MUMBAI: A dozen European producers attached to Producers Lab Toronto will fly to Toronto on the occasion of this year‘s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to meet an equal number of Canadian producers.
The Lab has been in operation for the previous two editions of the Canadian festival and this year has secured necessary funding from the European Union‘s Media Mundus program to help the Europeans reach the Canadian festival event.

The forum is organized by European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and Toronti International Film Festival (TIFF).

In order to foster closer relations between the producers, the participants are subsequently invited to alumni meetings during the Berlin and Cannes film festivals.

Organisers of the first two editions of the Lab said almost all of the participants from 2010 and 2011 are in contact with one another and 27 projects are actively in development.
The TIFF, that will run from 5 to 8 September, aims to unite producers from Europe and Canada on film projects and bolster co-productions.