Festival Street 2026

TIFF’s Festival Street Art Market in Partnership with Toronto Film School
Toronto’s local film festivals and arts organizations will have booths sharing art exhibits, programming information, and more. Featuring 10 of the city’s most exciting community film festivals and arts organizations.

Check them out on John Street!

Find all the details about the Art Market.

Food Market
Indulge your taste buds at our Food Market featuring a diverse array of delicious cuisines and unique flavours served up from a lineup of delicious food trucks! Find it on the East side of King Street.

Check out more info about all the food market vendors.

AFC Toronto
AFC Toronto transforms a trailer into a movie set where Toronto becomes the cast. Show your support for Toronto’s professional women’s soccer team and be part of the Festival Street energy.

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Canadian Music Incubator
Live DJs. Pure Festival vibes. Curated by TIFF and CMI and supported in part by the Toronto Downtown West BIA

DJs include Nino Brown, Young Teesh, Videri, OTR, Classic Roots, BIA, DevoDLive, Cozmic Cat, Kevin Music, Jamie-Lee Santos, Jordior, Big Sound Barbie, Prvphet Zay, Shysofly, Ana Luisa, Lenox and Paul Chin.

Find all the details about the live DJs.

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Fellini Forever
Fellini Forever is the world's largest privately held archive dedicated to Federico Fellini. Through exhibitions, educational initiatives, media projects, and cultural partnerships, Fellini Forever preserves and shares the artistic legacy of one of cinema's most influential filmmakers. Fellini Forever is the first-of-its-kind Educational Touring Museum that will travel across Ontario, bringing one of the world's most important cinema archives directly to film festivals, universities, cultural centres, and communities.

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Korean Cultural Centre Canada
Experience Korea beyond the screen at the “All About K-Culture & Travel” activation! Celebrate Korean film, culture, and travel through hands-on cultural activities, traditional Korean games, a Korea-themed photo booth, travel inspiration, delicious Korean snacks, exclusive giveaways, and a fun claw machine challenge. Join us and experience the best of Korea — right in the heart of TIFF!

Little Free Cinemas Bus Collective

The Little Free Cinema explores the intersections of film and architecture through a rejection of conventional cinematic space, reinventing the spectacle of cinema as public and accessible. The curation is focused on Canadian experimental filmmakers. Encouraging viewers to look through a peephole centred within an eye mimicking Toronto’s iconic “Neighbourhood Watch” signs, this microcinema exhibits contemporary Canadian experimental films that rarely, if ever, show within the public sphere. Past and current programming includes established artists as well as emerging filmmakers.

Films by Philip Hoffman, Lindsay McIntyre, Martin Heath and Christina Dovolis, curated by Rennie Taylor.

Little Free Cinemas are generously supported by the Toronto Downtown West BIA

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Nongshim
Nongshim will invite TIFF Festival Street visitors to experience the world of Shin Ramyun through interactive activities, including product sampling, a fun buzzer challenge, and a DIY Shin Cup customization experience. Guests can enjoy tasting Shin Ramyun products, participate in engaging brand activities, create their own personalized Shin Cup, and capture memorable moments at the photo zone.

Nutella
Roll out the red carpet — Nutella® Peanut is having its Canadian premiere at TIFF. Introducing "The Snack": a blockbuster crossover pairing the creamy taste you know with a bold new co-star, roasted peanuts.

Step into the spotlight for an immersive movie-premiere experience — enjoy exclusive samples, strike a pose on the red carpet and with our Glambot, and enter for a chance to win exciting prizes. Join us for a celebration of flavour, fun, and a blockbuster crossover you won't want to miss.

Seating Area
Take a break between films and enjoy a bit of quiet among the hustle and bustle of festival street at our seating area patio provided by Fox on John. Located on Simcoe Street.

SLOW | A participatory multi-screen installation, exploring movement, memory, and time.
Created by Naomi Jaye, produced by Celeste Ovita Cole

SLOW is inspired by the artist's observation of her father's changing movements following his diagnosis with Parkinson disease. Drawn to the quiet choreography of bradykinesia — its tremors, hesitations, and slowed rhythms — she reimagines the early cinematic device of the zoetrope as a large, human-powered cylinder. Visitors must spin together to animate a life-size figure whose movements become increasingly fluid through their collective effort.

A dance class/artist talk by Dancing with Parkinson’s and Naomi Jaye will take place in front of the installation on Friday, September 11 at 1pm.

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The Disco Speakers
Created by MattCreative (Matt Jones)

The Disco Speakers are a fusion of the most memorable elements of the dance floor: disco balls, speakers, and LED lighting. By day, a layer of disco tiles creates a striking visual spectacle, reflecting sunlight in every direction and gently shimmering with the breeze. By night, the installation transforms as integrated LEDs bring the speakers to life with dynamic, audio-reactive visualizations. All wrapped together in a larger-than-life set of speakers.

