THE NEW INCUBATION PROGRAM FOR FILM AND SERIES PROJECTS
In collaboration with several consolidated partners on the Italian and international market and always with a view to promoting the incubation of new projects, MIA this year hosts pitch sessions, showcases, and b2b meetings aimed at discovering new content and IP, to promote and circulate European talents and stories.
(→)EBU Proud to Present a Fiction
As part of its partnership with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), which is renewed for the third consecutive year, MIA hosts Proud to Present Fiction, a showcase of the best of scripted series presented by major European broadcasters. The event will allow EBU members to share their best drama productions, including recently produced programmes and projects awaited by the market.
(→)Piemonte Development Pitch
As part of the activities of the Piemonte Film Tv Development Fund, a partnership with MIA was born, offering 6 film projects supported by the fund the opportunity to present themselves to a large audience of decision makers in a dedicated “pitch session” during the Roman market. The 6 feature films, selected by an editorial committee composed of representatives of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte and MIA, will be able to benefit from the consultancy of an international expert in preparation for the “pitch session” and will have access to a structured session of one to one meetings with a delegation of national and international accredited guests selected by MIA.
(→)Scenari Transalpini
To foster the development the co-productions between Italy and France, Institut Français Italia, in collaboration with Cinecittà, with the support of DGCA-MiC and CNC, and in partnership with MIA and Villa Medici, Académie de France à Rome, has launched Scenari Transalpini, a transnational workshop for feature film screenplays. The initiative provides support to six selected projects — three from Italy and three from France — and offers the opportunity to get in touch with experts in co-production, distribution and international sales.
(→)Shoot the Book – MIA EDITION
Still in the context of the Franco-Italian collaboration, this year will see the first edition of Shoot the Book-MIA Edition, a market platform for literary adaptations created thanks to the curatorship of the Société civile des éditeurs de langue française (SCELF) and the support and collaboration of the Institut français Italia and the Ambassade de France. A delegation of French publishers composed of Flammarion, Glénat, Mediatoon, Madrigall, Albin Michel, Auzou, Éditis, Robert Laffont, Steinkis, Liana Levi and a selection of Italian publishing groups will present a selection of titles selected among the most important new editorial releases of the year, whose audiovisual rights are free for the international market.
(→)Unbox
To enhance the collaboration with Alice nella Città (a younger audience skewing Film festival held in Rome), on the occasion of the tenth edition of the MIA and the second edition of the Short film Days (Rome, 16th to 18th October), a partnership has been created to promote the circulation of IP for the audiovisual market: MIA will host a session of UNBOX, a project linked to emerging directors of short films who aspire to make their debut for cinema and series. The event aims to be a decisive moment in the process of building the production architecture of the projects that will be presented during a pitch session followed by B2B meetings with a group of producers accredited to the MIA.
