Italy’s MIA Market Sets Gaia Tridente As Director & Reveals 2022 Dates
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Italy’s key film and TV market MIA (Mercato Internazionale dell’Audiovisivo) is returning in 2022 with a new director in the shape of Gaia Tridente.The eighth edition of the Rome event will run from 11 to 15 October 2022, we can also reveal.
The market usually runs during the Rome Film Festival, whose 2022 dates have yet to be confirmed.Tridente has worked at MIA between 2017 to 2021, most recently as Head of Scripted, during which time the event has become an increasingly dynamic gathering.
Last year’s event included a keynote from Joe Russo and panels featuring a host of studios and streamers.In her new role, Tridente will be flanked by two Deputy Directors: Francesca Palleschi, in the role of Head of Film Content, and Marco Spagnoli, in the role of Head of Doc/Factual Content.Tridente succeeds Lucia Milazzotto who had worked at the event since its inception but left the project last October.Tridente, who holds a PHD in Film Studies, has twenty years of experience in the audiovisual sector.
She spent ten years as a member of the board of RomaFictionFest, covering the role of Head of International Programming until 2016.
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