The setting means the backdrop is Canaletto and Caravaggio masterpieces.
The event itself has a broad canvas, spanning animation, fiction, documentary and features.
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A Ton Of Co-Productions
As the 10th anniversary rolls around, the MIA team have been crunching the numbers.
We calculated that more than 100 works have actually been produced in the last years.
About 60 will be presented on the ground.
L-R: Francesco Rutelli, Gaia Tridente, Chiara SbarigiaMIA
The projects hail from 90 countries in all.
There are two projects from the UK including WWII escape storyCastle of the Eaglesfrom Jeff Pope.
U.S. producer Clayton Townsend, erstwhile collaborator of Oliver Stone, will also feature.
Tridente says its part of an effort to anchor MIA in the whole creative process.
