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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…

Mubi and Sony Pictures Television have struck a content deal that will see the streamer get access to 100 Sony-owned feature films in India. Titles in the deal include Django Unchained, Dr Strangelove, Taxi Driver, Stand By Me, Big Fish, Volver, The Anderson Tapes, Punch-Drunk Love and Crouching Tiger, Hidden…

EXCLUSIVE: Global streamer MUBI has taken worldwide SVOD rights (excl. Spain) to Little Hands, Rémi Allier's short film that is in the running for this year's Live Action Short Film Oscar. The pic screened at Telluride and also won last year's César short film award in France. It tells the story of a factory employee…

EXCLUSIVE: Global streamer MUBI has taken U.S. and UK rights to Sergei Loznitsa's documentary State Funeral, which explores the impact of the death of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin in 1953. The doc premiered at Venice this year and also played Toronto. MUBI will give the film a U.S. theatrical run, starting…

Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche has been added as a talent ambassador for the 4th edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM), which runs Dec 5-10 this year. Binoche joins Hong Kong star Carina Lau and K-pop performer and actor Kim Junmyeon on the ambassador roster. She will also…

EXCLUSIVE: Curated streaming service MUBI and UK exhibitor and distributor Curzon, which also has a VOD offering, have entered a partnership that will see the companies divide up streaming rights on an initial two titles. The first film to be covered is Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir, which Curzon released day-and-date on…

EXCLUSIVE: Streaming service and theatrical distributor MUBI has picked up world rights to Luca Guadagnino's short drama The Staggering Girl, marking the company’s first global deal for a new film. Directed by Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name), the 35-minute piece stars Julianne Moore, Mia Goth, KiKi Layne, Kyle…

EXCLUSIVE: Ambitious art-house movie streaming platform MUBI continues to make waves after the pickup of Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria with the UK acquisition of David Robert Mitchell’s Cannes head-trip mystery?Under The Silver Lake. The deal was struck between MUBI and MadRiver Pictures. As it is doing with?Suspiria…

Online streaming service Mubi service has received investment from Indian media giant Times Bridge. Times Bridge, which owns stakes in businesses including Uber and Vice, has taken a minority stake and will provide investment as well as knowledge to help the SVOD service expand in India. It's also believed that Drive…

MUBI has locked down the U.S., U.K. and Ireland rights to Lover For A Day (L'Amant d’un jour), the third and final installment of writer-director Philippe Garrel's trilogy on love. The drama premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and won the SACD prize from the French Writers and Directors…

Gravitas Ventures ?has acquired North American rights to Gilbert, the Neil Berkeley-directed documentary about zany comedian Gilbert Gottfried. The film, which had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, will have its theatrical release with Submarine Deluxe in September followed by a digital and DVD rollout…