MIPTV - The Global Content Market for the Future
8-10 April 2024
Palais des Festivals, Cannes

MIPDoc

The 26th International Documentary and Factual Co-Production Market and Screenings

During Pre-MIPTV Weekend 6-7 April 2024

Unscripted at the heart of the market

The 26th International Documentary and Factual Co-Production Market and Screenings is back at MIPTV as part of the biggest weekend in Unscripted held on 6-7 April 2024. Gathering the whole international doc & factual community, MIPDOC will offer 2 days of networking, screenings, pitch, and conferences.


MIPDOC
Pitch Competition

A pitching competition open to all creators and producers looking to bring new documentary and factual projects to the world's top buyers, commissioners and financiers.
 

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MIPDOC
Conference Programme

The biggest weekend in Unscripted with an inspiring conference programme over 2 days, including keynote, panels, case studies and the MIPDOC Co-Production Summit.

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CANNESERIES International Documentary Official Selection

Buyers will be offered an exclusive first look at the official selection for the CANNESERIES Documentary Series Competition.

 

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MIPDOC
Screenings Library

The MIPDOC Screenings Library offers buyers exclusive access to hundreds of documentary and factual programmes available online and onsite at MIPTV.
 

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MIPDOC
Conference Programme

MIPDOC Keynote

Dawn Porter, Founder of Trilogy Films, confirmed to take the MIP Stage, on Sunday 7 April at 11.45, to give a MIPDOC Keynote.

As founder of Trilogy Films, Producer/Director, Dawn Porter will share insights on the purpose and processes that drive and define her work, along with her take on how to navigate the challenges, and grasp the opportunities, that face the global documentary sector.


What do buyers want?
 

Jack Oliver, Head of Coproductions, SKY

Commissioning trends & business models insights 2024

Béatrice Rossmanith, Head of Global Business, Glance

State of the unscripted nation
 

Amanda Groom, MD & Founder, The Bridge
Fred Black, Principal Analyst, Ampere Analysis
Bo Stehmeier, CEO, Off The Fence
Shin Yasuda, Senior Producer, International Co-productions, NHK
J. Kevin Swain, Producer Director, The 339 Company
Michael O'Connor, VP of Production and Content, Insight TV

What do Doc/Factual buyers and commisioning editors want?

Get access to an exclusive MIPDOC report, gathering testimonials and insights from a panel of Documentary and Factual commissioners and buyers.
 

MIPDOC Pitch

The MIPDOC Pitch stands as an exclusive pitching contest spotlighting fresh Doc & Factual TV projects, emphasizing their exceptional potential for both commissioning and multiplatform expansion. Tailored for creators and producers in search of financing or collaboration for projects in their developmental phase, this competition presents an invaluable opportunity for heightened exposure before a distinguished jury comprising influential decision-makers within the global Doc & Factual Content Industry.

MIPDOC Pitch Winner

Title: The Last Days of Kabul - Life and Death of a Republic

Company: LOOKSfilm

Country: Germany

Genre: History - Civilization

Logline: With unprecedented access to former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the series revisits the last 100 days of Kabul before its fall to the Taliban in 2021. Through personal stories and flashbacks to 20 years of war, we understand the causes and the impact of a global failure.


MIPDOC Pitch - Finalists


Men of Dishonor

Company: Fandango

Country: Italy

Genre: Crime - Investigation

Logline: From the producers of the hit global mafia series Gomorrah, comes the most in-depth and compelling portrayal of the mafia ever told. An unfiltered portrait of a criminal gang notorious the world over interviewed by their own victims. This is mafia vs justice.

Quincy Jones: Music Man

Company: EFFERVESCENCE

Country: France

Genre: Art - Culture - Sports

Logline: "Quincy Jones: Music Man" unveils the extraordinary journey of the genius producer behind Ray Charles, Donna Summer and Michael Jackson's biggest hits. Through unique archives and exclusive interviews with modern artists like Pharrell Williams, Travis Scott and Erykah Badu, witness how this legend reshaped pop music for over half a century.

