Salt and Truth, enters the final 5 of this year’s, MIPDOC showcase
Salt and Truth is a production company based in Lagos, Nigeria with the goal of telling authentic Nigerian and African stories with a global appeal.
Founded by John Adewusi and Jola Ayeye the story-driven production company whose chosen mandate is to create rich, authentic, Nigerian stories for a global audience just secured their way into the finalist of this year’s Mipdoc and they are undoubtedly the biggest content market in the world.
Every year there is a global pitch competition where producers, writers and developers from around the world speak to a carefully chosen panel on their projects and ideas in the hopes of commission.
This year of thousands of submissions sent in 5 finalists were picked. Of the finalists, Nigeria’s young and vibrants mind of the Salt and Truth are the only Africans and the youngest on the list. Their project is about Underage domestic helps in Nigeria and their work title is, House girls.
It’s an event where all the major networks buy, sell and distribute shows with representatives from all over the world at Cannes, South of France.
That’s where shows are bought and distributed. All the biggest shows from Games of Thrones to Insecure and Scandal are dealt there.
The team is confident that their works would earn a good score and further place them on a larger platforms across continents and Foster the success of their productions and Misson for Nigerian stories.
The other finalists are from Germany, France, Norway and Italy.
