MIA Awards 2026

MIA Awards 2026 - Presented by Gaia Tridente (President, MIA) MIA Awards 2026 - Presented by Gaia Tridente (President, MIA) GEDI VISUAL AWARD - “The Decoy Artist" – The Incredible Story of Mario Moselli and Saddam Hussein’s Phantom Army”, directed by Gigi Roccati and produced by Verdiana SONY PICTURES TELEVISION AWARD - “The inheritance”, by Alexandra Jans and Jan Van Dyck, produced by Kato Maes, Kristoffel Mertens and Karlijn Van de Cruys (Panenka) Alexandra Jans and Jan Van Dyck (Filmmakers, “The inheritance” - Winner of Sony Pictures Television Award) WOMEN IN FILM, TELEVISION AND MEDIA ITALIA AWARD - “Animal Instinct”, by Vittoria Rizzardi Peñalosa, produced by Cinefonie WOMEN IN FILM, TELEVISION AND MEDIA ITALIA AWARD - “Animal Instinct”, by Vittoria Rizzardi Peñalosa, produced by Cinefonie MNEMONICA AWARD - “Diatribe” by Shaun O’Connor, produced by Maureen O’Connell (3 Hot Whiskey Productions) Andrew Plotkin (Executive Vice President and Head of Drama Development, Sony Pictures Television, USA) MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOC PROJECT - “Loving Ika”, directed by Emilio Di Stefano and Fabian Sigurd, produced by Daniéla Frykstrand, Gunilla Film AB MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ANIMATED FILM PROJECT - “All the softness in the World”, by Ayce Kartal, produced by Les Valseurs MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIVE ACTION FILM PROJECT - “The Lost Sons of Nada”, by Kyran Davies and Scott Quinn, produced by Poolboy and Falcon Nest Film MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ANIMATION SERIES PROJECT - “Sophie, If You are there Give Us a sign!”, directed by Dario Piana, produced by Brand-Cross, 20 Pictures to Midnight and Digitoonz Entertainment The team of “Loving Ika”, directed by Emilio Di Stefano and Fabian Sigurd, produced by Daniéla Frykstrand, Gunilla Film AB - Winner of the MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOC PROJECT Andrew Plotkin (Executive Vice President and Head of Drama Development, Sony Pictures Television, USA) & Paolo Ciccarelli (Head of Drama, MIA) Asif Kapadia (Filmmaker, UK) The team of “Animal Instinct”, by Vittoria Rizzardi Peñalosa, produced by Cinefonie - Winner of the WIFTMI Award Marco Spagnoli (Head of Doc Content) and Gigi Roccati (Director of “The Decoy Artist") MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIVE ACTION FILM PROJECT - “The Lost Sons of Nada”, by Kyran Davies and Scott Quinn, produced by Poolboy and Falcon Nest Film The team of “The Lost Sons of Nada”, by Kyran Davies and Scott Quinn (MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIVE ACTION FILM PROJECT), and “Diatribe” by Shaun O’Connor (Winner of MNEMONICA AWARD) WOMEN IN FILM, TELEVISION AND MEDIA ITALIA AWARD - “Animal Instinct”, by Vittoria Rizzardi Peñalosa, produced by Cinefonie MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMA PROJECT - “Day traitors”, by Molly Stensgaard, Bo Hr. Hansen and Milad Alami, produced by Deborah Bayer Marlow and Michael Bille Frandsen (Nordisk Film Production) MIA Awards 2026 MIA Awards 2026 - MIA TEAM