Selfless

Company: Bars Media Documentary Film Studio

Country: Armenia

Genre: Factual - Reality

Logline: When it becomes too dangerous even for the Red Cross and the United Nations, they step in. Selfless is a 12-part series that takes viewers on a journey to some of the most dangerous places in the world, and shows the daily lives of those extraordinary individuals who are on the frontlines of fighting some of the world’s most horrific evils.

The Last Days of Kabul - Life and Death of a Republic

Company: LOOKSfilm

Country: Germany

Genre: History - Civilization

Logline: With unprecedented access to former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the series revisits the last 100 days of Kabul before its fall to the Taliban in 2021. Through personal stories and flashbacks to 20 years of war, we understand the causes and the impact of a global failure.

Unheard of
 

Company: French Dog Films

Country: United States

Genre: Art - Culture - Sports

Logline: The U.S. Women’s Deaf National Team has never lost a game in 15 years of international competition. Seven consecutive gold medals and a 38-game winning streak while outscoring their opponents 174 to 15… the USWDNT is the best soccer team you’ve never heard of.


MIPDOC Pitch - Jury Members


Lauren Billingsley

Senior Manager, Global Acquisitions

National Geographic

Kristina Hollstein

Director Acquisitions & Coproductions Doc, Children & Youth,
ZDF Studios GmbH

Jack Oliver

Head of Co-Production

SKY

Perrine Poubeau

Deputy Head of International Coproductions & Acquisitions

France Télévisions

Tracy Beckett

Commissioning Editor, Coproduction & Acquisitions

PBS Distribution


MIPDOC Screenings Library

I am an exhibitor

Unveil your freshest content

As an exhibitor at MIPTV, you have the opportunity to unveil your freshest content on the MIPTV Digital Content Library to top buyers of the TV entertainment industry. 

Get visibility, reach international buyers and make deals!

3 FREE content credits are available to all exhibitors, umbrellas and affiliates companies to upload their content before 20 March allowing Buyers to screen it. If you wish to upload more content,additional content credits are available for purchase.

Project

€60/unit

Programme
*for 3 or more : 20% off in your basket

€140/unit

Upload your content in the MIPDOC Screenings Library

before 25 March

Check our step by step process and our Content Upload User Guide to upload your content in your company hub before 25 March. Only main company administrator will be able to upload content. 

By uploading your programs and projects before 25 March, you give buyers the opportunity to consider your content for their playlists as they will start preparing them on 26 March. Contents uploaded into the MIPDOC Screenings Library before March 25 will also be featured in the MIPDOC Printed Catalog, distributed onsite in the MIPDOC Screening Room.


Step 1

Go to your company hub and click on the "Edit your profile page"


Step 2

Scroll down to "Library of Projects & Programmes" and click on "Add Content"
 


Step 3

Choose the option to upload your content in the MIPDOC Screenings Library


Step 4

Fill out all the details and upload your video

 



I am a buyer

Only buyers will have the possibility to screen content on the MIPDOC Screenings Library.
When the platform opens, you will be able to connect with your MIPTV Digital Platform registered email + password.


Step 1

Log into the MIPDOC Screenings Library with the same ID & Password as for MIPTV Digital Platform


Step 2

From 26 March, start preparing your playlist. You will not be able to screen content yet.


Step 3

From 6 April, start screening content on-site in the dedicated screening room on Palais 3.


Step 4

Keep screening content online until 10 May and access all your reports until last day


CANNESERIES
Documentary Series Competition

MIPDOC is at the heart of MIPTV, that's why we are partnering again with CANNESERIES, where MIP Buyers will be offered an exclusive first look at the official selection for the CANNESERIES Documentary Series Competition.

DALE UNDERCOVER

Country: France

DJ MEHDI: MADE IN FRANCE

Country: France

TEENAGERS

Country: Canada

HARD TO SWALLOW

Country: USA, Nigeria

HIDDEN 

Country: Netherlands

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