14 September 2015 – MIA stands for International Audiovisual Market, it’s a project directed by Lucia Milazzotto that will be presented today at the Toronto International Film Festival, for the first stage of an international tour that will take it back to Rome. At the Baths of Diocletian, on October 16-20 there will be the first edition of the event, in conjunction with the Rome Film Festival. “Mia – reads a statement – is an innovative center useful for the Italian audiovisual sector that focuses on the internationalization of the whole industry: Cinema, Television, Documentary, Animation and Gaming operating world-wide”. Mia wants to be a hub from which to get the best content and that allows to explore the future of the audiovisual world: a new system of synergies and partnerships between institutions, professionals and operators around the world to support networking and co-productions, and explore the more relevant topics to contribute to the growth of the sector as a whole. Market players from every continent have already confirmed their participation, confirming the need for an event that finally brings together all actors in the sector. Mia has received acceptance letters from Europe, the USA, Canada, Latin America, Japan, China, Australia, Korea, Cuba, the Middle East and also from countries growing in structural consumption of products, such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan. (Red)
