TIFF 2026
TIFF Market Accelerator
The National Directors Division (NDD) of the Directors Guild of Canada is proud to announce selections for the NDD Market Accelerator Delegation at the TIFF International Film Festival 2026 running from September 10 – 20.
Amelia Moses
QuébecHæland (Supernatural Folk Horror)
A terminally ill forensic pathologist travels to a remote island to investigate a suspicious death, only to uncover an ancient bird-like entity that connects the case to her own mortality.
Christopher Yip
OntarioSee Me (Psychological Horror)
A voyeuristic photographer on the trail of a missing male model loses his grip on reality as his investigation spirals into depraved obsession.
Producing Partners: Candour Pictures
Jennifer Abbott
British ColumbiaWhen Rain Becomes Fire: Fragments from War & Nature (Documentary)
A cinematic investigation into the ways war reshapes the living world, exposing a planetary crisis unfolding beyond the human frame.
Producing Partners: 90th Parallel Productions Ltd.
Kim Albright
British ColumbiaSlugfest (Comedy, Action)
Two 40-year-old women disobey their strict Asian parents, unleash their killer Muay Thai skills and take slug psychedelics to find freedom.
Producing Partners: Lori Lozinski Violator Films, Nach Dudsdeemaytha Musubi Arts
Michelle and Wendy Morgan
Alberta and OntarioExvoto (Erotic Thriller)
Two women—bound by trauma, desire, and the mysterious force of unborn twin daughters—confront a legacy of abuse that spans generations, as a buried scandal erupts into a supernatural reckoning.
Producing Partners: Enrique Baniqued, Monumental Productions
Taylor Olson
Nova ScotiaIn the Quiet of Winter (Drama)
Mere weeks apart, an emotionally-frozen thirty-five year old folk musician confronts the pre-mature birth of his son and the medically-assisted death of his father, forcing him to reckon with unresolved grief from his past and present.
Producing Partners: Bone Cage Productions (producer Melani Wood)
Nicole Stamp
OntarioFrom the Wreckage(Queer coming-of-age Rock Musical)
In a Toronto Catholic highschool, two girls fall in love: a misfit musician from a broken home, and a reserved painter from a close-knit Black immigrant family. Their joyful lovestory sparks them to exciting creative heights: one composes a rock album; the other creates vibrant paintings. But being together has a cost, and their different backgrounds mean the stakes aren’t equal.
Producing Partners: 90th Parallel Productions (Stuart Henderson and Javiera Quintana)
Tyson Caron
ManitobaDad Can’t Skate (Rom Com)
When a divorced father who can’t skate enters a skating race to impress the woman he loves, he must confront his fears and bond with his daughter’s hockey coach to have a chance at winning her back.
Producing Partners: Grosvenor Park
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