Selection Announced!
Exclusively designed for drama buyers, MIPDrama is the annual premium showcase of the most anticipated high-end drama series.
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CONTENT DISCOVERY - MIPTV
Exclusive international content showcases across all genres
Drama
Doc & Factual
The global buyers community is invited to have an exclusive first look at a curated selection of new high-end and cutting-edge factual and documentary content still in production.
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Formats
Tune in for an in-depth look at the most compelling upcoming formats showcased by major entertainment companies featuring the most recent trends in international formats.
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Kids
Tune in for the most-anticipated Fresh TV Kids by Virginia Mouseler (The Wit) as well as dedicated content Programming Briefs and Market Analysis across all genres.
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PARTNER CONTENT SHOWCASES - Digital MIPTV
This year’s Partner Content Showcases, taking place as part of Digital MIPTV on Friday 9 April and Monday 12 April and on catch up until 14 May, will see 12 global partners presenting 30-minute sessions of content and insights across formats, factual, drama and kids.
All3Media International
Formats
Discover the latest formats from All3Media International including hit new show The Traitors, Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance, plus Sort Your Life Out and Eating with the Enemy.
BBC
Formats
Fact or Fake – a hilarious comedy format from Sandrats Media. Fake news is everywhere, but what happens when three comedians take viral videos and crazy news stories and try to separate the truth from the lies?
BBC
Formats
Cleaning format Filth, a show which sees extraordinary cleaners pitted against each other in a bid to win a cash prize.
BBC
Formats
This is My House, exploring the inner workings of the new primetime factual entertainment format in which 4 people walk into a home and declare “This is MY house” …but only one of them is telling the truth.
CATALAN FILMS
Kids
Catalan Films (Digital MIPTV Gold Sponsor) is pleased to welcome you to Discover the Freshest Catalan Cartoons at MIPTV. the institution is promoting five high-international appeal cartoons series from Brutal Media, Nuts Ideas, Cornelius Films, Peekaboo Animation & Motion Pictures.
GLOBO
Drama
‘Global Hits Makeover’ showcase will highlight two globally recognized hit stories from Globo: “Hidden Truths” a story of seduction, and “Brazil Avenue”, a smash hit revenge plot.
GLOBO
Drama
‘The Future is Female’ showcase seeks to contextualize through Globo’s newest content how authors, writers and characters contribute to how we see the role of women in the world today.
iFORMATS
Formats
This year “Wisdom in China 2021” will present five formats that are popular among young Chinese audiences. Shine! Super brothers and Wonder Agency presented by Dragon TV; Key to Heart presented by Hunan TV; Rock & Roast and Action! presented by Tencent Video.
IMPS - The Smurfs
Kids
IMPS presents their brand new Smurfs TV Series. Two seasons of 52 episodes of 11 minutes each have already been snapped up by Nickelodeon and although several free-to-air partners are on board, IMPS is still looking for TV channels to hop on, especially from Asia and Latin America.
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
Formats & Documentaries
International TV Executives, especially Buyers, are all eyes and ears when coming to Turkish content. This session will highlight recognized success stories and bring fresh new ones centre stage.
KOCCA (K-Format)
Formats
‘K Format -The Next Big Hits from Korean Broadcasters’ introduces the newest and the biggest hit scripted and upscripted formats from six major Korean broadcasters. (KBS Media, MBC, SBS, FormatEast, CJENM, Channel A).
KOCCA (K-Format)
Formats
‘K Format, The Next Big Hits from Korean Super Indies’ makes introductions on creative fresh unscripted formats of super- indies in Korea (CACTUS MEDIA, CEN MEDIA, DITURN, VITAMIN TV, SOMETHING SPECIAL.)
NTV
Drama
NTV is bringing the impressive lineup of the brand new projects and sequels for the legendary primetime winners, showcasing the amazing ‘Superstar!' format, an overnight phenomenon upon premiere and top hit for week.
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Formats
In addition to being Digital MIPTV Global Sponsor, TBS is bringing a brand new slate of unmissable TV shows to the Formats content audience. TBS will also be sharing more information on its recently inked development deal with Smart Dog Media to develop future international TV shows hits.
YELLOW BLACK AND WHITE
Drama
Yellow, Black and White and Start present their latest scripted series slate at MIPTV 2021, featuring gothic comedy-drama The Vampires of Midland; nail-biting psychological thriller Mediator; young-adult drama The New Guy; afterlife mystery series Passengers; START's popular rehab drama Addicted and a revealing docuseries Fortress. Russian Finance: The Faces Behind.
