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EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and theatrical distributor MUBI has acquired all rights to Sundance documentary Faya Dayi in the UK and Ireland, Latin America, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey and India. Jessica Beshir’s feature directorial debut goes on a journey into the highlands of Harar, Ethiopia, to observe the…

Arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi has acquired all rights for Céline Sciamma's well-received Berlin Film Festival title Petite Maman for the UK, Ireland and Turkey. Sciamma's follow-up to Cannes hit Portrait of a Lady on Fire, tells the story of 8-year-old Nelly who has just lost her beloved grandmother and is…

EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi has made three hires to its U.S. and UK teams. Corey Wilson has joined as Director of Marketing, U.S; Chris Mason Wells joins as Director of Distribution, U.S.; and Natalie Ralph has been hired as Director of Distribution, UK. Wilson joins from Alamo Drafthouse Cinema…

UPDATED with video: Dea Kulumbegashvili's feature directorial debut Beginning was a part of the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival's 2020 edition, even receiving a special in-person screening during the event's abridged celebration in October. The drama further was invited to the Toronto, San Sebastian…

EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse outfit MUBI has struck a deal with sales firm The Match Factory for all UK and Ireland rights to Michel Franco’s Venice Film Festival drama New Order, which won the festival’s Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. Conceived six years ago, Franco's (After Lucia) timely class conflict drama sees a…


EXCLUSIVE: Streamer MUBI has bought global rights on Knock Knock Knock, the latest project from Loev director Sudhanshu Saria. The unconventional pic runs at 40 minutes in length but in the days of duration agnostic platforms these things seem to matter less. The film will debut worldwide on MUBI on September…

EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streaming platform MUBI has acquired all rights to well-reviewed Cannes 2020 Official Selection Sweat for the U.S., Latin America, India and Turkey. Magnus von Horn's Polish-Swedish co-production follows three days in the life of a fitness motivator and social media influencer, played by breakout…

We can reveal exclusively that Uncork'd Entertainment has taken North American rights to horror feature Demigod for North America. Writer-director Miles Doleac (The Dinner Party) is behind the film, which reunites much of the team behind horror The Dinner Party and is aiming to shoot in late 2020 in Mississippi for…

Leading Scandi outfit Nordisk Film has bought film rights to Matilda Voss Gustavsson's acclaimed 2019 book The Club detailing sexual harassment and misconduct in a cultural institution with close ties to the renowned Swedish Academy. Maren Louise Käehne (Queen Of Hearts) will pen the script based on Gustavsson's…

EXCLUSIVE: Streaming platform MUBI has acquired multi-territory rights to Xavier Dolan’s Cannes 2019 drama Matthias & Maxime. Curated arthouse service MUBI has acquired the VOD and TV rights in the U.S., UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, LATAM (excl. Mexico) and India. The film will debut on the service in those…

EXCLUSIVE: Following news last week that Mubi is opting to release Pablo Larrain's latest movie Ema directly online due to cinema closures in the UK, Ireland and India, we can reveal that the streamer has expanded its territories on the title. The streamer has entered a deal with Nordic releaser NonStop Entertainment…

Ema, the latest feature from Jackie filmmaker Pablo Larraín, will skip theatrical and head online on streaming service Mubi from May 2 in the UK, Ireland and India. The pic had been planned to have a cinema rollout in the UK and Ireland but the closure of theaters due to coronavirus has made that impossible. Instead…