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Discovery: Finding talent in Latin America

December 3, 2019

Maribel Ramos-Weiner

Michela Giorelli MIP

Michela Giorelli, VP of Content Production and Development for Latin America at Discovery Networks Latin America, spent two days of the MIP Cancun sitting at co-producer tables looking for new emerging talents, with new and fresh ideas in order to seek co-production alliances.

“My job is to find talent in Latin America, with small production firms. I have not yet selected any projects, but I have known production houses, I have seen the work they have done before, I learned how they think, how they generate ideas and there is a lot of talent” said Giorelli.

“Sometimes we make small pilots with them to see how these new talents work. We are experienced in new things for digital audiences, such as Motor X, we see how they’re working, and if they are good enough to make more episodes” she said.

Giorelli also mentioned that she has met with partners, with possible co-producers, and informed that they are co-producing with open TV and that they want to do more since the key today is co-production.