MIA (Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo) unveiled new global partnerships and initiatives for its 11th edition, to be held in Rome, October 6 to 10 2025.
A panel moderated by Gaia Tridente, director of MIA, featured a line-up of global industry leaders: Frédéric Lavigne, Artistic Director of Series Mania; Cia Edström, Head of TV Drama Vision at the Göteborg Film Festival; Jérémie Kessler, Director of European and International Affairs at CNC; and Roberto Stabile, Head of the International Department, Cinecittà/DGCA.
Core to proceedings was a discussion on Scenari Transalpini – an initiative of Institut français Italia in partnership with MIA, Villa Medici and Cinecittà, with the support of the DGCA-General Directorate Cinema and Audiovisual of the Italian Ministry of Culture, the CNC-Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée – that fosters collaboration between the French and Italian audiovisual industries supporting the development of audiovisual works.
During the panel, six projects selected for Scenari Transalpini 2025 were announced:
- The Clan of the Marseillais/Il Clan dei Marsigliesi produced by Giorgio Gucci and written by Alessandro Fabbri (Italy)
- The White Queen/La regina bianca by Sara Loffredi and Alberto Ostini (Italy)
- Ex Tenebris Lux by Giacomo Arrigoni (Italy)
- La linea verde by Elio and Chiara Cassaghi (France)
- Lake Como by Hanna Ladoul and Marco La Via (France)
- Sole Mio by Marguerite and Thérèse Quadrelli (France).
Apollo Series, a new training program developed in collaboration with Series Mania Institute and Nordisk Film Market/TV Drama Vision, was also introduced.
The session offered a comprehensive overview of MIA’s professional programs, Content Showcases (which includes the Italians Doc It Better programme) and the Co-Production Market (which includes the Doc Co-production Market & Pitching Forum*), as well as a new edition of SHOOT THE BOOK, in collaboration with Scelf and Institut français Italia aimed at strengthening the literary adaptation market by nurturing dialogue between authors, publishers, and producers interested in adapting literary works.
MIA 2025 will host delegations from several countries. Among these is Cuba, thanks to an agreement with the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), representatives from Cuban institutions and the new Cuban Film Commission. “This will be an opportunity to foster new international cooperation, with the aim of facilitating future co-productions,” write organisers.
*The Call for Projects for the new edition of Doc Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum is now open. The selection committee chooses up to 15 international projects with high artistic standing and distribution potential. “MIA Doc Co-Production Market is the most important Italian event dedicated to international documentary projects in development,” organisers write. Click here to apply.
“Documentaries change our perception, not only from a world perspective, but also on a personal level,” Marco Spagnoli, Head of Doc and Factual at MIA told BDE in 2024. “My feeling is that somehow documentaries are changing our attitude toward the world since their [increased] popularity, since there are so many documentaries that have an international platform.”
