The Hollywood Reporter editors and journalists talk key industry trends and opportunities at Access Canada Summit 2025. iOptix Studio Inc. The Hollywood Reporter‘s Access Canada Summit will return for a second edition during the Toronto Film Festival in September.
And organizers of the Canadian industry conference have teamed up with the inaugural TIFF: The Market during Toronto’s 2026 edition to offer joint programming sessions and a dual pass option to allow global creators and decision makers to attend both events.
“At a time when the industry is rethinking how it connects and does business, collaborations like this feel both timely and necessary. Bringing TIFF: The Market and Access Canada Summit into closer alignment creates a more focused and effective environment for creators and decision-makers to engage and helps move the global conversation forward”, Maer Roshan, editor-in-chief of The Hollywood Reporter, said in a statement on Thursday.
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The formal collaboration includes a more affordable Market + Access Canada Summit Combo Pass for the Access Canada Summit, to run Sept. 14 to 16, and the Sept. 10 to 16 TIFF: The Market and co-programmed sessions for both events.
“Access Canada Summit, powered by The Hollywood Reporter, and TIFF: The Market each play a unique and important role in the industry, and this initiative is about creating a more seamless pathway between them. At a time when the industry is demanding more value, more efficiency, and more access to decision- makers, this joint offering delivers exactly that,” Access Canada president Ferne Cohen added.
In September, the Toronto festival will stage its first official marketplace, where buyers and sellers will set up shop to movies, TV, gaming as well as XR and immersive content under one roof. Ahead of the inaugural run, TIFF has aligned with Access Canada Summit to attract more industry professionals.
“Building a market that supports creators and decision makers across film, series and innovation has always been our goal. Creating more opportunities for series professionals, both in Canada and globally, in partnership with Access Canada allows us to achieve our common objectives and put the needs of professionals first,” Charles Tremblay, head of TIFF: The Market, said in an another statement.
The inaugural Access Canada Summit last year, in partnership with THR, focused on Canada’s content industry as it drives onto a global entertainment stage and was backed by keynote speakers and panels and dealmaking between top creatives and decision makers.
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