Toronto and Fort Worth recognized as leading winners at the Global Production Awards.
Toronto and Fort Worth emerged as significant winners at the Global Production Awards, which took place during the Cannes Film Festival, honoring the most outstanding and innovative productions, studios, locations, and film commissions in the entertainment industry.
Toronto secured both the City of Film and Film Commission of the Year Award in the city/region category. Fort Worth received the Emerging Location Award, while the California Film Commission was recognized as Film Commission of the Year in the state, province, and national category. Vancouver Film Studios earned the Studio of the Year Award.
The awards ceremony, held on Monday in Cannes, France, was attended by over 300 figures from the industry worldwide.
As MovieMaker pointed out when naming Toronto as the top big city on our list of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker, the Canadian film hub is “a vibrant, thriving city with around 3 million residents and more than 2 million square feet of studio space.” The city hosts productions such as Prime Video’s The Boys, NBC’s Brilliant Minds, Hulu’s The Testaments, and Prime’s Reacher, among others, and served as the foundation for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and various recent films.
Fort Worth Rising
The Emerging Location Award for Fort Worth highlighted the city’s remarkable growth in recent years under commissioner Taylor Hardy. “In a decade, the Fort Worth Film Commission has evolved from its inception to attracting major film and TV projects like Taylor Sheridan’s Landman, which was the third most-watched original series in 2025,” Hardy said in a statement. “We have worked tirelessly to enhance Fort Worth’s film economy and global reputation; this acknowledgment reinforces our status as a leading production destination.”
Judges in the Emerging Location Award category evaluate film commissions based on increased production numbers, appealing incentives, enhanced service levels, an expanding crew base, infrastructure, and diverse filming locations.
One judge commented, “Fort Worth has emerged dramatically over the last ten years. The new incentives and production volume have established it as a significant player.”
Fort Worth climbed several ranks in our latest list of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker, partly due to an enhancement in the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program, which is set to provide $1.5 billion for film and TV projects through 2035. Furthermore, SGS Studios, founded by Sheridan, recently collaborated on a new 450,000-square-foot production campus at Fort Worth’s expansive 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development.
Hardy addressed Fort Worth’s achievements in a recent panel at Sundance, which can be viewed here or below.
More Global Production Award Winners
The Global Production Awards also honored the Irish production Lemonade with the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award, while the Dallas Film Commission and Pegasus Media Project received the Economic and Social Impact Award.
The Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Use of Locations was awarded to Rental Family, filmed in Japan.
The Impact Leadership Award went to Irish filmmaker Jayne Foley. Svalbard, Norway, was recognized as Location of the Year – Natural, and Longcross South Underwater Stages in the United Kingdom was honored as Location of the Year – Site/Man-Made.
The Nordic Ecological Standard received the Sustainability Initiative Award, and Jurassic World Rebirth from NBCUniversal took home the Sustainable Production Award (Film). Another NBCU production, All Her Fault, won the Sustainable Production Award (TV).
Additionally, Netflix received a Special Recognition Award.
Main image: Fort Worth Film Commissioner Taylor Hardy, right, with the Emerging Location Award. Courtesy of Fort Worth Film Commission.
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Toronto and Fort Worth recognized as leading winners at the Global Production Awards.
Toronto and Fort Worth stood out as some of the top winners at the Global Production Awards, which took place during the Cannes Film Festival to honor achievements in the entertainment industry.