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SXSW Conference & Festivals | SXSW 2026: March 12-18 | Austin, TX South by Southwest® dedicates itself to helping creative people share ideas and achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW® is best known for its conferences and festivals that celebrate tech, film, music, and more.

TIFF is dedicated to presenting the best of international and Canadian cinema to film lovers. What began as a ten-day film festival has grown to embrace programming 365 days a year. TIFF offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals, workshops, industry support and the chance to meet filmmakers from Canada and around the world. In September 2010, the opening of our new home, TIFF Lightbox, enabled TIFF to expand to truly become a creative, community and global leader, and one of the world’s premier organizations in the discovery and understanding of film. Our Mission: Transform the way people see the world through film Our Vision: A more engaged, informed, connected world Our Values: Courageous, Collaborative, Purposeful, Inclusive and Celebratory For current career opportunities visit tiff.net/careers

Hot Docs, North America’s leading documentary festival, conference and market, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary and to creating production opportunities for documentary filmmakers. Hot Docs will present its 32nd annual edition from April 24 to May 4, 2025, in cinemas across Toronto. Year-round, Hot Docs supports the Canadian and international industry with professional development programs and a multi-million-dollar film fund portfolio, and fosters education through documentaries with its popular free program Docs For Schools. Hot Docs owns and programs the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, a century-old landmark located in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood and the world’s first and largest documentary cinema.