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International Insider: Berlinale U-Turn; MIP London Talks; Promotions & Exits
Berlinale Film Festival AFD controversy & MIPTV are in International Insider this week.
In news that will surprise some in program distribution circles and feel like the inevitable to others, Stewart’s exclusive report yesterday revealed that the organizers of the annual Cannes confab are in advanced talks over setting up a new event, MIP London, which would bring the curtain down on MIPTV. RX should be praised for moving MIPTV towards a co-production and funding model, but sources we’ve spoken with have previously queried whether the modern TV market now really requires two Mips per year, and there has been something of a malaise around the April event in recent times. They comprise big-budget offerings including Samantha Morton-starrer The Burning Girls; One Night, the Australia-set drama with Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker; Eleventh Hour Films’ The Killing Kind; and thriller No Escape.
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