MIPDoc to Celebrate 25 Years at MIPTV in Cannes

RX France has revealed that MIPDoc will expand its footprint during the 60th MIPTV next April.

The expanded plans include a world-class international screenings summit for over 500 buyers, along with a new Canneseries documentary series selection, the return of the MIPDoc Screenings Library and the build-out of a 2,000 square meter MIPDoc & MIPFormats Producers Hub and Lounge in the Riviera Hall of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.

Billed as “the biggest week in unscripted television,” the 25th MIPDoc International Documentary & Factual Co-Production Market runs within the MIPTV Spring International Television Market from April 17 to 19, 2023, in Cannes—with one pass covering all.

The inaugural MIPDoc International Buyers Screenings showcase will take place pre-MIPTV on the afternoon of Sunday, April 16, in the Debussy Theatre of Cannes’ Palais des Festivals. A worldwide call for entries has opened, seeking the biggest new doc and factual content from leading producers and studios set to launch globally in spring 2023 to be screened to an invited audience of over 500 international buyers.

Running alongside MIPTV, season six of Canneseries (April 14 to 19) also introduces its first documentary selection, the International Documentary Series Competition, in 2023. MIPDoc buyers will have an exclusive first look at the selection during Sunday’s MIPDoc International Buyer Screenings ahead of screenings as part of Canneseries on Monday, April 17.

The MIPDoc Screenings Library returns, active from Sunday in the Palais des Festivals and offering buyers access to a range of documentary and factual titles onsite during the market and online post-show via OneMIP. An extended MIPDoc & MIPFormats Producers Hub and Lounge is designed to accommodate hundreds of meetings daily for creators, producers, commissioners, financiers and development executives.

RX France’s entertainment division director and director of MIPTV, Lucy Smith, said: “We embrace MIPTV’s leadership position as the biggest week in unscripted each April in Cannes. MIPDoc and MIPFormats, having already moved to the heart of the new look MIPTV, will grab an even bigger focus next spring. Going into its 60th anniversary, MIPTV feels rejuvenated and more relevant than ever.”