MIA (Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo) has requested submissions for two of its core non-factual programmes: The International Factual Forum and Italians Doc It Better.
The International Factual Forum is designed for international producers who own 100% of a format and intend to present it during a public session at MIA, open to other producers, broadcasters, and platforms, for potential acquisition and/or commissioning.
The International Factual Forum serves to enable television or digital content producers to present and promote their ideas for factual formats and programs to potential buyers, executive producers, television networks, streaming platforms, and other key figures in the entertainment industry attending MIA 2024.
Producers can use this event to showcase innovative and original ideas for new television formats or factual programs. These ideas may cover various genres, as listed below, and our event aims to be a high-level showcase entirely dedicated to presenting these creative proposals.
“Our goal is to attract the attention of other producers and decision-makers, such as television networks, streaming platforms, and other potential buyers who are often in search of new interesting and successful content to enrich their programming. It is also a way to develop networking and collaborations,” write organisers.
“Producers can meet other industry professionals at MIA, create synergies, find potential production partners, and build valuable relationships for the future development of their projects. In addition to funding opportunities, an important set of advantages offered by our event lies in providing promotion and visibility to the format. This can lead to further opportunities in the future or attract the attention of other networks or platforms.”
The registered formats must fall into one of the following categories:
- Brand-Driven Format: This category is aimed at formats that owe their existence to a brand or an advertiser who played a crucial role in creating the format.
- Factual Entertainment Format: It concerns formats shot outdoors where there is no competition but an exploration of a slice of life, to delve into certain aspects of it or to entertain.
- Multi-platform Format: These are formats that involve other means of communication in the storytelling.
- Reality Format: In this category, there are no elements of competition. The formats in this category can be shot in a documentary style, following a main character in what we perceive as “real life.”
The International Factual Forum is reserved only for formats that have already been produced, with at least one pilot, or have already aired for at least one season. A premiere status is a preferred but not a mandatory requirement. The following are not eligible:
- Formats already sold abroad in more than two territories
- Titles of a clearly pornographic nature
- Titles that endorse violence or openly incite the violation of human rights.
The submission deadline is September 6 (5PM CEST). To apply click here.
Italians Doc It Better
Italians Doc It Better is an initiative aimed at presenting Italian documentaries in post-production, or documentaries completed but not yet released outside from Italy. The projects presented must have a strong international appeal unquestionable judgment of the selection commission within the MIA Doc & Factual.
Eligible titles are documentaries (One-off TV, docu-series and feature docs) intended for exploitation in cinemas, on TV and online, in the post-production phase, rough cut or completed but not yet presented in festivals or shows, at the cinema, on TV or platforms.
The eligible titles are 100% Italian productions or co-productions with Italy with a quota majority. The market preview is a mandatory requirement.
Titles of a clearly pornographic nature and titles that support sexual abuse violence or openly incite the violation of human rights are not eligible.
The submission deadline is September 2 (5PM CEST). To apply click here.
