French TV Distributors Pin Hopes On New-Look Paris Screenings In Absence Of MIPTV

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EXCLUSIVE: French television program sellers are placing extra impetus on this week’s Paris screenings events with MIPTV no longer on their schedules, with deals secured on new shows such as France 2 drama The Black Widow.

Several sources in French distribution have told Deadline that the third French TV Screenings (now known as the Paris TV Screenings) could grow in the absence of MIPTV, France’s second-largest television market until its demise last year.

They are taking place under the auspices of French film and TV export body Unifrance’s 27th Rendez-Vous in Paris. The annual event, which launched in the late 1990s with a focus on cinema, expanded its remit to TV following Unifrance’s merger with TV France International in 2021.

Major France-based sellers such as Mediawan, Newen Connect and France TV Distribution will join smaller boutiques such as Film & Picture, Studiofact Rights, Balanga and Terranoa in showcasing new shows at the Paris Pathé Parnasse cinema from Jan 14 to 16, and taking meetings at the Film & TV Content Market in the nearby Pullman Hotel which runs across the week.