With a focus on financing, equity, co-production, content creation, and immersive storytelling, LALIFF Connect: Market & Creative Forum, is a curated hub where producers and financiers discover fresh talent, explore global opportunities, and build partnerships that move projects forward. What makes Connect truly unique is its twofold design. It’s where ideas meet investment, and where the future of cinema actively takes shape.

LALIFF Connect offers a unique advantage, placing international partners directly inside the most
influential hub of film and television worldwide. An opportunity to showcase your country as a premier filming destination and to secure collaborations with U.S. filmmakers who are actively seeking co-production partners abroad. 

LALIFF Market

As part of LALIFF Connect: Market & Creative Forum, the boutique film market showcases a carefully selected group of projects in development and post-production. These are pitched in private sessions and one-on-one meetings with a handpicked group of top executives, buyers, distributors, and financiers—ensuring every exchange has the potential to spark meaningful deals and long-term partnerships.

By convening a carefully curated group of industry decision-makers (including sales agents, distributors, financiers, film commissions, and festival programmers) the Market fosters an intimate, focused environment where filmmakers can present their work, receive targeted feedback, and explore concrete paths toward collaboration.

LALIFF Creative Forum

The Creative Forum opens its doors to a wider professional audience through masterclasses, panels, fireside chats, talks, and networking events led by leading voices in the field. This public-facing space offers practical insights, shared expertise, and opportunities to build lasting connections across the industry.