MIA Director Gaia Tridente Reveals Sony Pictures TV Exec Katherine Pope Among Keynote Speakers as Rome Market Projects Are Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy’s MIA market — dedicated to international TV series, animation, feature films and documentaries — is set for its 10th edition with 60 projects from 90 countries ready to be unveiled to potential partners.
The Oct. 14-18 pre-Mipcom event will also feature a rich roster of panels and keynote speakers, which will help take the global industry’s pulse at a time when business models are changing and co-productions have become more crucial than ever.
This year’s MIA panels will be announced later this week, but market director Gaia Tridente revealed to Variety that she has lined up some high-caliber keynote speakers such as Sony Pictures Television Studios president Katherine Pope, “Ripley” producer Clayton Townsend and Canadian-American producer Odessa Rae, who was instrumental in the making of Oscar-winning doc “Navalny” about the late Russian dissident.
Tridente said she’s been surprised at how many projects MIA received this year – 600 submissions to its co-productions call, as opposed to roughly 500 last year.
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