PARIS – Reed MIDEM has opened the call for entries for the MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards 2018. Dedicated to championing and promoting diversity and inclusion in all forms across the international television industry, the second edition of the MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards will take place on Tuesday 16 October. The awards show will be held in the Grand Salon of the Intercontinental Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, during MIPCOM. Global entertainment content … [Read more...] about The MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards are back
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Issa Rae is MIPCOM’s Personality of the Year
PARIS – Issa Rae, creator, producer and star of HBO’s hit show Insecure, has been named MIPCOM 2018 Personality of the Year. The Peabody Award winner and vanguard Hollywood actress, writer, director and producer will be honoured at a gala dinner for leading international television executives at the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, on Wednesday 17 October, and will take part in a keynote interview. MIPCOM, the world’s entertainment content market, takes place in Cannes … [Read more...] about Issa Rae is MIPCOM’s Personality of the Year
MIPCOM 2018 announces theme “The Big Shift”
PARIS – Reed MIDEM has announced the conference theme for MIPCOM 2018, “The Big Shift”, to be explored by the first two confirmed keynote speakers, Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, and Josh Sapan, President and CEO of AMC Networks. The world’s entertainment content market, MIPCOM takes place in Cannes, France, from 15-18 October. This year, MIPCOM takes as its overarching conference theme “The Big Shift” which sets out to examine the paradigm shifts affecting the content creation, … [Read more...] about MIPCOM 2018 announces theme “The Big Shift”
International Screenings at MIPCOM 2017
Paris – MIPCOM 2017 is set to showcase a record number of exclusive International Screenings, including compelling original crime series, a Russian period drama, a blue-chip wildlife series, and some caustic comedy shows. The world’s entertainment content market, MIPCOM takes place in Cannes, France, from 16-19 October. The 2017 MIPCOM International Screenings are The Lawyer, a drama set between Copenhagen and Malmö about a young defence attorney whose world unravels when he learns the truth … [Read more...] about International Screenings at MIPCOM 2017
ABC commercial launches Pulse at MIPCOM 2017
Australia - ABC Commercial announced it will launch the new Australian medical drama Pulse (8 x 60’) at this year’s MIPCOM market taking place in Cannes, France from 16th – 19th October. Premiering on ABC TV in July this year, the series reached a cumulative audience of 1.6 million people in its first week (making it Australia’s #1 new drama), with critics praising the show for its realism, diversity and socially charged storytelling. Stars Claire van der Boom and Pallavi Sharda will be … [Read more...] about ABC commercial launches Pulse at MIPCOM 2017
World Premiere of Hassel and Five2Twelve
Munich - With a lineup of four new shows, among them the world premieres of the Swedish thriller series Hassel and the German coming-of-age drama Five2Twelve, Beta Film enters the renowned French TV Festival Série Series in Fontainebleau. Presented by lead Ola Rapace (“Skyfall – 007”, “Wallander”) and director Amir Chamdin (“God Willing”), Hassel centers around a street-smart detective, leading an organized crime task force in Stockholm. When Roland Hassel’s close mentor is brutally murdered, … [Read more...] about World Premiere of Hassel and Five2Twelve