Il Doc Co-production Market & Pitching Forum si impone come una vetrina di eccezionale valore, ospitando in anteprima mondiale 15 progetti di rara originalità e potenza narrativa. I progetti selezionati testimoniano una ricerca creativa d’eccellenza, con storie coraggiose, capaci di dialogare con l’attualità, la memoria e l’immaginazione, attraversando generi e continenti. Ogni titolo rappresenta un’alta qualità produttiva e un’impronta autoriale unica, frutto della selezione di un comitato composto da professionisti internazionali: Horia El Hadad, Sr. Commissioning Producer, Al Jazeera English (Qatar); Bjorn Jensen, Creative Director & Founder, Ginger Foot Films (Germany); Fabio Mancini, Commissioning Editor, Rai Documentari (Italy); Pamela Martinez, International Sales Agent, Limonero Films (Spain); Myriam Weil, Head of Documentary, Federation Studios (France); Hiroshi Yokota, Director and Producer, NHK Enterprises, INC (Japan).
I documentari e le serie presentano idee innovative e prospettive inedite, dimostrando come il linguaggio del reale sia oggi strumento di esplorazione profonda della società e della Storia contemporanea. La selezione è composta da 11 feature doc, 2 TV One-Off e 2 docuserie. L’Italia è rappresentata da 6 progetti mentre il resto dei titoli sono coproduzioni internazionali che vedono il coinvolgimento totale di 14 paesi, tra questi anche l’Ucraina e il Libano.
Questa selezione costituisce un vero percorso tra anteprime mondiali, offrendo racconti che vedranno la luce proprio al MIA: BASEBALL ISLAND (Olanda, prodotto da New Ams Film Company, diretto da Lyangelo Vasquez) rivela la sorprendente passione per il baseball a Curaçao; BUILDING VENICE (Italia, prodotto da EiE film, diretto da Katia Bernardi) conduce nel cuore nascosto dei mestieri che difendono Venezia; CARETAKERS (Germania/Ungheria/USA, prodotto da OTHER FILMS, diretto da Ambrus Hernadi) esplora le vite di chi si prende cura degli anziani migrando tra paesi; ENCOUNTER (Germania/Perù, prodotto da Caral Filmproduktion, diretto da Jose Chavez Boggio) ricostruisce la memoria ferita del Perù attraverso uno sguardo interno e familiare. I progetti affrontano tematiche cruciali: l’identità, la giustizia negata in NON POTRÒ PIÙ SPOSARMI – LA BRUTTA STORIA DI PALMINA MARTINELLI, (Italia, prodotto da Salice Production, diretto da Antonio Palumbo), l’italianissima resilienza e la creatività in THE MASERATI CHRONICLES, (Italia, prodotto da Cromo, diretto da Edoardo Vojvoda), il ruolo sociale dell’arte in REFLECTIONS OF GAUGUIN (Finlandia, prodotto da Pig and Horse Productions, diretto da Marton Jelinko) o SOTTSASS: THE POETRY OF THINGS (Italia/USA, prodotto da Basement HQ, diretto da Mattia Ramberti), fino alla ricerca scientifica che cambia la nostra visione del passato in SPINOSAURUS THE DINOSAUR THAT SWAM (Francia, prodotto da 3L Pictures, diretto da Grégory Maitre, Olivier Mercier) e la natura con le Alpi in PER SILENZIO E VENTO (Italia, prodotto da Albolina Film, diretto da Marco Zuin). Docuserie come HIJACKED LIFE (Lituania/Estonia, prodotto da Make it Happen, diretto da Andrius Lekavicius), propongono intrecci di storia e sentimenti che attraversano decenni e continenti. La pluralità geografica e tematica è una ricchezza: dall’Europa all’America Latina, dal Medio Oriente all’Est Europa, la selezione offre una fotografia autentica e stratificata della contemporaneità. Opere come IMAN LE CAIRE (Francia/Canada, prodotto da Beall Productions, Urbania, diretto da Olivier Lemaire) o EDITION 96 (Libano, prodotto da OOBconcept, diretto da Ahmad Naboulsi) portano alla luce storie di coraggio e lotta per i diritti civili, THE LAWYER (Polonia, prodotto da MADANTS, diretto da Maciej Bochniak) rivela le sfumature della giustizia in Africa e Europa, mentre TSYBLI (Ucraina/Italia, prodotto da DYKHAI Production, diretto da Lesya Kharchenko) racconta l’amore che resiste anche nei luoghi più fragili.
