Sponsored Awards
The SONY PICTURES TELEVISION AWARD, will be presented for the second time at MIA 2026. The award will honor the Best Drama Project selected from the MIA Drama Coproduction Market, as chosen by a jury from Sony Pictures Television. This confirms an important partnership between Sony Pictures Television and MIA, with Sony joining as the official sponsor of the Drama Coproduction Market. The Sony Pictures Television Award highlights a shared commitment to nurturing bold new voices, supporting international co-productions, and empowering stories with the potential to travel across borders.
This year’s winner is:
The Inheritance, produced by Kato Maes, Kristoffel Mertens and Karlijn Van de Cruys (Panenka) and written by Alexandra Jans and Jan Van Dyck (Belgium)
GEDI Digital will present the GEDI VISUAL AWARD to one of the titles selected for Italians Doc It Better, the showcase of MIA’s Doc & Factual Division, now recognised as the leading international showcase for the best of Italian documentary filmmaking. As a media partner, GEDI Digital will ensure visibility and prominence for the winning film through the media outlets of the GEDI Group.
This year’s winner is
The Decoy Artist – The Incredible Story of Mario Moselli and Saddam Hussein’s Phantom Army by Gigi Roccati and produced by Verdiana
Screen International Award
Screen International renews its partnership with MIA for the C EU Soon work-in-progress programme.
The Screen International Award recognises one of the selected projects, offering the winning film dedicated editorial coverage in Screen International.
The 2026 Screen International Award will be presented by an international jury composed of:
Johan Blomqvist | Head of International Programme, Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden
Beatrice Gulino | Head of Acquisitions and Sales, Teodora Film, Italy
Amanda Trokan | SVP Acquisitions, 1-2 Special, USA
This year’s winner is:
Off Season (Temporada Baixa) by Marta Font and produced by Mireia Graell Vivancos (Ringo Media, Spain)
MIA, in collaboration with Women in Film, Television & Media Italia (WIFTMI), hosts the fifth edition of the WIFTMI AWARD for an Italian scripted project officially selected within the Film and Drama categories of MIA Co-Production Market. The winning project will be selected by a jury composed of professionals associated with WIFTMI who work in the development and production of audiovisual works.
The award – an editorial consultancy of professionals/associated with WIFTMI who work in the field of development and production of audiovisual works – will go to the project with the greatest potential for achievement based on criteria related to the themes of eliminating gender inequality, positive representation, balanced representation, diversity and inclusion.
The purpose of the WIFTMI AWARD is to help create connections between Italian production and the international market, which is often more sensitive to inclusive issues and more advanced in their processing.
This year’s winner is:
Animal Instinct (Italy), the debut feature by Vittoria Rizzardi Peñalosa, produced by Cinefonie
In 2026, Mnemonica joins MIA for the first time to introduce the Mnemonica Award, a new prize dedicated to the C EU Soon work-in-progress programme.
The award offers the winning project two years of cloud-based storage and delivery services for film materials, with a total in-kind value of €5,000.
The winning project will be selected by the Mnemonica Jury, with the award presented during the MIA Awards Ceremony.
Winner is:
Diatribe by Shaun O’Connor, produced by Maureen O’Connell (3 Hot Whiskey Productions, Ireland)