Rome-based TV and film market extends programme, as well as multiple new locations

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Italian TV and film market MIA has unveiled an expanded programme for its 2026 edition, with a European investment hub also in the works.

The Rome-based event will take place in seven venues along the city’s historic Via Veneto and in Piazza Barberini from 19 to 23 October.

The inaugural European Investment Hub aims 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.

An in-conversation programme will include German director Edward Berger, Marco Bassetti, CEO of European production and distribution giant Banijay, and Jane Tranter, founder of UK producer Bad Wolf.

Additionally, the president of Italy’s APA producers association Chiara Sbarigia will present a report on Italian audiovisual production trends for 2025-2026.

This will be followed by a panel with 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.

Italian film body ANICA will also present a report on film consumption after theatrical release, examining viewing through pay, linear and streaming services.

MIA has selected 104 projects from 43 countries to take part in its industry programmes, such as the Co-Production & Gap Financing Market and the Work-in-Progress sessions. These will run alongside more than 40 other sessions, talks and meetings, which in total will feature 85 international speakers.

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.”

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