MIA, in collaboration with Women in Film, Television & Media Italia (WIFTMI), hosted the third edition of the WIFTMI AWARD to an Italian scripted project officially selected within the Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum of the Animation, Drama and Film divisions.
The award went to UGLYCOMICS / FUMETTIBRUTTI – a series based on the graphic novel trilogy by Josephine Yole Signorelli, known by the pseudonym that gives the series its title, produced by Riccardo Russo for Bim Produzione – a Wild Bunch Company, and written by Teresa Ciabatti, Laura Luchetti and Michele Pellegrini.
The jury, composed of WIFTMI members Maria Theresia Braun, Mattia Cavanna, Marina Cuollo and Cosetta Lagani decided to award UGLYCOMICS / FUMETTIBRUTTI with the following motivation:
“For its novelty and original point of view, as well as for its courageous and authentic representation of the transgender experience, offering an authentic portrait of the LGBTQIA+ community. The project brings to life the journey of Yole, a young transgender woman navigating her path to self-discovery. The series also has strong commercial potential thanks to its brand awareness, its innovative mix of live-action and animation, as well as the universal themes of identity and belonging it explores. We believe that WIFTMI’s consultancy can contribute to the project, sharing its commitment to the active inclusion of underrepresented groups, a commitment that the association promotes both in terms of on-screen representation and behind the scenes in the audiovisual industry”.
The award – an editorial consultancy from professionals associated with WIFTMI who work in the field of development and production of audiovisual works – went to the project for its development potential, 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.
WOMEN IN FILM, TELEVISION & MEDIA ITALIA (WIFTMI)
Women in Film, Television & Media Italia (WIFTMI) is a nonprofit association founded in the 1970s in the US whose Italian chapter was established in 2018.
WIFTMI’s goal is to promote gender equality and fight gender bias in the audiovisual industry. The Association also aims to encourage a cultural change leading to a more appropriate and positive representation of women in the audiovisual industry contents. WIFTMI hopes that such change will affect everyday behavior through the ability to shape the view of the world audiovisual content can provide.
These goals are complemented by that of creating a network of professionals fostering dialogue and cultural exchange, also stimulating change in the professional and social positions and roles held by women.
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