This year’s edition has attracted 1,400 participants from 41 countries. Of the 600 international executives slated to take part, half will be present in Rome for the physical edition, according to the event’s organizers. At least 80% of the registered Italian participants will also attend in person.
“The strength of MIA is that the supply chain meets here and demonstrates how integrated it is,” said, president of Italian motion picture association ANICA, who will be speaking at the Palazzo Barberini on Friday for the launch of the ANICA Academy, a collaboration among industry players focused on the development of skills and new talent.
The five-day event features more than 120 new film and television projects currently in development or production. Sixteen feature film projects will take part in the film Co-Production Market and Pitching Forum, while 13 drama series will pitch to prospective buyers in the Drama Pitching Forum and compete for MIA’s new ViacomCBS International Studios Award.
Among the key speakers this week will be Michael Ellenberg, founder and CEO of Media Res, the studio and production company behind AppleTV’s “The Morning Show” and HBO’s upcoming “Scenes from a Marriage,” as well as Stephen Cornwell, co-CEO of London and L.A.-based The Ink Factory, producer of “The Night Manager,” among other top titles.