Seth Rogen, Danny Boyle, Colman Domingo, Mo Abudu Join TIFF: The Market Summit Lineup
The Toronto International Film Festival has completed the speaker lineup for the Summit sessions at its debut edition of TIFF: The Market, a new industry event launching alongside the festival in September. Seth Rogen, Danny Boyle, Colman Domingo and Nigerian media mogul Mo Abudu are among the latest names added, joining a roster designed to address key questions facing the entertainment industry. The event marks a significant step for Toronto, which has hosted informal dealmaking for years but is now establishing its first fully fledged content market.
Rogen and Boyle will feature in the Visionaries programme, presented by The Hollywood Reporter, alongside previously announced speaker Gary Oldman, while the Dialogues strand adds figures including Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yeon Sang-ho and Amber Midthunder to headliners such as Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group co-CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. The Perspectives section will include Domingo discussing equity in independent film alongside Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, plus a global sales session led by CAA's Roeg Sutherland and FilmNation's Glen Basner. In total, TIFF: The Market will run over 70 sessions and events from 10-16 September, with the wider festival running until 20 September, and organisers say the market aims to expand beyond film into television, gaming and immersive content.
- TIFF unveils final Summit speakers for its new industry market event
- Seth Rogen, Danny Boyle, Colman Domingo, Mo Abudu among headliners
- Market runs 70+ sessions, 10-16 September, alongside festival to 20 September
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The Toronto International Film Festival is an annual event where films are shown to audiences and industry professionals. Film markets are gatherings where producers, studios and sales companies meet to discuss how films and other screen projects will be financed, made and distributed.
TIFF: The Market is a new industry event being added to the festival, which has hosted informal business meetings for years. Its sessions bring together people from across entertainment, including actors and directors such as Seth Rogen, Danny Boyle and Colman Domingo, and Nigerian media executive Mo Abudu.
The market matters because it gives Toronto a dedicated place for industry discussions and dealmaking alongside its film screenings. Organisers plan to include television, gaming and immersive projects as well as film, reflecting the range of screen entertainment businesses it aims to serve.