Toronto is crossing the Atlantic to London and Dublin this July in a bid to encourage more treaty coproductions between the U.K. and Ireland and Toronto-based companies.

Toronto Mayor Oliva Chow will lead the delegation on the mission, running from July 7 to 11. She will be accompanied by a small group of industry leaders, able to speak to Toronto’s production partner potential, and City of Toronto Film Office staff.

The delegation includes representatives from the Directors Guild of Canada’s Ontario branch, NABET-700 Unifor, IATSE 873, ACTRA Toronto, Global Incentives, Rocket Science VFX and Spin VFX.

Throughout the trip, Chow and the delegation will meet with producers and broadcasters and hold a reception for both cities, increasing awareness of Toronto’s crew, creators and other offerings. Although the mission started out as purely film-focused, aiming to expand Toronto’s relationship with the two countries, support the domestic industry and increase production volume in the city, Chow’s office has since added meetings for economic engagements outside the screen industry, Marguerite Pigott, Toronto’s film commissioner and director of entertainment industries, told Playback Daily.

Toronto and the two nations already have a number of successful productions under their belt. Among them is The Apprentice, produced by Toronto’s Scythia Films and Dublin’s Tailored Films along with Denmark’s Profile Pictures, and Geek Girl, with its first season produced by Toronto’s Aircraft Pictures and London’s RubyRock Pictures. Canada completed 10 coproductions with the U.K. and six with Ireland in 2024-25, according to Telefilm Canada.

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