MIA Market Launches 12th Edition With New Rome Format — SkimNews
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- MIA Market launches its 12th edition Oct. 19-23 in Rome with a new format expanding venues to Via Veneto hotels and overlapping the Rome Film Festival (Oct. 13-25), giving buyers automatic accreditation to press and industry screenings.
- MIA chief Gaia Tridente framed the new collaboration as making the market "more rooted in the city" and positioning Rome as a major film and TV industry hub during the festival window.
- Fireside chats will feature Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti, Studiocanal/Canal+'s Anna Marsh, Bad Wolf's Jane Tranter, and "All Quiet on the Western Front" director Edward Berger, with newly added guests including Oscar-winning doc director Asif Kapadia, Kim Longinotto, and Roddenberry Entertainment's Trevor Roth.
- The market will showcase more than 100 projects from 43 countries, including a sneak peek of Sky Italia's Gucci family series "Gucci: Game Over" directed by Gabriele Muccino, and Mohamed Kordofani's "About Love & September Laws," his follow-up to the Cannes-screened "Goodbye Julia."
- "Barry Loser," a U.K. animated series based on Jim Smith's bestselling books and produced by Big Little Fish Television, anchors MIA's brand-new Animation Series Gap Financing Market for internationally backed animated projects.
- A panel titled "Producing With AI: Augmentation or Replacement?" will feature Mediawan's Max Wiedemann and AiMation's Tom Paton, complemented by BriskPace Studios CEO Al Munteanu's keynote moderated by Fieldfisher's Steve Saltzman.
Why it matters: The format change reframes MIA as an integrated extension of the Rome Film Festival — buyers now automatically access press and industry screenings. With 100+ projects from 43 countries and a dedicated AI-in-production panel, the week concentrates global film and TV dealmaking in Rome.
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