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Feb. 15, 2024
ZDF Studio Partners with 2024 MIPFORMATS PITCH
The regular call for entry in now open for Entertainment Format which will be the highlight at MIPTV content market this April.
Paris -
RX France is calling for the 2024 MIPFORMATS PITCH. It’s seeking new unique
entertainment formats with international appeal and staged for the first time
in partnership with ZDF Studios.
The world's largest gathering of formats producers,
creators, buyers and distributors from over 40 countries, MIPFORMATS will take
place within the MIPTV pre-opening weekend (6-7 April). The event is alongside
an extended MIPDOC strand creates ‘the biggest weekend in unscripted’ in Cannes
ahead of the three-day MIPTV exhibition market (8-10 April).
Following the global call for entries, the 2024
MIPFORMATS PITCH will see a short list of five finalists selected to pitch
their concepts in the world-renowned Palais des Festivals on Sunday 7th April
at 16:30 to a jury of international format experts, from which one winner will
be selected live on stage.
Last year’s competition attracted a record 89 submissions from over 25 countries; with Turkish talent show format The Show Must Go On, created by FormatWorkshop triumphing over concepts from Italy, the UK and Ukraine.
In selecting the shortlist, the jury will be looking for
universally appealing international formats with the winner receiving a
financial contribution of €2000 to development, complementary accreditation to
a future MIP Market and access to coaching and mentoring expertise from within
the ZDF Studios Group for a year. Finalists will be announced in the run up to
the market.
Producers and content creators globally are invited to
submit entries via the MIPFORMATS website from now for original non-scripted
formats as yet commissioned, broadcast or exhibited, and for which worldwide
rights are available. Closing dates for entries is 26 February 2024.
“MIPFORMATS is where formats can go global” said RX
France Entertainment Division Director & Director of MIPTV Lucy Smith
quote: “MIPFORMATS PITCH offers producers and creators a prestigious platform
for ideas, invaluable exposure to global decision makers, and now, through ZDF
Studios, access to international expertise that can help get their concepts on
the map.”
Ralf Rückauer, Vice President Unscripted of ZDF Studios
said “All popular shows that are known to a large, global audience are based on
a simple but clever idea - but they are not easy to find. With RX France, we
are looking forward to finding that next big hit. It will be exciting to
discover fresh ideas and to honour the winner in Cannes. In addition to the
prize money, we wanted to create additional value for the winners through
coaching and mentoring from format specialists in the ZDF Studios Group.”
