TIFF The Market 2026 ACCREDITATION OPPORTUNITY

for Alberta-based IBPOC Content Creators

We’re thrilled to collaborate with the inaugural TIFF: The Market 2026 to provide complimentary Market accreditation to a limited number of Creatives Empowered Members!

TIFF: The Market 2026 runs from September 10-16, 2026 in Toronto.

To be eligible, you must be an emerging to early career creator or professional in the film industry.

Recipients will gain access to the Market, Summit sessions, networking events, films, and thousands of film professionals (including producers, sales agents, distributors, exhibitors, talent agents, and writer-directors) from around the world who will return to the Festival in-person to network, learn, and grow their careers.

If you’re not a Creatives Empowered Member yet, you can easily sign up for free and instant membership right here!

Creatives Empowered offers free lifetime membership to artists and creatives in Alberta that self-identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Colour / Racialized, including 2SLGBTQIA+, People with Disabilities and women. Check out our Vision, Mission and Values, and join our strong and growing community of over 300 IBPOC members!

NOTE: Creatives Empowered cannot provide travel or accommodation support to TIFF: The Market 2026.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5 at 11:59pm MDT

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL BY AUG 6

PLEASE APPLY BELOW BY WED AUG 5 at 11:59pm MDT

  • You must a member of one or more of the communities listed below. Please select all that apply:

  • Are you a Creatives Empowered Member? You must be one in order to apply. You can apply for membership at the time of your application at creativesempowered.ca/join.

  • Are you a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident? You must be one in order to apply.

  • Max. file size: 512 MB.
    Your Proposal will only be used for the purpose of selecting you for TIFF: The Market accreditation, and will be kept completely confidential by Creatives Empowered in perpetuity if you are not selected.
  • Max. file size: 512 MB.
  • You must agree with the following conditions in order to be eligible for selection. Do you agree?

  • NOTE: Creatives Empowered may video record and photograph aspects of TIFF: The Market 2026 for educational and / or promotional purposes. By participating, you agree to have your name, likeness, portraits or pictures, voice and biographical material recorded and used for archival, educational, program publicity and organizational promotional purposes. You grant Creatives Empowered the right to exhibit and exploit this recording in all media throughout the world in perpetuity, and have the authority to grant this right.

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