Progetti selezionati per Doc Co-Production Market 2025
Baseball Island
Feature Doc
Netherlands
BASEBALL ISLAND is a portrait of the nascent island nation Curaçao seen through the lens of baseball. The film follows Liga Pabou’s team of eleven- and twelve-year-old boys over the course of a season as they chase the dream of the Little League World Series. In a landscape of sharp... more
Produttori Principali: Sander Verdonk (New Amsterdam Film Company), Thomas den Drijver (New Ams Film Company)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALBuilding Venice
Docuseries
Italy
Arts and Culture, History
Building Venice is a documentary series that reveals the hidden side of the world’s most photographed city. Beyond the tourists and postcard views, Venice is an architectural miracle kept alive by a network of artisans, acrobatic builders, and underwater workers who face extraordinary challenges every day. From the muddy depths... more
Produttori Principali: Davide Francesco Valentini (EiE Film)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALCaretakers
Original title: Gondozók
Feature Doc
Germany, Hungary, USA
Human and Society
Caretakers is a character-driven documentary that follows the lives of Zsuzsa in Germany and Beata in New York, two Hungarian women working as live-in caregivers for the elderly. Both have left their families behind in search of financial survival. They are absent at home, yet indispensable in someone else's private... more
Produttori Principali: Rita Balogh (Other Films Kft)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALEdition 96
Original title: الإصدار 96
Feature Doc
Lebanon
History, Other
Suzanne, a 67-year-old former tennis champion from Tripoli, lives quietly among trophies and fading memories. Her life unfolds in fragments, joy, repression, resistance, tracing her struggle to define herself beyond patriarchy, war, and societal constraint. At 15, she trained under Labib, her coach-turned-fiancé, whose influence shaped both her technique and... more
Produttori Principali: Omar Said (Rec Entertainment)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALEncounter
Original title: Encuentro
Feature Doc
Germany, Peru
Global Issues, History, Human and Society
In 1990, two members of the Peruvian Communist Party-Shining Path (PCP-SL) were deeply involved in an insurrection that began in the Andes and is gradually encircling Lima. During the actions in Lima, one of the militants is captured and killed months later during a prison riot. The other is also... more
Produttori Principali: Jose Chavez Boggio
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALHijacked Life
Original title: Uzgrobtas gyvenimas
Docuseries
Lithuania, Estonia
Global Issues, History, Human and Society
In 1970, Lithuanian small-time criminal Pranas Brazinskas smuggles sawed-off shotguns onto a Soviet domestic flight and, with the help of his terrified 15-year-old son Algirdas, hijacks the Aeroflot jetliner and orders it east of the Black Sea. One stewardess—19-year-old Nadia Kurchenko—is killed, several crew members are wounded, and the aircraft... more
Produttori Principali: Jurgita Rakauskaite (Make it Happen)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALI will never marry - The burning story of Palmina Martinelli
Original title: Non potrò più sposarmi - La brutta storia di Palmina Martinelli
Feature Doc
Italy
Biography, Human and Society, Other
On November 11th 1981, the screams of a young girl pierce the silence of an emergency room in Fasano, Puglia. Her name is Palmina Martinelli, she is 14 years old, and her body is burned over 75% of its surface: she is in agonizing pain but still conscious. She screams:... more
Produttori Principali: Cosetta Lagani (Salice Production)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALIman Le Caire
TV One-Off
Canada, France
Arts and Culture, Biography, Global Issues, Human and Society
Donald Trump'scomeback to the White House has stunned much of the world. Reshuffling the political, economicand social cards, the first days of the new administration have been accompanied by repressiveideological orientations that directly threaten many parts of the American population. People ofimmigrant background, foreign students and the LGBTQIA+ community in... more
