Projects by Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani, veteran Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi and Italy’s Alain Parroni are among 67 selected for this year’s co-production market at Rome’s MIA film and TV event, which runs from October 19-23.
The 67 projects span films, animation, documentaries and scripted TV dramas in development and as work in progress films.
There are 22 film projects in development being presented at MIA, including Kordofani’s About Love & September Laws his return after Goodbye Julia which played in Cannes Un Certain Regard. It’s a romantic drama set in Khartoum in the early 1980s, where the lives of three characters intersect, each torn between love, faith, and sacrifice.
Parroni’s Blue Souvenir is written by the D’Innocenzo brothers and is a follow up to his 2023 debut An Endless Sunday, that won the special jury prize in the Venice Horizon section and the Fipresci award at Venice.
Meanwhile, MIA’s work in progress section C EU Soon has 12 films in its line-up including Zanussi latest, From Dust to Dust, a co-production between Poland and Bulgaria. The titles will compete for the Screen International Award.
MIA received more than 530 projects from 82 countries for its co-production market this year.
Film Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum
About Love & September Laws
Dir. Mohamed Kordofani
Prod. Klozium Studios
Adem E The Others (Tur)
Dir. Onur Saylak
Prod. Ay Yapim, Liman Film
After The Night (It-Fr)
Dir. Luca Maria Piccolo
Prod. Movimento Film, FilmO2
All The Softness In The World (Fr)
Dir. Ayce Kartal
Prod. Les Valseurs
Blue Souvenir (It)
Dir. Alain Parroni
Prod. Alcor, Fandango
The Case Of E.E. (Pol)
Dir. Olga Chajdas
Prod. Looks Warsaw
Goda (Sp)
Dir. Katia Klein
Prod. Elastica Films
Guardian
Dir. Marcelo Brennand
Prod. Biônica Filmes, Zéfiro Filmes
Little Girl Blues
Dir. Chris Zarb
Prod. Dragonfly Films, Bonum Films
The Lost Sons Of Nada (Fin-UK)
Dir. Kyran Davies and Scott Quinn
Prod. Poolboy, Falcon Nest Film
Malica (Sp)
Dir. Ismael García Moreno and Pere Migó Aran
Prod. Mago Production
Mancera (Sp-Fr-Port)
Dir. Khris Cembe
Prod. WKND, Dos Soles, Bígaro Films, Capitán Araña, Les Films de l’Autre Cougar, Cola
The March Of The Sunflowers
Dir. Erick Ricco
Prod. Studio Tubz / Cup Filmes, Autour de Minuit, Spamflix
Maryam & Varto (Fr-country TBC)
Dir. Gorune Aprikian and Luciano Lepinay
Prod. Tchack, Araprod, Bright Lighht Films, OnOff Studio
Næcken (Fr)
Dir. Adrien Beau
Prod. Master Movies
Surface Tension (Tur)
Dir. Hikmet Kerem Özcan
Prod. AZ Celtic Films, Nefes Films
The Time Bender (Can)
Dir. Kim Nguyen
Prod. Yzanakio
The Village In The Woods (Gr)
Dir. Alexandros Chantzis
Prod. Rflx, Boo Productions
C EU Soon 2026
A God Without Dance (Sp-Port)
Dir. Pedro Díaz
Prod. Mandrágora Cinema, Salon Indien Films, Matriuska, Nu Boyana Film Studios
Another One, Maybe. But Not This One (Rom)
Dir. Paul Cioran
Prod. Parada Film
Desechable (Sp-country TBC)
Dir. Carlos Gómez-Salamanca
Prod. Jaibo Films, Nocroma
Diatribe (Ire)
Dir. Shaun O’Connor
Prod. 3 Hot Whiskeys Productions Limited
Folk Play
Dir. Mirjana Karanović
Prod. This And That Productions, Elzevir Films SARL And Noctua Films, Samsa Film, Kinorama, Bela Film d.o.o., Kino d.o.o.
From Dust To Dust (Pol-Bul)
Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi
Prod. The Documentary And Feature Film Studios (Wytwornia Filmow Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych), RFF International
Heirloom (Fr-country TBC)
Dir. Upamanyu Bhattacharyya
Prod. Odd & Even Pictures, Otter Studios
I Will Find You
Dir. György Kristóf
Prod. Dynamo Productions, Focusfox, M&M Films, Dragonfly Films, RTVS
Karmic Knot (Ger-Lat)
Dir. Signe Baumane
Prod. Studio Lokomotive, Marriage Project, Fabian&Fred
Off-Season (Sp)
Dir. Marta Font
Prod. Ringo Media
Starseed (Fr-Rom-Bel-Can)
Dir. Anca Damian
Prod. Dream Vessel Films/Aparte Film, Wrongmen, Special Touch Studios, Yzanakio, Quetzalcoatl
The Seal Mother (Pol-Fin)
Dir. Agnieszka Trzos
Prod. Mamma Pictures sp. z o.o., Greenlit Productions
Wanna Taste It?
Animal Instinct (It)
Dir. Vittoria Rizzardi Peñalosa
Prod. Cinefonie
Intra Montes (It-Sp)
Dir. Alberto Diana
Prod. Slingshot Films, Un Capricho de Producciones
Match (It)
Dir. Mattia Temponi
Prod. Fargo Film
Parabasis (It)
Dir. Francesco Bianconi
Prod. Anemone Film
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