Tag: Miptv 2016

MIPTV, the largest annual global market for audiovisual programs, was held from April 4 to 8, 2016 at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.

A month before the famous Cannes Film Festival, many international television stars came to promote their series, dramas and entertainment at MIPTV, the largest international market for the audiovisual industry, established in 1964. The celebrities walked the red carpet at the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hôtel Martinez. Long dresses signed by great designers and jewelry by jewelers gave a glimpse of glamour before Reed MIDEM‘s branding board.

Inauguration of MIPTV

The 53rd edition was inaugurated on April 4, 2016 in the presence of Paul Zilk, CEO of Reed MIDEM, Maria Winzen, Head of DW Transtel, Michael Loeb, President WDR Media Group, Laurine Garaude, Director of Reed MIDEM’s TV Division, Claire-Anne Reix, President of the SEMEC – Palais des Festivals, Franck Chikli, Deputy representing David Lisnard, Mayor of Cannes, Jérôme Delhaye, Director of Reed MIDEM, Thomas Weimar, MD Telepol & Global Screen, Henrik Pabst, MD International Red Arrow and Fred Burcksen, EVP, ZDF.

Red Carpet on opening night

The opening night was held at the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez. After siging autographs to the crowd of fans gathered behind the barriers, the stars then went to the photocall in front of the panel branded Reed MIDEM, where photographers from the largest agencies were waiting for capturing this parade of actresses and actors playing in television series around the world.

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4th edition of International Emmy® Kids Awards

The 4th edition of the International Emmy® Kids Awards, prize-giving ceremony for television series dedicated to children, was held on April 5, 2016 at the InterContinental Carlton Cannes, in partnership with Reed MIDEM.
MIPTV is the ideal place to discover exclusive content, unpublished programs for children, produced by large companies such as DreamWorks Animation, Hit Entertainment, Divertissement PGS, Majid Divertissement, Gaumont Animation, Nickelodeon, Hasbro Studios, Cartoon Network and Xilam Animation… Before the ceremony of theInternational Emmy® Kids Awards, the actors of animation series, entertainment and television mini series aimed at preschoolers walked the red carpet.

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The winners of the International Emmy® Awards Kids

Series: Nowhere Boys Series 2 (Matchbox Pictures – Australia)
Animation: Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter (NHK – Japan)
Non-Scripted Entertainment: Best i Mest (All-Round Champion) (NRK Norway)
TV Movie/Mini-Series: Rabarber (Rhubarb) (NL Film & TV / KRO-NCRV Netherlands)
Factual:My Life: I Am Leo (Nine Lives Media – United Kingdom)
Pre-School: Bing (Acamar Films Production / Brown Bag Films – United Kingdom)

The International Emmy Kids Awards took place in the presence of Ernst & Young partners Jemmtv, Kids @MIPTV Majid Entertainment Shaw Rocket Fund, Kids TV and WDR.

Stars on La Croisette

Many stars came onto the Croisette to promote the series in which they have the leading roles. Actresses and actors lent themselves enthusiastically to photo shootings on the Carlton terrace and the Rotunda of the Majestic under a bright sunshine, accompanied by film crews.

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YesICannes’ selection

The universe of religions and spiritual with The Story of God with Morgan Freeman by National Geographic
Russian blockbuster Matilda about the love story of the last Tsar
The American slave with the remake of Roots by History Channel
The first series of anticipation on Canal+: Section Zero
The fantastic in Japanese manga with Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.

Japan, country of honor

The next edition of MIPTV, to be held in April 2016, will see Japan as country of honor.

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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, the first episode of the Japanese series produced by NHK shot in 4K, presented in world premiere at MIPTV in Cannes.

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit is a new fantastic series produced by the Japanese channel NHK and shot in Full 4K resolution (Ultra High Definition). The first four episodes of the series are broadcast on the NHK channel since March 2016. The first episode, Guardian of the Spirit, was presented to MIPTV delegates on April 4, 2016.
NHK has planned to develop between spring 2016 and spring 2019, 22 episodes of the saga Moribito; started in 2015, the shooting will end in 2017.

A major technological advance for emotions

The fantasy series Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit was directed by Hiroshi Kataoka and staged by Sumio Omori. It is the adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi’s novels of the same name in 12 volumes. A story that mixes fantasy adventure and combat in a universe directly inspired by ancient China and Japan. Thanks to the revolutionary 4K technology, this series offers a major technology breakthrough as the quality of virtual images – bright and colorful, made in Ultra HD resolution (3840 x 2160) – enables viewers to fully immerse themselves in the fascinating story of Guardian of the Spirit.

