MIPJunior - The world's showcase for kids programming
14 - 16 Oct 2023
JW Marriott, Cannes, France

│Project pitch & matchmaking │

Give high visibility to your projects in an international environment

For all submissions to the Screenings Library, MIPJunior offers 2 additional ways to increase awareness and business opportunities for your projects within the global Kids content community, through the “MIPJunior Project Pitch” and “Matchmakings with Buyers and Commissioners” sessions.

MIPJunior Project Pitch

Matchmaking with Buyers & Commissioners

│ Matchmaking with buyers & commissioners

Your projects pitched face to face to key buyers and commissioners. 4 easy steps to apply!

The Matchmakings with Buyers & Commissioners is the perfect platform to bring new projects to the world’s leading commissioning editors, financiers, buyers and distributors. Open to all creators and producers seeking to develop factual and documentary projects with financing & coproduction partners.

│ STEP 1: REGISTER

Register for MIPJunior and purchase your projects credits for the MIPJunior Screenings Library

│ STEP 2: SUBMIT

Submit your projects!  

│STEP 3: APPLY

Throughout the submission process, check the box that says “Matchmaking” to apply.

│STEP 4: MEET

If your project is selected by the hosting committee, get ready to join the Matchmaking session.

│ 2019 Matchmaking hosting committee

2019 Matchmaking with buyers & commissioners hosting committee (from left to right):

Jo Allen, BBC Children's; Zia Bales, Turner; Marysol Charbonneau, Société de télédiffusion du Québec; Sean Chu, WeKids; Claudia Dalley Sony Pictures Television;

Qing Fang, Tencent Video; Luiz Filipe Figueira, Globosat Programadora; Lila Hannou, M6 Metropole Television; Craig Hunter, Sony Pictures Television; Sarah Legg-Barratt, BBC Children's; 

Marie McCann, CBC Kids; Joanna Rosenthal, Cartoon Network; Trine Ruud, NRK; Kerstin Viehbach, Super RTL; Brenda Wooding, National Geographic.

│ MIPJunior Project Pitch

Your projects pitched on the international stage – 4 easy steps to apply!

The MIPJunior Project Pitch is a unique pitching competition highlighting new Kids TV projects with the greatest potential for commissioning and multiplatform extension. Dedicated to creators and producers seeking financing for projects in development, the competition offers high-visibility in front of a jury of leading decision makers from the global Kids Content Industry. 

│ STEP 1: REGISTER

Register for MIPJunior and purchase your projects credits for the MIPJunior Screenings Library

│ STEP 2: SUBMIT

Submit your projects!  

│STEP 3: APPLY

Throughout the submission process, check the box that says “MIPJunior Project Pitch” to apply.

│STEP 4: PITCH

The selected projects will be announced mid-September. Get ready to pitch on the international stage

Key Documents

The 2019 MIPJunior Project Pitch Jury Panel featured (from left to right):

Jo Allen, Producer, Children's Acquisitions and Independent Animation at BBC;
Julien Borde, Head of Channels Kids & General Entmt.  at Turner France & Africa;
Nina Hahn
, SVP, International Production & Development at Nickelodeon;
Massimo Bruno
, Channel Manager at De Agostini Editore;
Paula Taborda dos Guaranys, Director of Content at Planeta Junior;

Rx - P3 Stage 6.5 ENVIRONMENT