MIA Development Awards
MIA honors excellence in the audiovisual industry through the MIA Development Awards, which celebrate outstanding projects across four competitive categories within the Co-Production Market.
These awards reaffirm MIA’s commitment to supporting creativity, talent, and the international development of high-quality audiovisual content.
Here is the list of this year’s winners:
- MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ANIMATION PROJECT:
THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY / ZLATNATA PEPERUTKA by Goce Cvetanovski, produced by Makedonska Krepost and co-produced by Blurr Stories, Technoscope Films, and The G7 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, North Macedonia, Spain).
The jury is composed of: Olivier Lelardoux, CEO, Blue Spirit – Studio TF1; Jinsu Shin, Commissioning Editor, EBS Korea Educational Broadcasting System; and Coralie Boitrelle-Laigle, Director of Youth Content France, M6 Group – Gulli.
- MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOC PROJECT:
EDITION 96 (Lebanon), produced by OOBconcept, directed by Ahmad Naboulsi.
The jury is composed of: Suzanne Biermann, Commissioning Editor, ARTE GEIE (France); Anders Bruus, Commissioning Editor, DR (Denmark); and Horia El Hadad, Senior Producer Documentaries, Al Jazeera English (Qatar).
- MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMA PROJECT:
AÏNTA! produced by da Andreas Zoupanos Kritikos (Faliro House Productions), written by Kevin Zans Ansong and Stavros Pamballis.
Special mention to: DYOUF / GUESTS produced by May Jabareen (Philistine Films), written by Saleh Saadi.
The jury is composed of: Jasmin Maeda, SVP International Fiction Co-production & Acquisition, ZDF (Germany); Leo Becker, Head of International Originals and Co-Productions, Federation Studios (France); and Caroline Hollick, Executive Producer (United Kingdom).
- MIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING FILM PROJECT:
I HAVE TO FUCK BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS directed by Andrea Benjamin Manenti, produced by Stefano Centini (Volos Film) and Carlo Hinterman (Citrullo International).
The jury is composed of: Jonas Dornbach, CEO & Partner, Komplizen Film, Germany; Céline Dornier, Content Executive, IPR.VC, Finland; and Emmanuel Pisarra, Head of Acquisitions, mk2 Films, France.
