Mubi CEO Efe Cakarel praised Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime” while in a rare public appearance at the Zurich Summit. Talking about the phenomenon of young audiences returning to cinemas, the exec said that when he hears about a $20 million opening weekend for a film like Oppenheim’s Venice hit, it is “incredible.” “You look at the
France has selected Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Cannes Grand Prize winner “Minotaur” to represent the country in the international feature film race at the Oscars. The choice was made Wednesday by France’s Oscar committee following auditions with the producers, international sales agents and U.S. distributors behind the five shortlisted films, including Mubi, Neon and Sony Pictures Classics.
Mubi has expanded its theatrical distribution partnership with Madman Entertainment, tapping the independent Australian and New Zealand distributor to release five films theatrically across the region, including several award-winners from Cannes and Berlinale. Madman will first open Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” on August 6 in Australia and August 20 in
Mubi has struck a multi-year co-financing pact with Helsinki-based investment fund manager IPR.VC to bankroll a slate of prestige European auteur-driven films. Their partnership is kicking off with Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland” and Felix Van Groeningen’s “Let Love In,” both of which are tipped for the Cannes Film Festival. As part of the deal, IPR.VC becomes a strategic