Produttori Principali: Jean-Marie Nizan
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALReflections of Gauguin
Feature Doc
Finland
Arts and Culture, Other
An enigmatic painting signed "P. Gauguin" has troubled its owner, Italian philanthropist StefanoCanepa, for over two decades. Scientific tests link its techniques and materials to Gauguin’s era,but its authenticity remains unresolved due to questionable provenance and exclusion fromGauguin’s Catalogue Raisonné. Filmmaker Salla Kozma embarks on a gripping journey through theart... more
Produttori Principali: Salla Kozma (Pig and Horse Productions)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALSOTTSASS: The Poetry of Things
Feature Doc
Italy, USA
Arts and Culture, Biography, Human and Society
This feature documentary explores the visionary life and legacy of Ettore Sottsass—designer, artist, photographer, and founder of the radical Memphis Group. From postwar Italy to global design stardom, Sottsass challenged conventions and reshaped visual culture, inspiring icons like David Bowie and Karl Lagerfeld. With rare archival footage and intimate interviews... more
Produttori Principali: Francesco Crespi (Basement srl)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALSPINOSAURUS THE DINOSAUR THAT SWAM
TV One-Off
France
Science
What if dinosaurs didn’t just rule the land? The Spinosaurus aegyptiacus fossil, discovered in Egypt over a century ago and later lost to WWII bombings, remains one of palaeontology’s greatest enigmas. Today, German-Moroccan scientist Nizar Ibrahim investigates across the Sahara, European labs, and museum archives worldwide to prove it was... more
Produttori Principali: Lucile Moura (3L PICTURES), Lola Adamo (3L PICTURES)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALThe Lawyer
Original title: Prawnik
Feature Doc
Poland
Human and Society
Brian Mwenda, a brilliant young Kenyan lawyer, wins case after case—defending suspected criminals, saving the innocent, and rising to legal stardom. He becomes a law firm partner and even wins an impossible case before a military tribunal. But then, the shocking truth emerges: Brian never finished law school. He forged... more
Produttori Principali: Klaudia Śmieja Rostworowska (MADANTS), Kinga Tasarek (MADANTS)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALThe Maserati Chronicles
Feature Doc
Italy
History, Human and Society, Pop Culture
A journey of struggle, loss, and rebirth, told through the lives of those whose ambition and failure shaped a legend.Three chapters, six protagonists. Past and present converge in Maserati’s turbulent story.Derek Hill, long overshadowed by his father’s racing legacy, reinvents himself as a stunt driver, mirroring the Maserati brothers, who,... more
Produttori Principali: Edoardo Vojvoda (CROMO), Chiara Leschiutta (CROMO)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALThrough silence and wind
Original title: Per silenzio e vento
Feature Doc
Italy
Arts and Culture, Global Issues, Human and Society
The documentary explores the profound bond between human beings and the mountains, following writer Matteo Righetto, a keen observer of the Alpine world, on a journey of reflection to discover a new definition of mountaineering. To go beyond the individual relationship with the mountain and instead explore its evocative and... more
Produttori Principali: Roberto Cavallini (Albolina Film)
Leggi la scheda progetto completa su MIA DIGITALTsybli (working title: The Gray Zone)
Original title: Tsybli
Feature Doc
Italy, Ukraine
Global Issues, Human and Society
Set in the riverside village of Tsybli near Kyiv, the film enters a palliative ward for gravely wounded Ukrainian soldiers. Young men from different walks of life are now between life and death. They are surrounded by their mothers, wives, children, nurses, fellow soldiers and doctors. The clinic was founded... more
Produttori Principali: Federico Quintana (Freelance)
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