Rome’s MIA film and TV market has unveiled the lineup for its 2026 edition, which runs from October 19 to 23 with an expanded layout in seven venues along the city’s historic Via Veneto and in Piazza Barberini.
104 projects from 43 countries have been selected to take part in MIA’s industry programmes, such as the Co-Production & Gap Financing Market and the Work-in-Progress sessions.
These will run alongside a programme of more than 40 conferences, talks and meetings featuring 85 international speakers.
One of the new features of MIA this year is the European Investment Hub, aiming to bring together private investors and institutions with producers.
Among the speakers are Christopher Woodrow, founder and chairman of Media Capital Technologies; Roeg Sutherland, co-head of media finance at CAA Media Finance; Celine Dornier, content executive at IPR.VC; Alexandra Lebret, partner, at AXIO Capital’s Together Fund; and Silvia Laj, CEO of Coficiné.
There will also be presentations by speakers from the European Commission, European Investment Fund, Eurimages, and Italy’s CineRegio, Ministry of Culture and the Italian Trade Agency
Elsewhere there are fireside chats with Edward Berger, the director of Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave; Marco Bassetti, the CEO of European production and distribution giant Banijay; and Jane Tranter, the founder of UK producer Bad Wolf.
Among the key events, the president of Italy’s APA producers association Chiara Sbarigia will present its report on Italian audiovisual production trends for 2025-2026.
This will be followed by a panel with top Italian film and TV executives, including Rai Fiction director Maria Pia Ammirati, Netflix’s VP for Italian content Eleonora Andreatta, Medusa Film CEO Giampaolo Letta, Sky Studios Italy Emanuele Marchesi, Amazon Studios’ head of local originals southern Europe Nicole Morganti, Warner Bros. Discovery SVP head of content for Southern Europe Laura Carafoli.
Gaia Tridente, director of MIA, said: “This edition of MIA is built around a precise ambition: to read market transformations as they happen and translate them into concrete opportunities for the industry.”
Italian film body ANICA will also present a report on film consumption after theatrical release, examining viewing through pay, linear and streaming services.
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