means of Accessibility — This session will have closed captioning and an ASL interpreter, and is co-programmed by Disability Screen Office
- Tuning In: Series Decision Makers on International Markets
- Pathways to Africa
- The State of the Canadian Documentary Industry (TIFF Docs)
3. microsessions
Facilitated panel discussions featuring key subject matter experts, organized in collaboration with industry partners.
This year’s panel, as announced by the TIFF official website:
- Telefilm 101: How to Access Telefilm Financing — Presented by Telefilm
- TikTok, Redefining Fandom — Presented by TikTok
- You Shoot, We Score: Celebrating Canadian Composers and Songs — Presented by SOCAN, Music Publishers Canada, and Screen Composers Guild of Canada
- The Future of Media & Entertainment: AI-Powered Business Models and Gender-Inclusive Investments — Presented by Women in Cloud
- Building the Future of Entertainment IP with a Fan Reward Ecosystem — Presented by Doodles
- Amplifying The Audience Experience — How Technology Is Changing Cinema’s Future — Presented by Christie
- How Theatres are ‘Event-izing’ the Moviegoing Experience — Presented by The Cinema Foundation, National Association of Theatre Owners
4. spotlights
Breakfast market events featuring national and regional promotion agencies and industry organizations focused on pitching, networking, and project financing
This year’s panel, as announced by the TIFF official website:
- Inaugural Gold Pitch Filmmaker Showcase — Presented by Gold House in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada
- The BIG PITCH at TIFF — Presented by CaribbeanTales Media Group
- Italy, Your Strategic Film Partner! Pitching, Funds and Incentives Forum — Presented by Italian Trade Commission
- Colombia: Savor the Full Potential for New Projects And Investments — Presented by Proimágenes Colombia
- Do It the Spanish Way! International Co-production Forum — Presented by Cinema from Spain, and ICEX
- The Other London — Industry Mixer — Presented by Film London
- Polish Cinema — Presented by the Polish Film Institute
- Make It Big in Ontario’s North with CION — Presented by Cultural Industries Ontario North
- Hollywood du Nord: La production cinématographique au Canada — Presented by Club Canadien de Toronto
- Everything Under the Sun… and More! Film Attraction Forum — Presented by ICEX
5. Tiff’s talent studio
In addition to the 6 pillars of the industry conference, the TIFF talent studio also offers labs, fellowships and funds to help emerging and upcoming projects, directors and filmmakers get their works in the spotlight.
This year’s panel, as announced by the TIFF official website:
- CHANEL Women Writers’ Network Micro Talent Summit – Supported by CHANEL
- CJ & TIFF K-Story Fund – Supported by CJ Cultural Foundation and The Korean Film Council
- Monkeypaw Productions’ NO DRAMA – Powered by the Universal Filmmakers Project and TIFF
- Series Accelerator – Presented by Canada Media Fund
- Every Story Accelerator – Supported by RBC Foundation
- Sloan Science & Technology Project Pitch — Select creators have the opportunity to participate in this non-competitive pitch to further develop their science and technology-related film or episodic projects.
- Sloan Science on Film Showcase — Daniela Forever is this year’s Showcase and features a Q&A with director Nacho Vigalondo and a scientific expert in lucid dreaming. Funding for these two programmes is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Public Understanding of Science and Technology program.
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