Italy’s MIA Market Names Gaia Tridente as Director and Announces 2022 Dates

Special: The Italian film and television market MIA (Mercato Internazionale dell’Audiovisivo) returns in 2022 with new director Gaia Tridente.

The eighth of the Rome Event will take place from October 11-15, 2022, we can explain that too. This means that the event will take place the day before MIPCOM, which will take place from October 17-20. The MIA market usually operates during the 2022 Rome Film Festival, whose dates have not yet been confirmed.

Tridente worked at MIA from 2017 to 2021, most recently as scenario manager, during which the event has become increasingly dynamic. Last year’s event featured a keynote from Joe Rousseau and panels from studios and broadcasters.

In her new role, Tridente will be accompanied by two assistant directors: Francesca Paleski, director of film content, and Marco Spanol, director of live/documentary content.

Tridente replaces Lucia Milacotto, who had worked on the event since its inception but left the project last October.

Having a PhD in Cinematographic Studies, Tridente has twenty years of experience in the audiovisual industry. He spent ten years on the board of RomaFictionFest until 2016, taking on the role of head of international programming. He also served as the European Relations Director of Fondazione Rossellini per l’Audiovisivo from 2010 to 2011 and collaborated on programming. Taormina Film Festival and European Cinema until 2007.

Tridente said: “I would like to thank ANICA president Francesco Rutel and APA president Giancarlo Leone for making MIA an important place of trust and renewed commitment for the Italian and international audiovisual industry. Over the years, MIA has established itself as the most important Italian market in terms of participation and results of operations, and has helped to increase and promote co-production, distribution and commercial relations internationally.

“My goal is to create a new high-quality version of MIA that meets the needs of the global industry ecosystem and represents a milestone in bringing content to the center of the market in all formats and genres.

ANICA President Francesco Rutel said, “Besides the development and integration of all audio-visual components and animation in MIA, the market will once again prove to be an irreplaceable autumn appointment in the European business calendar.”

APA President Giancarlo Leone added: “The support of Italian institutions to the Ministry of the Interior is another market force that combines the great commitment of the national industry and the extraordinary opportunities for the entire audio-visual market, as well as the growth and development of commercial relations between them. big countries. Italian and international players”.

MIA is a joint venture between Italian organizations ANICA (Trade Association representing the Italian film and audiovisual industry, headed by Francesco Rutelli) and APA (Italian Audio-Visual Producers Association headed by Giancarlo Leone) and has financial support from official and cultural institutions . . .