MIPTVCOOLIE First Look photo - credit Paloma Alegria
Should I stay or should I go?
MipTV belongs to Cannes and when you look up MipTV in Wikipedia first thing you read about MipTV is „MIPTV(French: Marché International des Programmes de Télévision) is an event which takes place annually in Cannes, France, using the facilities and infrastructure which the town has developed over the years to host other important events such as the Cannes Film Festival amongst other events.
MipTV and Canneseries have always been connected, from the very beginning of Canneseries in 2018. So far so good. Now it's all changing, as MipTV says goodby to Cannes as a venue and moves on to London.
It has been the talk since Berlinale Series in February, and it continued at the London TV Screenings and later in March at Séries Mania. And now the announcement of MipTV organizers Reed Exhibition/RE: MipTV is leaving Cannes and moving to London as a venue and will be connected to London TV Screenings.
Why this sudden Move?
MIPTV gathers, in the entertainment industry's global deal-making hub of Cannes, together producers, distributors, and buyers to connect, commission and discover new series and projects for all genres and screens. This did work well in the past, but lately the relationship between RE and the town hall of Cannes is been deteriorating with high demands from the town hall of Cannes, imposing to RE subcontractors. So far the rumours.
The Hollywood Reporter's explanation
The Hollywood Reporter explaines the Move to London in the following way: „Facing declining attendance and a rapidly shifting global TV industry, MIPTV is pulling up stakes in the sunny South of France and will shift to rainy old England next year, sidling up alongside the popular London Screenings, which in just four years has grown to become the most important small screen event in Europe in the first half of the year.
One or the other, the MOVE now beeing confirmed, everybody exhited to discover new series and projects for all genres and screens and make the best deals one last time under the sun of the French Riviera, one last time running from one 5 star hotel to the other 5 star venue on the Croisette by the sea, one last time meeting business partners on the beach before moving in 2025 to freezing, crowded London.
And now the MipTV highlights
MIPTV (8-10 April) is a vital and productive international television market for finished programme sales and acquisitions, content discovery, development and co-productions across all genres.
MIPTV is preceded by the biggest weekend in unscripted (6-7 April) with MIPDOC & MIPFORMATS.
PRE-MIPTV 6-7 April 2024
Our weekend accelerators MIPDOC and MIPFORMATS gather the doc, factual and formats community ahead of MIPTV for 2 days of networking, screenings, showcases and deals.
MIPDOC
The International Documentary and Factual Co-Production Market and Screenings
MIPTV puts Unscripted at the heart of the market with MIPDOC back again this year during a dedicated weekend ahead of MIPTV. Gathering the whole international doc & factual community, MIPDOC offers 2 days of networking, screenings, pitch, and conferences.
MIPFORMATS
The world's largest gathering of formats producers, creators, buyers and distributors
Unveiling the next wave of creative business solutions and must-see unscripted formats, MIPFORMATS offers an inspiring programme to dig deeper into the most recent content and tech trends in the international formats industry.
New series presented at MIPT
One of the hot new series coming to market debuting at MIPTV is the period TV drama “Coolie,” whose production uniquely spans over 30 countries and nationalities. including Louise Wong, one of Hong Kong’s biggest rising stars and a top model, stars as the female lead alongside veteran Hong Kong actress Nina Paw Hee-Ching and Taiwanese actor Joseph Chang, to name a few.
In the mid-1800’s, as the African slave trade was outlawed throughout the Americas, plantation owners in Cuba began trafficking indentured servants, “coolies” from China, and they were treated as slaves. ‘Coolies’ eventually integrated into Cuban society, fought for independence from Spain side by side with Cubans, and merged with the workers coming out of indentured servitude, providing a workforce for sugar cane and tobacco plantations, restaurants, laundries, shops and setting up the Chinatown in Havana.
The series “Coolie” follows a young Chinese girl, Chulin (Wong) who sets off from southern China to marry a political exile working on a sugarcane plantation in Cuba. There, she finds the sympathetic, non-slave owning plantation owner plotting for independence from Imperial Spain, aided by Chinese indentured servants and African slaves seeking freedom. The plantation owner’s spurned wife and her old lover conspire against them all to thwart their plans, igniting an escalating series of scheming and retaliation with the heart of Cuba hanging in the balance.
Conferences
MipTV will present, once again this year, a world-class conference programme designed to illuminate, inspire and pave the way for the future of the industry, featuring media mastermind keynotes, market intelligence sessions, engaging panel discussions, screenings, and much more…
Prepare to be captivated by the insights and vision of an unparalleled lineup of international speakers who stand as leaders in their respective domains, as they drive discussions across our six pillars that encapsulate the pulse of the industry.
See you in Cannes 5-10 April!
Alice Kanterian