MIA 2022

On 14 October, the Rome-based MIA market shone the spotlight on one of the most successful non-fiction hits of the year, the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler. The one-hour discussion, moderated by Joel Zimmer, President of AGC Unwritten at AGC Studios, saw the participation of director Felicity Morris.

The DOC Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum will present a selection of 18 documentary projects divided into one-offs, series and products primarily intended for television or platform use. These projects come from 10 countries. Additionally, the event's new B2B Exchange Program is designed to support the Ukrainian audiovisual industry. Plus the MIA Buyers’ Club returns. The Rome market runs October 11-15.

For Marco Spagnoli, the enormous emphasis placed on documentary within this so-called “golden age,” both by public and professionals alike, is long overdue, and is one that he is eager to reflect in his programme during the Rome event, running 11-15 October both in-person and online. He explains more to Business Doc Europe.

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.

Over 2400 participants from 60 countries attended the Rome-based international audiovisual market which ran 11 to 15 October 2022 in the Palazzo Barberini and Cinema Barberini. The event generated million views on Twitter while MIA's facebook page followers grew by 27%, Linkedin by 23%. The event hosted more than 70 panels and events.

What is the moral cost of the War on Terror? Is it legitimate to violate the law in the name of national security? These are the two main questions tackled in the new doc feature, fully titled Ghost Detainee – The Extraordinary Rendition of Abu Omar and pitched at this year’s MIA market. “It is a spy film but also a reflection on what limits our governments can push to defend their own democratic principles,” the Italian doccers tell BDE.

Directed and edited by Ilaria de Laurentiis, The Rossellini Method promises to be “an archive film portrait of the legendary Italian director: revolutionary, irreverent, contradictory, candid in life and art.” De Laurentiis edited the feature doc The Rossellinis, which was pitched at MIA 2019 and selected for Venice the following year. Producer Raffaele Brunetti talks to Business Doc Europe about his latest Rossellini doc.