MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo will return to Rome from 6–10 October 2025, with a strong emphasis on nonfiction through its Doc Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum.
This year’s Doc Co-Production Market will present 15 projects in world premiere, selected from nearly 500 submissions to MIA’s broader Co-Production Market and Pitching Forum. The nonfiction lineup comprises 11 feature documentaries, two TV one-offs, and two docuseries. Italy fields six projects; the remainder are international co-productions spanning 14 countries, including Ukraine and Lebanon.
An international committee oversaw the nonfiction selection: Horia El Hadad (Al Jazeera English, Qatar), Bjorn Jensen (Ginger Foot Films, Germany), Fabio Mancini (Rai Documentari, Italy), Pamela Martinez (Limonero Films, Spain), Myriam Weil (Federation Studios, France), and Hiroshi Yokota (NHK Enterprises, Japan).
Projects range across culture, history, science, and social themes. Highlights include Baseball Island (Netherlands; New Ams Film Company; dir. Lyangelo Vasquez), exploring Curaçao’s baseball culture; Building Venice (Italy; EiE film; dir. Katia Bernardi), on the crafts safeguarding the city; Caretakers (Germany/Hungary/USA; OTHER FILMS; dir. Ambrus Hernadi) on transnational elder care; and Encounter (Germany/Peru; Caral Filmproduktion; dir. Jose Chavez Boggio), reflecting on Peru’s wounded memory. Art and design feature in Reflections of Gauguin (Finland; Pig and Horse Productions; dir. Marton Jelinko) and Sottsass: The Poetry of Things (Italy/USA; Basement HQ; dir. Mattia Ramberti). Science and nature are addressed in Spinosaurus: The Dinosaur That Swam (France; 3LPictures; dirs. Grégory Maitre, Olivier Mercier) and Per silenzio e vento (Italy; Albolina Film; dir. Marco Zuin).
Contemporary-rights and justice narratives include Iman Le Caire (France/Canada; Beall Productions/Urbania; dir. Olivier Lemaire), Edition 96 (Lebanon; OOBconcept; dir. Ahmad Naboulsi), The Lawyer (Poland; MADANTS; dir. Maciej Bochniak), and Tsybli (Ukraine/Italy; DYKHAI Production; dir. Lesya Kharchenko). Italian titles such as Non potrò più sposarmi – The Sad Story of Palmina Martinelli (Salice Production; dir. Antonio Palumbo) and The Maserati Chronicles (Cromo; dir. Edoardo Vojvoda) round out the slate.
Beyond documentaries, MIA’s market will showcase 62 total projects across Animation, Drama, Film, and Doc, alongside industry sessions, workshops, and networking designed to support development, financing, co-production, and distribution across the global audiovisual sector.
