Market In Focus: MIA’s Popular Co-Production Forum Set To Welcome Pitches From Dario Argento & Wim Wenders’ Niece
deadline.comIt’s been eight years since Italy’s key film and TV market MIA kicked off in Rome and each year its popular co-production market and pitching forum seems to go from strength to strength.This year the strand, which is already established in drama, documentary and feature film sections, has spread its tentacles to include animation and will see local producers looking for high-profile financial partners and co-production deals get the opportunity to showcase their projects before an audience of industry professionals and top international players from global studios, OTT platforms, broadcasters, production and distribution companies as well as agents and financiers.This year, Deadline can reveal that there are already some standout pitches across all segments that are sure to drum up interest starting with Crimson Crown, the first series exec produced by Italian master of horror Dario Argento.
Being pitched in the MIA drama section, Argento will also direct the first episode of this series which is created by Bafta crew member Mandi Riggi and internationally co-produced by Media Musketeers, Incognito Films and IlBe Entertainment.
The series follows the dynamics of a group of estranged friends who, after sharing a secret pregnancy pact years before, need to protect their daughters against a mysterious murderer from their past.In its MIA doc pitching session, there’s a one-off series dubbed Moscow Nights, a German-Irish co-production that takes a look at the meetings between superpower leaders such as Ronald Regan, George Bush and Bill Clinton with Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin between 1987 and 1991.From the film side, there’s Jellyfish, directed by Wim Wenders’ niece Hella Wenders.
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