A story in the form of Japanese Manga

The story is set in an imaginary kingdom called New Yogo, resembling ancient Asia, where two worlds, that of spirits and that of humans, mingle in mysterious ways.
The heroin Balsa, played by the famous Japanese actress Haruka Ayase is a 30-year-old female bodyguard-for-hire, a warrior specialist in short spear. Visiting the capital of the New Kingdom of Yogo, she saves from drowning Chagum, the Imperial Prince, carried away by a raging river.
This selfless act will change her life: on the very evening, the second queen will entrust her with the life of the young prince possessed by a spirit nestled in the form of an egg in his belly. Balsa learns from Torogai the shaman that Chagum is to act as “guardian of the spirit” and that he must keep the egg until its hatching.
Accordingly, she will protect Chagum from his father the Mikado (king), who wants to assassinate him to protect his imperial prestige. Balsa and Chagum then embark on a perilous journey, both hunted down on the way by the Mikado’s hitmen.

About 4K technology

The Digital Cinema Initiatives working group was at the inception of the 4K based on a definition of 4 096 X 2 160, giving a total of 8.8 megapixels for a 16: 9 ratio, which is 4 times the resolution of current Full HD TVs with 1 920 x 1080 pixels. Theoriginal 4K definition is based on another digital cinema broadcast standard: DCI 2K. The 4K allows a clearer, sharper and more realistic picture than the current HDTV, because there are four times more bright spots on the screen.

About the MIPTV

MIPTV brings together every year in April the worldwide key distributors and buyers. Th major industry players are participating in this event to buy and sell the rights of future programs, set co-production agreements, attend conferences by world-renowned speakers and network with the major players in the audiovisual industry.

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At MIPTV 2016, fiction and drama are in the spotlight: the series Section Zero is black, very black. Desperate, dirty, dusty, sexy, ultra-violent.

Section Zero, the new French series featured at the MIPDrama Screenings, signed by the former policeman Olivier Marchal (Braquo) and Guillaume Laurent, is a violent sci-fi thriller set in a post-nuclear conflict future, where multinational took power from the hands of failed states. First series of anticipation of Canal +, the new drama, aired from April 4, 2016 every Monday evening on Canal +, includes 8 episodes of 52 minutes. The series is produced by Thomas Anargyros and Edward de Vésinne for EuropaCorp Television in coproduction with Bad Company and Umedia.

A cast of solid values of cinema

Olivier Marchal, director of 36 Quai des Orfèvres, Les Lyonnais and the police series Braquo, changes his style with Section Zero, a new series of science fiction shot in Bulgaria. For the casting, the director has relied on solid values of cinema such as Francis Renaud (36 Quai des Orfèvres, Les Lyonnais), Tchéky Kario, (Les Lyonnais) or his ex-wife Catherine Marchal. He appealed to new actors like Pascal Greggory in the role of the “bastard” Henry Munro, Black Squad chief, and the excellent Ola Rapace, Swedish French-speaking actor – former husband of Swedish actress Noomi Rapace.

An army of robotic men

In Europe, in 2024, where the indebted states have surrendered their sovereignty, some all-powerful multinationals took over the failing states. Among these new “titans companies”, Prometheus, one of the most powerful and most dangerous, endlessly stretches its grip on the population divided between the Upper Town (reserved for the powerful) and the lower town (a depository for the poor and deviants).
The police is replaced by a private militia, the Black Squad, led by the dangerous Munro, and in parallel, an army of robotic men is being created. By fidelity to his convictions, the great idealist cop Sirius decides to join an elite group of resistant, Section Zero, ready to use all means including violence and lawlessness to achieve its aims.
Sirius and his gang leave no stone unturned to protect the population and to ensure some semblance of justice in a world where people kill each other for nothing, and children already walk with arm in fist. The hero is determined to fight to prevent the disappearance of the world in which he lived. A visceral combat that justifies all means, including the illegality and violence. In the background of the political struggle, there is also the struggle of a father and a husband to bring his family back.

About the MIPTV

MIPTV brings together every year in April the worldwide key distributors and buyers. Major industry players are participating in this event to buy and sell the rights of future programs, set co-production agreements, attend world-renowned conferences and build relationships with the major players in the audiovisual industry.

www.canalplus.fr

Roots, the historical series that portrays a slave-holding America was presented at MIPTV in Cannes on April 4, 2016 in world premiere for A+E networks.

