During the Mifa press conference this evening at the CNC, Director of Mifa Véronique Encrenaz outlined some highlights of the upcoming edition, which will be held from 10^th to 13^th June 2025.

Covering an area of over 10,000m², the Mifa will be offering editorialized days from this anniversary edition onwards. With 200 events programmed, 200 stands in the ever-larger Exhibition Area, an XR&Games area that returns to the heart of the Mifa and therefore closer to the professionals on the 1^st floor of the Exhibition Area, and a restyled, revitalised Le Campus Mifa, the Mifa is celebrating its 40^th anniversary in grand style!

The MIFA 2025 in figures:

• Surface area of the Mifa: + 10,000m²  
• 200 stands  
• 200 events  
• The Exhibition Area is 600m² larger on the 1^st floor

THE Mifa Animation Industry Award

The Mifa is delighted to present the award to an iconic producer, Didier Brunner, notably the producer of Kirikou, which was presented for the very first time by Michel Ocelot as a Pitch project during one of the early editions of the Mifa in 1993! The award will be presented during the Guest Cocktail Reception on 9^th June 2025.

INDUSTRY CONTENT

Located at the Impérial Palace, the Industry Content will be offering a wide range of event formats to support all the industry's professionals.

On the programme:

32 Pitch sessions:

> 7 Mifa Pitch sessions, including a brand-new session dedicated to animated documentaries and there will be an awards ceremony accessible to all professionals.  

The number of project submissions for the Mifa Pitches – the highlight of the Market – continues to rise with a new record of 917 projects received from 92 countries. 48 projects were shortlisted in the following categories: Short Films (1 session – 11 projects), Feature Films (2 sessions – 12 projects), Series & TV Specials (2 sessions – 12 projects), Immersive Experiences (1 session – 7 projects) and Documentaries (1 session –6 projects), 24 of them directed by women and 25 are French productions or coproduced in France.

> 25 Partners Pitch Sessions

Over 120 projects in development from all continents will be presented across 25 Partners Pitch sessions, including those participants from the 2024-2025 International Mifa Campus: India, Madagascar, the Andean countries (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru) and Mediterranean countries (Greece, Turkey, Serbia, Morocco, Egypt); plus Hungary, the country whose animation is in the spotlight in 2025, and many others from around the world: Kosovo, Italy, Black Sea countries (Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia), Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South-East Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar), South Korea, South Africa, Nigeria, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile.

This rising number of Partners Pitches confirms that the Mifa has become an essential crossroads for the global animation market and a key opportunity for many partner organisations, such as Women in Animation, Ibermedia Next, CEE Animation Forum, and La Liga de la Animación Iberoamericana, to showcase emerging talent on the international stage.

11 Mifa Conferences available in 3 categories:

Innovation/Technology:

• How Can AI-Powered Real-Time Technologies & Game Cinematics Unlock New Opportunities Across Animation & Gaming – Tuesday 10^th June, 1:30 pm
• AI for Animation – Wednesday 11^th June, 1:30 pm
• Animating Films with VR Tools – Thursday 12^th June, 4:30 pm  
• Real-Time: What It Truly Changes (Or Not) in Production Pipelines Today – Friday 13^th June, 9:30 am

Industry:

• Animation Nation, Keynote with Michael Hirsh: Renowned Canadian Producer of Children’s Programming – Tuesday 10^th June, 11:00 am  
• 40 Years of the Mifa: A Market in Perpetual Motion –  Tuesday 10^th June, 6:00 pm
• Women in the Animation Industry: A Decade of Change, A Future to Shape – Wednesday 11^th June, 3:00 pm  
• All in the Same Boat! How Can Broadcasters Play Their Part in Facing the Market Downturn? – Thursday 12^th June, 10:00 am

Business:

• Adapting Video Games to Animation – Secret Level Case Study – Tuesday 10^th June, 4:30 pm
• The Future of Animation Studios: Reinvention and Resilience in a Changing Industry – Thursday 12^th June, 3:00 pm
• The Animated Documentary – Friday 13^th June, 12:30 pm

Also at the Mifa:

• Press Conferences: France Télévisions, Groupe M6, AnimFrance, the SPI, CANAL+, and Mediawan.  
• Demo Sessions: RenderMan by Pixar, Moho, Jali, Foundry, Lenovo, SideFX, Autodesk, Epic Games, Houdini 21, Tangerine and Yuzu.  
• Studio Focus: Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Epic Games, La Chouette Compagnie, LAIKA, Mediawan/Miraculous Corp, Netflix, PASSION PICTURES, Rainbow, Riot Games, RodeoFX, TAT, TeamTo, Warner Bros. Discovery and Wētā FX.
• Industry Panels: Women in Animation World Summit, Telefilm Canada, Focus on Hungary, Unifrance, Vipo, Miyu, but also focus from Spain, Australia, New Zealand, and China.  
• Share With: the Market will host major figures in the audiovisual sector who will present their latest news including Tencent, Warner Bros. Discovery, ARTE, BBC, Groupe M6, Disney TV, Rai Kids, Ketnet, and The New York Times.
• Meet the…: 6 sessions of meetings aimed at supporting publishers, festival programmers, producers (Gap Financing), sales agents, buyers and composers in their meetings throughout the week.

XR&GAMEs

The XR&Games Area returns to the heart of the Exhibition Area in the Impérial Palace on the 1^st floor. It will host :

• the Festival Official Selection competing VR Works
• Persistant Studios - PopcornFX (France)
• the Missing 10 hours Project by Fanni Fazakas and Veronika Noémi Szakonyi
• meetings between IP owners, video game and animation studios for IP adaptation, organised by the CNC, Game Only and the SNJV (French national video game syndicate)
• and XR events…

The Mifa is also launching the second edition of the Video Game Cinematic Works & Game Trailers Competition in collaboration with Weird Market – Paramotion Films in Spain, with screenings of the best works and trailers on Tuesday 10^th June at 3:00 pm and the awards ceremony on Thursday 12^th June at 06:15 pm. Entries from 21 countries, created by Ubisoft, Fortiche Production, Blizzard Entertainment, Titmouse, PASSION PICTURES, The Line, Psyop and numerous others, are currently being shortlisted.

This XR&Games content will expand throughout the week with special panel discussions and conferences, including a Studio Focus by Riot Games.