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Take your picture with the TIFF Sign!
Capture the moment and share your love for film by taking a picture in front of our new TIFF signs! New look, same spots located at the corner of King Street and University Avenue, and a second one at the corner of King Street and Peter Street.

Toronto Animal Services
Have your photo taken on the red carpet and meet some of the cutest pups in the city! Giveaways, meet and greets and more at the TAS booth.

Toronto Tempo
Score big with the WNBA’s newest — and only Canadian — team, the Toronto Tempo. The team’s booth has fun activities including spin-the-wheel and pop-a-shot, with giveaways and prizes to be won!

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Tree of Cinema
by Alina Tacmelova and Yury Goncharov

The Tree of Cinema, created for TIFF ’26, is a monumental public installation that explores cinema as a living archive of collective memory. Its steel trunk represents the structural and technological foundations of filmmaking. Rising above it, a canopy of flowing film strips weaves together iconic moments from cinematic history with photographs of audiences watching, gathering, laughing, and reflecting. Conceived by multidisciplinary artists Alina Tacmelova and Yury Goncharov, the installation reflects their shared interest in participation, memory, and the ways public experience shapes cultural meaning. The Tree of Cinema suggests that audiences are not simply spectators, but an essential part of cinema's living legacy.

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Tubi
Tubi is turning TIFF into an emotional playground with "Any Mood, For Free", a playful, mood-sensing activation that captures how Festival-goers are feeling in the moment and matches it to the perfect watch. Aura reads, mood-tiered treats, and collectable merch included. Whatever the mood swing, Tubi's got something for it — 100% free.

The fun doesn’t stop with the end of Festival Street. Come by David Pecaut Square any day of TIFF and pick up a sweet treat from one of our corporate partners, snap a selfie (or several!) at our red carpet experiences, or pack a picnic and catch a free movie at Cinema Park! And by the way, TIFF’s longest red carpet is a great place to look out for your favourite stars.

Rogers Beyond the Seat Red Carpet Experience
Rogers customers can register for an once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience all the red carpet glitz, glamour and celebrity interviews at Roy Thomson Hall. The multi-level Rogers Beyond the Seat Red Carpet Experience features movie snacks and exclusive red carpet views to catch the Festival’s biggest stars up close. Register at rogers.com/tiff(open in new tab)open_in_new

Intrepid Travel Box Office
Experience the world, one story at a time, at Intrepid Travel’s Box Office. TIFF transforms how people see the world through film; Intrepid transforms how they experience it. Together, we’re connecting curious minds and adventurous spirits through stories that inspire change — from the big screen to real life. Come and engage with global perspectives and discover new ways of seeing the world, all within the heart of Toronto.

Lavazza Festival Village Experience
Stop by the Lavazza Festival Village for a taste of Cinema Lavazza! Snap a photo in our custom photo booth, grab a sample of our Cold Brew or Qualità Oro Ground Coffee, as well as other fun takeaways and giveaways — while supplies last.

Lavazza Gala Red Carpet Bar
Find us at our first-ever premium bar on the Roy Thomson Hall red carpet, right alongside filmmakers and talent getting ready to share their world premieres. Take a moment to savour a premium Lavazza Coffee-tail while you indulge in pre-screening toasts and conversation. This experience is exclusive to VIP Red Carpet Walk guests and talent.

RBC Red Carpet Gallery
One of the most coveted destinations for celebrity spotting during TIFF! Avion Rewards members will have access to an exclusive viewing experience of the world's biggest stars arriving at their Gala premieres on the Roy Thomson Hall red carpet. The activation will feature interactive elements, including a unique photo booth experience and trivia games with exciting rewards to enjoy every bit of your time here.

Find Your Cinematic Taste by Ferrero Rocher®
This September, Ferrero Rocher invites you to TIFF to celebrate the moment through film and flavour.

From September 10–20, visit the Ferrero Rocher Elevated Experiences on Festival Street, outside the Royal Alexandra Theatre, and discover a cast of indulgent flavours inspired by iconic movie genres.

Each day, a countdown builds anticipation for a surprise reveal, bringing a touch of cinematic excitement to the Festival. Along the way, guests can sample Ferrero Rocher Bars and discover the flavour that matches their cinematic taste, transforming an everyday moment of indulgence into something worthy of the spotlight.

For a select few, the experience becomes even more elevated. Contest winners will enjoy exclusive rooftop access, complete with refreshments and a premium view of the red carpet.

Celebrate the moment. Discover your cinematic taste with Ferrero Rocher.

TIFF 50/50
Want to win big? Since launching last year, TIFF 50/50 has awarded over $250,000 to four lucky jackpot winners. For this year's Festival, we’ve gone all in — amazing prizes, bonus cash, and your chance to win like never before! Visit us to purchase tickets, and find out more about the incredible prizes up for grabs. Plus, keep an eye out for our in-person 50/50 ticket sellers throughout the Festival.

TIFF Fanzone
To learn more about dedicated 2026 Fan Zone locations across the Festival, visit our Fan Zones page.