Marco Chimenz joins Rome MIA Market as a strategic consultant

Italian director Marco Chimenz, who recently stepped down as co-managing director of Paris-based pan-European production and sales company Federation Studios, has been tapped to serve as strategic advisor for the upcoming edition of Rome’s MIA Market.

Chimenz was appointed by MIA to strengthen the international profile of the event dedicated to international TV series, animation, feature films and documentaries, “and to ensure better alignment with the global evolution of the industry,” according to a statement.

His appointment was announced on Friday in a joint statement by the presidents of the Italian film association ANICA and the Italian TV producers association APA, Alessandro Usai and Chiara Sbarigia.

MIA – the acronym stands for Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo, which translates to International Audiovisual Market – is now in its twelfth edition and has seen steady growth in recent years, with more than 2,800 participants from 64 countries last year.

Usai and Sbarigia commented: “We are very pleased that we immediately contacted Marco as soon as we learned of his departure from the Federation, before he took on another major corporate role.”

“We are confident that, thanks to his extensive international experience, his enthusiasm and his strategic vision, he will be able to fulfill this role with the same passion that has distinguished him in the past in managing national and European industry events and association meetings,” she added.

Chimenz’s involvement, they noted, will help the 2026 edition of MIA – Italy’s only national film and TV industry market – “achieve new and important milestones.”

Before joining Federation in 2023, Chimenz spent more than two decades at prominent Italian ITV company Cattleya, the driving force behind “Gomorrah” and other popular TV series and films, as one of three founders, alongside Riccardo Tozzi and Giovanni Stabilini. He is also a former president of the European Producers Club.