Shoot The Book! Pitching Day



MIA / Pitching Forum

08 October 2025 - 10:00

Palazzo Barberini - Panel Pavillion
Runtime: 90 min.



Under the umbrella of the Book Adaptation Forum, MIA offers a market platform curated
by the Société civile des éditeurs de langue française (SCELF) and the Institut français. A
delegation of French publishers will present a selection of titles from the year’s most
important new releases, whose audiovisual rights are available for the international
market.
The jury composed of Luke Franklin, Executive Producer, See Saw Films (United
Kingdom), Giulia Achilli (Dugong Film), and Beatrice Gulino (Teodora Film) has
selected the eight (8) French titles to be presented at MIA: A HAIR’S BREADTH by
Claire Berest (Albin Michel); 31 DAYS TO LOVE YOU by Sophie Jomain (Auzou Editions);
21 BENDS by Fred Poulet (Media Participations – En Exergue); THE FIERY AND
SECRETIVE MILES FRANKLIN by Alexandra Lapierre (Flammarion); TOMORROW’S
SHADOWS by Noëlle Michel (Editis – Le Bruit du monde); SPAGHETTI ATTACK! by
Stéphane Nicolet (Media Participations – Little Urban); SMUGGLERS by Michèle
Pedinielli, Valerio Varesi (Media Participations – Points); THE BALANCE OF BODIES by
Jérémie Guez (Media Participations – Seuil).