Roots, the remake of the famous saga of slave-holding America by A+E Networks revisits the legendary Roots series for a new generation. The eight-hour miniseries with a budget of $ 30 million was launched in world premiere at the opening of MIPTV 2016 in Cannes. The series will be broadcast simultaneously on History Channel, A + E and Lifetime on May 30, 2016 in the United States.

Roots, The Saga of an American Family

Roots is the adaptation of the novel Roots, The Saga of an American Family, published in 1976, which tells a true story. This historical saga, produced by Mark Wolper and LeVar Burton, includes 8 episodes of 60 minutes. The cult miniseries Roots had already captivated some 80 million Americans per episode, with its story of four generations of an African-American family from the beginning of slavery until the middle of the nineteenth century. Nearly 40 years later, the History Channel proposes a remake of Roots, which will consist of eight episodes. Kunta Kinte is played by Malachi Kirby.

An exceptional cast

The cast of Roots includes big names in cinema with many Oscar winners: Forest Whitaker (Taken 3, Lullaby) in the role of Fiddler, the slave who helped the hero of the story Kunta Kinte (Malachi Kirby), a Namibian teenager captured and sold into slavery on the other side of the Atlantic. Anna Paquin (True Blood, X-Men) is in the role of Nancy Holt, the wife of a Confederate officer, also owner of slaves. Laurence Fishburne (Matrix, Man of Steel), nominated for an Oscar and Emmy Award winner, embodies the narrator of the story, Alex Haley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors), who won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award, plays the role of Tom Lea, a slave owner.

Kunta Kinte, a slave who became a heroe

Roots tells about the history and struggles of a family of African-American slaves on several generations, from the colonial era (1750) to the Civil War (1870). It focuses at the beginning on the life of a young boy, Kunta, from adolescence to adulthood. The first episode takes us to West Africa, Gambia, where a young man, Kunta Kinte, is captured and transported to America to become a slave as millions of Africans for nearly four centuries.
This is the beginning of a bitter struggle against adversity for a whole family on a background of American Revolution and Civil War.

A huge popular success

The first television adaptation in 1977, broadcast from 23 to 30 January, 1977 by ABC on eight consecutive nights, was a huge success and made popular forever the name of Kunta Kinte. Winner of nine Emmys and a Golden Globe, the miniseries was a surprise audience success in the US. Because of its historical significance, the series marked a whole generation of African Americans and had a considerable impact on the African diaspora.
The episodes of this series remain to this day one of the major successes in the history of American television with some 80 million viewers each night.

About MIPTV

MIPTV takes place every year in April at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. The biggest players in the audiovisual – distributors and buyers – around the world take part in this market for television programs and other platforms to buy and sell the rights of tomorrow’s programs, conclude co-production agreements, attend lectures by international decision-makers and create relationships with the major players in the audiovisual industry.

www.miptv.com

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The MIPDrama Screenings at MIPTV 2016 screened excerpts from the works of the 12 finalists of their contest, including Matilda by Russian director Alexei Outchitel.

The MIPDrama Screenings are the latest addition to MIPTV which takes place every April. More than 60 series from 28 countries participated in the MIPDrama Screenings competition and extracts from the works by the 12 finalists of the contest were screened as a preview on April 3, 2016  in Cannes.

Innovation 2016, MIPDrama Screenings

The MIPTV, large international market for television programs organized for the first time in Cannes the MIPDrama Screenings contest, attended by 28 countries that submitted more than 60 dramas. Out of these sixty works, unpublished in their country, twelve dramas, mini-series or series were selected and 15 minutes of them presented to worldwide buyers, distributors and journalists.
After this day of screenings, it is the Belgian Public Enemy drama series, produced by Playtime Films, that was awarded the MIPDrama Screenings Buyers Choice Award 2016 trophy. This drama on a low budget, released in May on RTBF, tells the captivating story of a repentant pedophile. Paroled and hosted by the monks, he is suspected again when some children are found dead.

An international large-scale competition

Among the MIPDrama Screenings finalists, Russia was selected for its new super production Matilda. A moving, tragic love story by the Russian director Alexei Outchitel. Produced for the Russian Channel One Russia, the film was divided into four episodes and adapted into a television version whose release is planned for autumn 2016.
This film about the life of the last Russian tsar tells the story of the heir to the throne of all the Russias, the Tsarevich Nicolas, future Nicolas II, and his great passion for the ballerina Matilda Kschessinska.
Matilda is the first Russian series since ten years who participated in an international competition of this magnitude.

