The Call for Projects for the new edition of Doc Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum is now open!
The Doc Co-Production Market is an event committed to providing exposure to documentary projects in development. Our selection committee selects up to 15 international projects with high artistic standing and distribution potential. MIA Doc Co-Production Market is the most important Italian event dedicated to international documentary projects in development.
MIA offers several networking opportunities and support producers to connect with the international decision-makers attending the market.
Only main producers with a production company are eligible to submit projects to the MIA DOC Pitching Forum 2025. You may submit multiple entries, provided each meets the eligibility criteria.
Eligible formats include: TV one-offs (maximum 52 minutes), docuseries (minimum 4 episodes, 52 minutes each), and feature documentaries (over 70 minutes).
Submissions must include a trailer or teaser; entries without one will not be considered. If the original language is not English, subtitles in English are required.
Projects must not be in post-production and must not have been publicly pitched at any other industry events, markets or festivals prior to MIA 2025.
To check eligibility criteria, see our Main Guidelines and Rules 2025.
lease check our FAQ and if you need further information, get in contact with us: mia.doc@miamarket.it
The deadline for applications is June 19th, 2025 by 5pm CEST! APPLY NOW!
Established as a benchmark for the European and International players, over the past editions the Doc Co-Production Market has successfully supported several of the selected features, tv one off and series in their path to completion. Among them, to quote only a few titles:
I’m in Love with Pippa Bacca, Feature, Italy, directed by Simone Manetti, Nacne Sas A+E Networks Italia, in collaboration with Filmoption International, Fiumi Film, Esplorare la Metropoli; Searching for Valentina. The world of Guido Crepax, Feature, Italy, directed by Giancarlo Soldi, Bizef Produzione Srl in collaboration with Rai Com, RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Rai Cultura, Chromatica, Laser Digital Film; The Rossellinis, Feature, Italy, directed by Alessandro Rossellini B&B Film, Istituto Luce, VFS, in collaboration with Uldis Cekulis, Rai Cinema; Alida in Her Own Words, Feature Doc, Italy, directed by Mimmo Verdesca, Venice Films, Kublai Film, Fenix Entertainment; in collaboration with Istituto Luce, Rai Cinema; Erasmus a Gaza, TV One-off Italy, directed by Matteo Delbo, Arpa Film, 50notturno; Sergio Marchionne – the courage to matter, TV One-Off, Italy, directed by Giovanni Filippetto, Red Film, Rai Documentari; Beloved Shores, Feature Doc, Italy, directed by Egidio Eronico, Schicchera Production, EiE Film, Istituto Luce, DBW Communication, Sky Italia; Live Till I Die, Feature Doc, Sweden, directed by Anders Teigen, Oscar Hedin, Gustav Ågerstrand and Åsa Ekman, Film and Tell; Ai Weiwei’s Turandot, Feature Doc, Italy, directed by Maxim Derevianko, Incipit Film; Lost for Words, Feature Doc, UK, directed by Hannah Papacek, Rétroviseur Productions.
