MIA docuseries pitch: Re-Making of Love by Lucio Basadonne and Anna Pollio
Eight young people between the ages of 18 and 24, the self-named Troublemakers, seek to create a new form of sex education for presentation to their peers. The process is followed by the husband and wife team of Lucio Basadonne and is one that proves to be as revelatory for them as for the film’s subjects. Basadonne explains more to Business Doc Europe.
MIA feature doc pitch: I Don’t Forgive by Simone Spampinato, Elisa Faccioni
Just a few months ago, filmmakers Simone Spampinato and Elisa Faccioni came across a story of an unbreakable friendship between two women that developed out of the most tragic of circumstances. The son of one murdered the husband of the other. “We're fascinated by stories of people who even in the most tragic situations are able to find beauty in life.” Faccioni tells Business Doc Europe.
MIA to roll out new UNSCRIPTED doc section in October 2021
The 7th edition of Rome’s MIA market will run October 13-17 with an expanded doc section set to address “all the new languages of the audiovisual sector that have to do with reality - its storytelling and interpretation.” Titled MIA UNSCRIPTED, confirmed events will include the international Doc Pitching Forum and Italians Doc It Better, which will showcase the best of local doc output.
MIA docuseries pitch: Radicals by Matteo Ferrarini
Why do Italians love the causes that the country’s Radical Party espouses, but pointedly refuse to vote for them during general elections. Massimo Brega’s new doc ponders this question as he assesses the history of political protest, centering on party leader Marco Pannella, considered by some a genius and a prophet, by others an impostor and a buffoon. Producer Matteo Pecorara gets radical with Business Doc Europe.
MIA Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo unveils line-up for 2021
The seventh edition of MIA (Oct 13-17) takes place once again in Rome’s Palazzo Barberini, Cinema Moderno and Cinema Quattro Fontane. Nine feature doc and four docuseries projects are selected for MIA Unscripted: Doc Pitching Forum. Keynote will be given by R.J. Cutler. Cosima Spender and Valerio Bonelli to give joint masterclass. Joy Russo named as key protagonist of MIA Scripted.
MIA feature doc pitch: Live Till I Die by Åsa Ekman, Gustav Ågerstrand, Anders...
Co-director Åsa Ekman talks to Business Doc Europe about Live Till I Die, set in a Swedish elderly home and telling of the deep and emotional relationship that develops between Monica, an activity coach still grieving for her grandmother, and Ella, a 99-year-old resident who is facing her final days.
Doc and Unscripted at MIA 2021
MIA 2021 opens October 13, running through October 17, with a wide-ranging doc and unscripted programme that presents a solid mix of new project pitches, screenings, key notes and panel discussions. Programme head Marco Spagnoli tells Business Doc Europe what to expect. “MIA is a market of ideas,” he underlines.
MIA feature doc pitch: Sunken Memories by Luca Manes
In Luca Manes’ feature documentary project, a concave object being used as a flower pot turns out to be part of a US bomber that crashed and sank in the Mediterranean during the crucial 2WW Battle of Anzio in 1944. The discovery of the object’s provenance changes irrevocably the lives of three men who previously had no idea of each other’s existence. Producer Leonardo Baraldi explains more.
MIA docuseries pitch: Odyssey – Behind the Myth by Massimo Brega
In his 6-part/3-part series Massimo Brega will follow in the footsteps of Odysseus along his epic journey back from the Trojan War. The director will traverse The Mediterranean, shedding new light both on the Greek hero and his chronicler Homer, ultimately looking to determine whether the epic voyage ever really took place. Producer Camilla Tartaglione of Italian production house Kepach weaves a tale for BDE.
MIA feature doc pitch: Slave Island by Jimmy Hendrickx, Jeremy Kewuan
“Slavery is despicable, yet the objective is to offer a multifaceted view,” write the directors of the Belgian project Slave Island, pitched at MIA. “A film that reflects on the universal mechanisms in which there are rulers and victims, in which religion is both a danger and a solution whilst our own moral judgement is an endless project under construction.” Producer Kristian Van der Heyden of Harald House explains more to BDE.