ZDF Enterprises
Drama
ZDF Enterprises is introducing the Spanish series ANA.all in., a thriller about a criminal lawyer fighting a corrupt system to clear her brother’s name who has been accused of murder. Also on the slate are the ambitious historical four-part French Télévisions drama Voltaire in Love, which captures the turbulent early life of one of the world’s greatest philosophers, as well as Nordic Noir Huss, a Swedish spin off from producers Yellow Bird. One of ZDF’s most popular series will also make a strong come back, now in its third seasons: the post-war family saga Ku’damm 63, produced by UFA Fiction.
Content Trends
Cutting-edge market analysis and insights from The Wit, Glance and K7 Media presenting detailed presentations on the key trends you need to know in formats, factual, drama and kids content.
Factual TV Trends
Presented by
K7 Media - David Ciaramella
Fresh TV Formats
Presented by
The Wit - Virginia Mouseler
Fresh TV Fiction
Presented by
The Wit - Virginia Mouseler
Fresh TV Kids
Presented by
The Wit - Virginia Mouseler
Fresh TV LAB
Presented by
The Wit - Virginia Mouseler
Fresh TV Young Adult Content
Presented by
The Wit - Virginia Mouseler
One TV Year in the World: Cracking Audience Trends
Presented by
Glance - Avril Blondelot
Programming Briefs
World-leading broadcasters and streamers share their programming, acquisition and commissioning strategies. Followed by LIVE Breakout Rooms with the programming executives.
By pre-registration (limited number of participants)
Formats
Factual
Drama
Kids
Sebastian Debertin
Head of Acquisition & Co-Production / Fiction
ARD/ZDF KI.KA Der Kinderkanal, Germany
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Factual and Documentary Showcase
1942, THE WORLD AT WAR
Logline: 1942 - Explore ordinary people’s daily life around the globe in the pivotal year of WW2.
Genre: History & Civilization
Format: 3x52', 6x52'
Type: Event Series
Distribution Company: Lucky You
Production Company(ies): Ex Nihilo
Main Broadcaster(s): ARTE, Historia, CZTV
DOUBLE MURDER IN CENTRAL EUROPE
Logline: Killing the journalist won’t kill the story.
Genre: Current Affairs & Investigation
Format: 1x52'
Type: One-off
Distribution Company: Mediawan Rights
Production Company(ies): Forbidden Films
Main Broadcaster(s): France Télévisons
FOR THE LOVE OF SHARKS
Logline: Three Sharks species are preparing for a major oceanic voyage around the globe and we’re going to dive with them….
Genre: Nature & Wildlife
Format: 2x52'
Type: Event Series
Distribution Company: France TV Distribution
Production Company(ies): Bonne Pioche
Main Broadcaster(s): France 2
HITLER & STALIN: A SECRET RELATIONSHIP
Logline: A story you think you know, but don’t.
Genre: History & Civilization
Format: 2x52'
Type: Event Series
Distribution Company: Balanga
Production Company(ies): Siècle Productions
Main Broadcaster(s): France 2
KINGS OF ST. PAULI - THE RISE AND FALL OF HAMBURG'S PIMP GANGS
Logline: The most sinful street of the world was dominated by pimps and their brutal business. Until disaster struck and their reign ended with a bang.
Genre: History & Civilization
Format: 3x45'
Type: Event Series
Distribution Company: Autentic Distribution
Production Company(ies): Autentic
Main Broadcaster(s): ARTE, ZDFinfo
LIVES OF OTHERS
Logline: They don't have a voice, they don't have rights, they don't have a future – they have sacrificed all of this for their children and families to have a better life in a foreign country. What lives do these migrant women lead in a huge metropolis that doesn't notice they exist?
Genre: Ethnology - Sociology - Green
Format: 4x48'
Type: One-off
Distribution Company:
1-2-3 Production
Production Company(ies): 1-2-3 Production, Mother in Law
Main Broadcaster(s): TV-3 Channel
SAINT HELENA: BASTION OF BIODIVERSITY
Logline: Let's discover the island where Napoleon spent his last years in a new light, with the first wildlife documentary that has ever been undertaken on this unique island.
