Spain Brings Co-Production Market to Toronto’s Industry Program
variety.comJennie Punter With a co-production forum and sold-out Spotlight on Incentives seminar complementing its pavilion and robust industry delegation, Spain is giving Toronto industry attendees a taste of what will unfold on a much larger scale in September 2026 when the festival launches its official content market.
On Sept. 6, the third iteration of the Do It the Spanish Way! International Co-production Forum saw five Spanish producers with features at various stages of development — and with partners and partial funding in place — network with a mix of Canadian and international producers and distributors.
The full morning event, which welcomed more than 75 attendees, opened with an introduction and presentation of the seven features then broke out into lively one-on-one sessions.
Each participating Spanish producer met with at least eight companies, Variety was told. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for Spain to join forces with other countries, and more specifically with Canada because we both have great talent and the capacity to finance,” said La Vida’s Araceli Pérez Rastrilla, who is specifically interested in finding a co-production partner from French-speaking Canada for her company’s female-led genre project “Strangers.” With Spain the main or co-producer on nine Toronto festival titles — Nacho Vigalondo’s Platform opener “Daniela Forever” and Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” among them — and a leading provider of global streaming content, it seems prudent that the festival is working with Spain more closely than ever.
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