MIP London has released details of the doc and factual lineup for its second edition, running February 22 to 24, including a co-pro summit, an in-depth look at funding models, a slate of analysis and intel, and a showcase for the environmental feature Greenwashed.
The doc and factual focus will run across the market and summit’s first two days at the IET London and Savoy Hotel.
Award-winning broadcaster, conservationist, and campaigner Chris Packham and physician and filmmaker Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa will be present for the Greenwashed showcase and Q&A on February 23.
The Doc and Factual Co-Production Summit will be held at The Savoy’s Lancaster Ballroom on the opening Sunday, with a slate of senior execs from the global market taking part in the roundtable summit. They include SVT’s Mikael Osterby, Quintus Studios’ Gerrit Kemming, Deep Fusion’s Benjamin Field, LADbible Group’s Becky Gardner, Zinc Media’s Tanya Shaw, and ZDF Studios’ Kristina Hollstein. The summit, curated and moderated by Natalie Humphreys of Storyboard Studios, is part of MIP London’s increased focus on structured networking.
Guy Bisson, executive director and co-founder of Ampere Analysis, will present “Documentary & Factual Entertainment: Thriving and Surviving Confirmed,” while Beatrice Rossmanith, founder and director of Mothership Media Consultancy, will showcase editorial trends in the doc market. Both sessions also run on the opening Sunday.
To explore emerging funding models, Amanda Groom, founder and CEO of The Bridge, will speak with Benjamin Zand, among others.
MIP London will also feature spotlights on microdramas, the creator economy, streaming, and AI, plus multi-genre screenings, sessions, and showcases under the theme “Joining the Dots: Finding the Value.”
More than 450 international buyers are confirmed for MIP London’s second edition, including senior acquisitions and commissioning executives from Amazon Studios, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, The Walt Disney Company, National Geographic, Sky, ZDF, RTL, RTÉ, Nine Entertainment, Red Bull Media House, Al Jazeera International, ITV, BBC, AMC Networks, Globo, PBS and Samsung, among others.
