The jury picks for the inaugural MIPDoc International Buyer Screenings have been revealed, with 11 productions to be showcased on April 16 as part of the pre-MIPTV \u201cSuper Sunday\u201d program.<\/p>\n
The lineup includes projects from the Netherlands, Germany, the U.S., the U.K., France and Sweden. Among the picks are\u00a0Cactus Hotel<\/em> from Albatross World Sales, A Cold War of Spies<\/em> from Autentic and\u00a0Blue Carbon<\/em> from Off the Fence<\/p>\n The screenings lineup is rounded out by The Caravan<\/em> from Cabalfilms; Catching Lightning<\/em> from Paramount Global Content Distribution; The First Inventors<\/em> from Abacus Media Rights; Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Open<\/em> from ARTE Distribution; Prison Project \u201cLittle Scandinavia\u201d<\/em> from SVT; The Rise of Wagner<\/em> from Mediawan; The Singh Case: A Long Journey to the Truth<\/em> from About Premium Content; and The Vatican<\/em> from Federation Studios.<\/p>\n The MIPDoc International Buyer Screenings will present 10-to-15-minute excerpts from each title to give buyers an exclusive first look at highly anticipated new factual content being launched in spring 2023. The final selection was curated by a jury of genre experts, including executives from PBS Distribution, American Public Television and ITV Studios, from over 70 submissions from 21 countries.<\/p>\n Buyers confirmed to attend the market are A+E Networks, Aljazeera Media Network, Amazon Studios, American Public Television, ARTE, CBC\/Radio-Canada, Channel 4, Foxtel, France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, Globo, The HISTORY Channel, ITV, National Geographic Television, Network Ten, NHK Enterprises, PBS International, RMC D\u00e9couverte, RTE, Seven.One Entertainment Group, Sky, SBS, TF1 and Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n The screenings will take place as part of the pre-MIPTV Super Sunday program from 3:30 p.m. on April 16 in the Debussy Theatre of the Palais des Festivals. The Super Sunday program will also feature an exclusive preview of the selection from the CANNESERIES International Documentary Series Competition, which runs in parallel with the MIPTV market. The MIPDoc International Buyer Screenings will be followed by the MIPDoc Opening Party in partnership with Paramount Global Content Distribution.<\/p>\n \u201cAdvancing doc and factual acquisitions is at the core of MIPDoc, and our new Super Sunday screenings can only be served up in Cannes,\u201d said Lucy Smith, entertainment division director and director of MIPTV at RX France. \u201cStaging this day for buyers means they can discover and acquire the hottest factual content from both the MIPTV market and the CANNESERIES festival early and easily.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The jury picks for the inaugural MIPDoc International Buyer Screenings have been revealed, with 11 productions to be showcased on April 16 as part of the pre-MIPTV \u201cSuper Sunday\u201d program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2806,1842,7244,7245,2060,7246],"class_list":["post-19464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-lucy-smith","tag-mipdoc","tag-mipdoc-2023","tag-mipdoc-international-buyer-screenings","tag-miptv","tag-miptv-2023","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n