Genre: Nature & Wildlife
Format: 1x52'
Type: One-off
Distribution Company:
Beliane
Production Company(ies): Les Films en Vrac, Fathom Pictures
Main Broadcaster(s): Ushuaïa TV
THE GLOBAL VACCINE RACE
Logline: The dramatic inside story of six international teams and their high stakes race to create a vaccine to defeat a killer virus and save millions of lives.
Genre: Science & Technology
Format: 1x60' & 1x90'
Type: One-off
Distribution Company:
Off the Fence
Production Company(ies): Infield Fly Productions
Main Broadcaster(s): CBC
THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH : A STORY OF CAPITALISM (1870 - 2020)
Logline: In this series of 3 episodes covering 140 years of economic, political and cultural history, Cédric Tourbe and Romain Huret dissect the capitalist storytelling that has succeeded in perpetuating the American dream – from Rockefeller to the Koch family, or from Carnegie to Bezos, asking why such an injust system has not collapsed yet.
Genre: History & Civilization
Format: 3x52'
Type: Event Series
Distribution Company: ARTE Distribution
Production Company(ies): La Générale de Production
Main Broadcaster(s): ARTE France
THE KINGDOM OF SACRIFICED CHILDREN
Logline: An unprecedented archeological discovery of several hundreds sacrificed children and llamas opens the gates to the Kingdom of Chimor set in today’s Northern Peru.
Told as a cold case, this international archeological investigation is set to unveil the mysteries of the most powerful Andean civilization before the Incas, which thrived for over five centuries.
Genre: History & Civilization
Format: 90' and 52'
Type: One-off
Distribution Company: Nilaya Productions
Production Company(ies): Nilaya Productions
Main Broadcaster(s): France 5
MUHAMMAD ALI : A FILM BY KEN BURNS, SARAH BURNS & DAVID MCMAHON
Logline: Muhammad Ali brings to life one of the best-known and most indelible figures of the 20th century, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion who insisted on being himself unconditionally and became a global icon and inspiration to people everywhere.
Genre: Art, Music, Culture
Format: 8x60' or 4x120'
Type: Event Series
Distribution Company: Ken Burns / Florentine Films
Production Company(ies): PBS
Main Broadcaster(s): PBS International
THEY ALL CAME DOWN TO MONTREUX
Logline: Packed full of previously unseen footage from an extraordinary archive accumulated over 50 years, this is the story of Claude Nobs, the inspirational and visionary founder of The Montreux Jazz Festival, and of how he turned a quiet town on the shores of Lake Geneva into a musical mecca.
Genre: Art, Music, Culture
Format: 3x60’
Type: Event Series
Distribution Company: Submarine Entertainment
Production Company(ies): BMG films & Beyond TNC in association with Orofena Films and Submarine entertainment
Main Broadcaster(s): N/A
Formats Accelerator
Sort Your Life Out
Company: All3Media International
Formats genre: Factual Entertainment
Logline: Sort Your Life Out assembles a team of top experts to help transform the nation’s most-cluttered homes: the entire contents of a family’s house are laid out before them, so they can decide what to keep and what to throw away.
Stacking It!
Company: ITV Studios & Nippon TV
Formats genre: Gameshow
Logline: Stacking It! is an epic, fun-filled studio game show that towers above the competition! Two families go head-to-head in a series of stacking-based challenges in order to win a dream haul of prizes. Across four varied rounds, the two families race to the skies in an attempt to leave the other in their shadow. Only one family can make it to The Final Stackdown, where they have the chance to take home a tower of prizes. The rules are simple: if you stack it, you win it. Will they rise to the challenge, or will it all come tumbling down around them?
Pet Match
Company: Newen Connect
Formats genre: Game Show
Logline: Owners and pets matching each other physically is an old saying but is it always accurate? In this game show, celebrities tries to guess which of these 12 pets belongs to which of the 12 owners thanks to the help of information and insight collected during 4 different game rounds.
50 Men 50 Mats
Company: Small World IFT
Formats genre: Entertainment
Logline: Fifty male yoga virgins, one ‘Wellness Warrior’ and four life-changing journeys of self-discovery: join Caleb Jude Packham as he tours the country helping ‘unwoke blokes’ to become the best version of themselves.
Secret Celebrity
Company: WeMake
Formats genre: Entertainment
Logline: Ten relatives (family members, friends) of famous celebrities move in together in a dazzling house for a mind blowing game. The goal: prevent the other contestants from discovering who are the secret celebrities linked to them and are hidden backstage.
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