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Bouquet of international stars to attend Mipcom

PARIS: Cannes will bustle with a flock of international TV and film stars when the world's finest new programming goes on show at the 24th edition of MIPCOM this month, 13-17 October 2008, Cannes, France.

Two committed actors will attend MIPCOM to promote issue-driven documentaries. British actor Jude Law travelled to Afghanistan with compatriot Jeremy Gilley, the director of the ‘The Day After Peace', a BBC/Passion Pictures/Peace One Day production, distributed by 3DD Entertainment. American star Adrian Grenier is the executive producer of ‘Alter Eco', the environment-themed documentary series produced and distributed by GRB Entertainment.

German actor Sebastian Koch, Canadian actress Neve Campbell, British actor Stephen Campbell Moore and British director Mike Barker will be at MIPCOM to present Jack London's ‘Sea Wolf', a TV event miniseries produced by Tele München/Clasart in association with Gate Filmproduktion with ZDF and RHI, distributed by Tele München new sales arm, TMG International.

British actress and former Bond girl Jane Seymour, will be in Cannes to introduce Prudence McCoy, the main character of ‘Dear Prudence', a TV movie distributed by ITV Global Entertainment Ltd., produced by Alexander/Mitchell Productions in association with Granada America for Hallmark.

The new generation of Spanish talent including, Monica Cruz, Miguel Angel Munoz, will participate in the Focus on Spain at MIPCOM.

Among crime drama series, “Taggart” is one of the longest running on British television. It will celebrate its 25th birthday at MIPCOM in the presence of the main cast.

Successful formats are launched every year at MIPCOM. This year, Benjamin Castaldi, a popular French TV host and producer, will present the French version of ‘Beat Your Host', a Raab TV/Brainpool format distributed by Germany's SevenOne International. And the mentalist Uri Geller will also be in town to support another hit from the German distributor, ‘The Successor' (SevenOne International, Keshet Broadcasting, Kuperman Productions, Uri Geller).

For further information about MIPCOM: www.mipcom.com.

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