Drama and passion at the top of the state

Matilda features the sad and tragic love story between the Tsarevich Nicolas, son of Tsar Alexander II, heir to the throne Nicolas Romanov – who became Nicolas II, the last czar – and the famous ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska in 1890.
Mathilde is masterfully interpreted by the beautiful Polish actress Michalina Olszanska. Tsar Nicolas II is interpreted by the talented German actor Lars Eidinger. Alongside, several Russian renowned actors like Thomas Ostermeier, Ingeborga Dapkounaité, Danila Kozlovsky, Yevgeny Mironov and Grigori Dobrygin.
The release of the feature film Matilda is scheduled for fall 2016.

Love at first sight at the court

Nicolas met the ballerina at the age of 22 years at a solemn lunch at the Court. The Tsarevich fell in love at first sight and wrote in his diary: “I’m really interested in the little Kschessinska!” The dancer, who just turned 18, also falls under the spell: “I fell in love with the Prince from our first meeting and I thought only of him!” she confided. To meet in peace, Nicolas bought a property in St. Petersburg for his mistress. But the Tsar would soon experience the horrific events of history and Matilda, who knew the glory of a dancer, had to resolve to emigrate to Paris where she died in 1971.

About MIPTV

The largest distributors and buyers from around the world participate at MIPTV, a unique event to buy and sell the rights of tomorrow’s programs, forging co-production agreements, attend lectures by world-renowned personalities and network with major players in audiovisual industry.

www.miptv.com

The Story of God With Morgan Freeman, the series by National Geographic, was presented on April 3, 2016, as première to the audiovisual professionals at MIPDoc.

The Story of God, a documentary hosted by Morgan Freeman, is a series by National Geographic Channel that was presented as world première at MIPDoc on April 3, 2016. The exlusive screening of The Story of God coincided with the global launch of the series in the world and a first broadscast on the National Geographic Channel.

A tour of the spiritual world

Produced by Revelations Entertainment and National Geographic, The Story of God with Morgan Freeman is a new documentary series divided into six 52-minute episodes, each devoted to a different question about the Divine: creation, God, evil, miracles, the end of time and resurrection.
To explore these issues, Morgan Freeman, narrator and presenter of the program, went on the field in some of the largest places of worship in the history of mankind. The documentary will allow viewers to make a wonderful spiritual trip around the world and its religions, and explore different cultures, always in quest for the meaning of life and life after death.

Norman Freeman pilgrim of the divine

He played God in 2003 in Bruce Almighty. Since 2010, it has been heard commenting the documentary series Through the Wormhole, nominated for Emmy Awards in 2012. It is thus not surprising to see Morgan Freeman on the path of the spiritual: the great Oscar-winning actor embodies a pilgrim going out to meet different cultures to discover the meaning of life and unlocking the religious mysteries of each society.

Religions, civilizations and politics

The Story of God is a religious immersion in nearly twenty cities and seven countries. From the Western Wall in Jerusalem to the Bodhi Tree in India, via the Egyptian pyramids and Cairo mosque, Morgan Freeman, actor and executive producer of the series, made a tour of the spiritual world by visiting the major sites of worship of this world, to better understand the believers here and elsewhere.
Over the episodes of this excellent documentary series, the viewers will discover and understand how religions have evolved over the civilizations and in turn, how religions have influenced the evolution of our societies.
If, in the current geopolitical landscape, religion is often seen as a cleavage or discrimination element, the program highlights the remarkable similarities between different faiths, including among those who seem yet totally opposite.

Program of the six episodes of The Story of God

Aired at 8:40 pm on National Geographic Channel:
Sunday, April 3: Life after death
Sunday, April 10: The end of times
Sunday April 17: The genesis
Dimanche April 24: Who is God?
Sunday 1 May: Evil
Sunday, May 8: Miracles

About MIPDoc

The MIPDoc is the international trade show of documentary and reportage. This event takes place in Cannes on the weekend that precedes MIPTV and offers an unparalleled platform of presentation for producers of documentary and reportage and distributors with 30,000 screenings viewed by 400 buyers from 53 countries.
MIPDoc’s program of conferences and meetings offers a unique opportunity to discover new products and new opportunities for co-production. In conjunction with MIPFormats, it is the place of presentation of choice for non-scripted content in all formats.

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