MIA is proud to present the forty-eight projects – films, TV series, and documentaries – coming from 20 different countries participating in this 2019 edition. With a rich and diverse selection for its fifth season, MIA continues to encourage co-roductions, financing, and promotion of the most interesting content for the upcoming seasons.
This year, the Film Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum presents sixteen projects coming from fourteen countries. Five of which mark the debuts of female directors, which represents 31% of the total amount.
• Alba by Sally Potter, United Kingdom, produced by Adventure Pictures
• Allah Is Not Obliged by Zaven Najjar, Francie, produced by Special Touch Studios
• Athlete by Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun and Semih Gülen, Turkey, produced by Vigo Film
• The Commander by Edoardo De Angelis, Italy, produced by O’Groove srl
• Emergency Exit by Bogdan Muresanu, Romania, produced by Kinotopia
• End Of The World Residency by Fernando Fraiha, Brazil, produced by Biônica Filmes
• The Great Match by Filip Syczyński, Poland, produced by Match&Spark
• Mamacruz by Patricia Ortega, Venezuela, produced by Mandrágora Films
• Middle Earth by Alexis Alexiou, Greece, produced by Senorita Films and View Masters Films
• Playboy Priest by Arne Toonen, Netherlands, produced by Rinkel Film, Hazazah Pictures, Samsa Film and Cine Cri de Coeur
• Prophets by Alessio Cremonini, Italy, produced by Cinemaundici and Lucky Red
• Runaway Rebels by Fabrizio Cattani, Italy, produced by Ipotesi Cinema
• Talitha Kumi by Hadar Morag, Israel, produced by MoviePlus Productions
• The Translator by Daniel Henríquez Rodríguez, Argentina, produced by Remora Films and Capicua Films
• Triumph by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, Bulgaria, produced by Abraxas Film
• Vancouver by Vanja d’Alcantara, Belgium, produced by Iota Production
The Drama Series Pitching Forum presents a selection of sixteen international and Italian titles, that covers a vast landscape of highly requested genres by broadcasters and digital platforms; from political thrillers to horror, from teen drama to period, and also crime and black comedy.
• Alex in Wonderland, United Kingdom, produced by Psychonaut
• Brandenburg, United Kingdom, produced by BlackBox Multimedia and Open Book Productions
• Cagliostro, France, produced by Cinétévé
• Echoes, Netherlands, produced by 2CFILM
• Grudgeville (Le case del malcontento), Italy, produced by Jean Vigo Italia Srl
• Her Horror, United Kingdom, produced by RubyRock Pictures and Clipper Media
• The Island, Italy/United Kingdom, produced by Blackbox Multimedia
• Laurene, France, produced by Les Films du Cygne
• The Leap (Le Saut de Tibere), Italy/Germany/Francie, produced by Urania Pictures
• Lullaby, Poland/France, produced by Black Sheep Films and Bahama Films
• Perception, Australia, produced by Essential Media Group
• Radix – Season 1: Otranto, Italy, produced by Cristaldi Pics
• Reset (Neustart), Germany/United Kingdom, produced by Clipper Media Capital and handwritten Pictures
• The Seer of Berlin, Germany, produced by eitelsonnenschein GmbH
• The System (Il sistema), Italy, produced by Colorado Film
• TransparenSEA – An adventure series, France, produced by Alauda Films 2 and Makever Madiawan
Lastly, this year’s MIA Doc Pitching Forum selection includes sixteen projects coming from seven different countries, with a strong presence of 100% Italian productions or co-productions.
• At the Court of the Aga Khan by Lisa Camillo, Italy, produced by Stefilm
• Contractors by Antonio Palumbo, Italy, produced by Dinamo Film Srl
• Cine Libre – Cinema and Graphics in the Cuban Revolution by Adolfo Conti ed Elia Romanelli, Italy, produced by DOC ART
• Alida by Mimmo Verdesca, Italy, produced by Venice Films
• 2020: Space by Francesco Cannavà, Italy, produced by Beagle Media of Vincenzo De Marco and C sas
• Il Posto by Mattia Colombo and Gianluca Matarrese, Italy, produced by Altara Films
• The Secret Diaries of the Pope (The Vatican Secret Archives Of The WWII), Italy, produced by Stand by Me
• Escaping History by Vittorio Moroni and Cécile Khindria, Italy/France, produced by Esplorare la Metropoli
• Hyper Places – The New Geographies of Globalization by Hendrick Dussolier, France/Italy, produced by Les Films d’Ici
• The Foreigner by Matteo Delbo, Italy/Spain, produced by 50N
• Into the Bank by Eva Hillström and Oscar Hedin, Sweden, produced by Film and Tell
• The Mystery of DB Cooper by John Dower, United Kingdom, produced by Minnow Films
• Venezuela: Revolution in the Land of Oil by Laurence Debray, France, produced by Day for Night Productions
• Gold Miners by Inka Achté, Finland/Norway, produced by Napafilms srl
• The Sound of Camel Bell by Liu Yingzhi, China, produced by Xinjiang camel travel world exploration co. LTD
• The Lost Sadhu by Raz Degan, Italy, produced by Ismaele Film (Thalia srl)