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The Toronto Film Festival has revealed that more than 130 buyers from 49 countries have confirmed they will attend the first edition of its market, which is referred to as TIFF: The Market.
Among the buyers attending
the market, which takes place Sept. 10-16, are Picturehouse, Tanweer, Cineart, Bona Film Group, Metropolitan Film Export, Tobis, Eagle Pictures and A Contracorriente. (See full list below.)
Some 200 buyers were recommended to the market team by sales agencies and funding bodies around the world, with the goal of fueling acquisitions at the seven-day market.
“These confirmations reflect a concerted effort to respond to the requests from sellers, globally, for a robust contingency of buyers to be in attendance,” said Charles Tremblay, head of TIFF: The Market. “Our efforts also involve more practical solutions including access to quality and convenient meeting spaces for buyers and sellers to connect, and market screenings to showcase finished projects, as well as content at various stages of development.”
Although the majority of invitees are from the film distribution sector, buyers of series and “innovative content” were also invited.
The market team said it is focused on improving the experience for buyers who attend annually. This includes lowering the price of the buyer passes, improving hotel discounts for accredited buyers, and expanding access to completed films and acquisition-ready packages.
The market is funded by the Canadian government with a CAD23 million ($16.4 million) investment and is supported by Telefilm Canada.
Buyers Attending for the First Time or Returning After Several Years
Asia
Teamer International Media Limited (China)
Wanda Films (China)
Beijing HugoEast Media Co.; Ltd. (China)
Bona Film Group (China)
Hishow (China)
Edko (Hong Kong)
Golden Scene Company Limited (Hong Kong)
VR Film (India)
Efar Films Distribution (India)
Impact Films India (India)
Star Entertainment P Ltd (India)
VROTT (India)
PVR Inox Pictures Ltd/PVR Inox Ltd. (India)
Cetera International (Japan)
Gaga Corp (Japan)
Starcat (Japan)
Bitters End (Japan)
Nikkatsu (Japan)
The Filmbridge (Mongolia)
Pioneer Films (Philippines)
Anticipate Pictures (Singapore)
Andamiro (South Korea)
Contents Panda/Next Entertainment (South Korea)
Doki Entertainment (South Korea)
Green Narae Media (South Korea)
Lumix Media (South Korea)
Noori Pictures (South Korea)
Pancinema (South Korea)
Studio DHL (South Korea)
66cc Company Limited (Taiwan)
Catchplay, Inc. (Taiwan)
Sky Digi (Taiwan)
Swallow Wings (Taiwan)
GDH (Thailand)
Shinesaeng Ad. Venture (Thailand)
Latin America
CDI (Argentina)
Mares Filmes (Brazil)
Retrato Filmes (Brazil)
Encripta (Brazil)
Imovision (Brazil)
Pandora Filmes (Brazil)
BF Distribution (Chile)
Cinemaran (Colombia)
Cineplex (Colombia)
Alameda Films (Mexico)
Piano (Mexico)
Tulip (Mexico)
Cinemas Nueva Era (Mexico)
Corazon Films (Mexico)
Diamond Films + (Uruguay)
North America
Phi Centre (Canada)
Cosm (U.S.)
Central America/Caribbean
La Subterranea (Panama)
Middle East/Africa
Filmone Entertainment (Nigeria)
Filmfinity (South Africa)
Forefront Media Group (South Africa)
Sun Africa Group (South Africa)
Digicine (South Africa)
Hakka Distribution (Tunisia)
Fabula Films (Turkey)
Chantier Films (Turkey)
Bir Film (Turkey)
Filmarti Film (Turkey)
1001 (United Arab Emirates)
Europe
Filmladen Filmverleih (Austria)
Panda Lichtspiele (Austria)
Lumiere (Belgium)
Blitz (Croatia)
Foxx Media Group (Czech Republic)
Aerofilms (Czech Republic)
AQS (Czech Republic)
Bohemia Motion Pictures (Czech Republic)
Cinemart (Czech Republic)
Nordisk – Egmont Film (Denmark)
Bestfilm (Estonia)
ARP Sélection (France)
Metropolitan Film Export (France)
Swift Distribution (France)
Tandem (France)
Ascot Elite Entertainment (Germany)
X Verleih (Germany)
ZDF Studios (Germany)
Prorom Media-Trade (Germany)
Weltkino Filmverleih (Germany)
Pandastorm (Germany)
Plaion Pictures (Germany)
Tanweer Alliances SMSA (Germany)
Tobis (Germany)
Mozinet (Hungary)
Be Water (Italy)
Wanted (Italy)
Eagle Pictures (Italy)
Adastra Cinema Lithuania (Lithuania)
Cherry Pickers (Netherlands)
Imagine Film Distribution (Netherlands)
Arthaus (Norway)
As Fidalgo Film Distribution (Norway)
Galapagos Films (Poland)
Kino Swiat (Poland)
Aurora Films (Poland)
Media 4 Fun (Poland)
Cinemundo (Portugal)
Film4You (Portugal)
Midas Filmes (Portugal)
Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais (Portugal)
Bad Unicorn (Romania)
Independenta Film (Romania)
MCF Megacom Film (Serbia)
Karantanija Cinemas D.O.O. (Slovakia)
A Contracorriente Films (Spain)
Adso Films (Spain)
Bteam Pictures (Spain)
Deaplaneta S.L. (Spain)
Energia (Spain)
Flins & Piniculas (Spain)
Karma (Spain)
Madfer Distribution (Spain)
Sideral (Spain)
Twelve Oaks (Spain)
Wanda Vision (Spain)
Lucky Dogs (Sweden)
Folkets Bio (Sweden)
Njuta (Sweden)
Edge Entertainment (Sweden)
Non Stop Entertainment (Sweden)
Agora (Switzerland)
Praesens (Switzerland)
Svoekino (Ukraine)
Picturehouse Cinemas (United Kingdom)
Sky (United Kingdom)
Skyline IFE (United Kingdom)
Oceania
Umbrella Entertainment (Australia)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
SBS/NITV (Australia)
Limelight Distribution (New Zealand)
