Davide Abbatescianni
MIA docuseries pitch: Blue Sphere by Jérôme Bernard
The exploration of Earth’s orbit takes centre stage in Blue Sphere, a science-fiction docuseries project pitched at the MIA market in Rome last week. Within an epic that follows space pioneers over several generations, director Jérôme Bernard will invite experts to discuss the human and technological challenges that arise from the conquest of the environment beyond our atmosphere.
RAI joins Global Doc Initiative, teams up with France Télévisions on nuclear...
Italian pubcaster RAI announced October 12 its decision to join the likes of ZDF, Channel 4 and SVT in the Global Doc Initiative, and unveiled details of a new project on nuclear fusion, to be co-produced with France Télévisions. Both announcements were made at the MIA market, running October 11-15 in Rome, during an event moderated by the MIA Deputy Director and Head of Doc & Factual Marco Spagnoli.
FIPADOC appoints Ove Rishøj Jensen as new Head of Co-production Forum
A veteran of the international documentary business, Rishøj Jensen starts his role with immediate effect. Since 2011, he has been working as a producer and outreach manager for Swedish outfit Auto Images, involved in several successful non-fiction features such as Nelly & Nadine, recently crowned Best Nordic Doc at Nordisk Panorama. In 2019, he launched the documentary training and consulting firm Paradiddle Pictures.
