Rome MIA Market Kicks Off With Rich Roster of Projects, Panels and Prominent Global Execs
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Rome’s MIA Market dedicated to international TV series, animation, feature films and documentaries kicked off its 10th edition on Monday, with 60 selected projects from 90 countries ready to be unveiled to potential partners.
The Oct. 14-18 pre-Mipcom boutique event – which is celebrating its first decade by continuing to adapt its innovative informal market concept to ongoing industry changes – will also feature a rich roster of panels and keynote speakers, who 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.
As previously announced by Variety, this year’s keynote speakers include Sony Pictures Television Studios president Katherine Pope, who has overseen such global hits as “The Last of Us”; “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.
Ed Havard, who is senior VP of unscripted programming at Universal International Studios, and Monica Rodman, EVP of development at Universal Television Alternative Studio, will make the trek to the Eternal City to discuss the future of unscripted in a panel focused on the European TV production market.
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