| Mubi | |
| Type: | Streaming video Social networking Film criticism Distributor Producer |
| Location: | London, England |
| Founder: | Efe Cakarel |
| Key People: | Efe Cakarel (Founder & CEO) |
| Language: | Brazilian Portuguese Dutch English French German Italian Malay Spanish Turkish |
| Current Status: | Active |
Mubi (; stylized as MUBI; the Auteurs before 2010) is a global streaming platform, production company and film distributor. MUBI produces[1] and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established filmmakers, which are exclusively available on its platform. The catalog consists of world cinema films, such as arthouse films, documentary films, independent films.[2] Additionally, it publishes Notebook, a film criticism and news publication, and provides weekly cinema tickets to selected new-release films through MUBI GO.
MUBI's streaming platform is available in over 190 countries on the web, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku devices, Apple Vision Pro, PlayStation,[3] Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV,[4] and LG and Samsung Smart TVs,[5] as well as on mobile devices including iPhone, iPad[6] and Android.[7]
The Auteurs was founded in 2007 by Turkish entrepreneur Efe Çakarel. The next year, in 2008, the American home-video distribution company Criterion Collection partnered with The Auteurs to begin a video-on-demand service.
In 2010, the Auteurs changed its name to "Mubi" or "MUBI",[8] a two-syllable word with no specific meaning that rhymes with "movie",[9] its creators stating that they wanted "a name all audiences can say and spell," a name "without the burden of exclusionary meaning."[8]
In January 2022, MUBI announced the acquisition of arthouse cinema production and sales company The Match Factory.[10]
Prior to the 79th Venice International Film Festival world premiere, MUBI entered the TV industry by acquiring The Kingdom Exodus miniseries and bringing out the first two seasons of the original series in director's cuts.[11]
In February 2024, MUBI acquired a majority stake in Benelux distributor Cinéart.[12]
In 2021, MUBI launched two original podcasts. An English language podcast called MUBI Podcast[13] produced and hosted by Rico Gagliano, and a Spanish language podcast titled MUBI Podcast: Encuentros,[14] produced in collaboration with La Corriente del Golfo, the production house founded by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna. In 2023, MUBI launched an Italian-language podcast, MUBI Podcast: Voci Italiane Contemporanee, in collaboration with Chora Media, hosted by critic Gianmaria Tammaro.[15]
MUBI Productions and co-productions include Port Authority (Danielle Lessovitz), Farewell Amor (Ewka Msangi), Our Men (Rachel Lang), Memory (Michel Franco), My First Film (Zia Anger), Bring Them Down (Christopher Andrews), One Fine Morning (Mia Hansen-Løve), Gasoline Rainbow (the Ross brothers),[16] Rosebushpruning (Karim Aïnouz), Father, Mother, Sister, Brother (Jim Jarmusch), and Witches (Elizabeth Sankey).
MUBI is also a film distributor. In addition to releasing films on the platform, it started distributing theatrically in the United States and United Kingdom in 2016, and in Latin America and Germany in 2021.
| Year | Film | Director | Theatrical release | on MUBI | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arabian Nights | Miguel Gomes | April 22, 2016 | UK | |
| The Blue Room | September 9, 2016 | ||||
| Baden Baden | Rachel Lang | September 23, 2016 (UK) November 25, 2016 (US) | UK, US | ||
| I, Olga | Tomás Weinreb & Petr Kazda | November 18, 2016 | UK | ||
| 2017 | The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Juho Kuosmanen | April 21, 2017 (UK) May 19, 2017 (US) | US | |
| Weirdos | Bruce McDonald | May 25, 2017 | |||
| Slack Bay | Bruno Dumont | June 16, 2017 | UK | ||
| Mimosas | Oliver Laxe | August 25, 2017 | |||
| On Body and Soul | Ildikó Enyedi | September 22, 2017 | |||
| Félicité | Alain Gomis | November 10, 2017 | |||
| Wet Woman | Akihiko Shiota | November 17, 2017 | US | ||
| Antiporno | Sion Sono | November 10, 2017 | |||
| The Son of Joseph | Eugène Green | December 15, 2017 | UK | ||
| 2018 | Lover for a Day | Philippe Garrel | January 12, 2018 (US) January 19, 2018 (UK) | US, UK | |
| Have a Nice Day | Liu Jian | March 23, 2018 | UK | ||
| Stephen Nomura Schible | July 6, 2018 | US, UK | |||
| The Apparition | Xavier Giannoli | August 3, 2018 | UK | ||
| Touch Me Not | Adina Pintilie | October 19, 2018 | |||
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Gus Van Sant | October 26, 2018 | |||
| Suspiria | Luca Guadagnino | November 16, 2018 | |||
| 2019 | Border | Ali Abbasi | March 8, 2019 | ||
| Under the Silver Lake | David Robert Mitchell | March 15, 2019 | |||
| Madeline's Madeline | Josephine Decker | May 10, 2019 | UK & Ireland | ||
| Knife + Heart | Yann Gonzalez | July 5, 2019 | |||
| LETO | Kirill Serebrennikov | August 16, 2019 | |||
| A Dog Called Money | Seamus Murphy | November 8, 2019 | |||
| Beanpole | Kantemir Balagov | October 11, 2019 | |||
| Zombi Child | Bertrand Bonello | October 18, 2019 | |||
| Yves Saint Laurent: The Last Collections | Olivier Meyrou | October 30, 2019 | |||
| 2020 | The Staggering Girl | Luca Guadagnino | February 14, 2020 | Worldwide (excl. China, Italy, Japan, Russia, Turkey theatrical) | |
| Bacurau | Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles | March 13, 2020 | Germany, India, Ireland, UK | ||
| Ema | Pablo Larraín | May 2, 2020 (UK, Ireland, India, Canada, South Korea) May 8, 2020 (Sweden, Norway, Finland) | UK, Ireland, India, LATAM (excl. Mexico, Chile, Brazil), Canada, South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Finland | ||
| Family Romance, LLC | Werner Herzog | July 4, 2020 | North America, Germany, LATAM (excl. Brazil), Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Japan | ||
| Matthias & Maxime | Xavier Dolan | August 28, 2020 | US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, LATAM (excl. Mexico), India | ||
| The Other Lamb | Małgorzata Szumowska | October 16, 2020 | UK, Ireland | ||
| Swallow | Carlo Mirabella-Davis | October 31, 2020 | Australia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, India, Indonesia, LATAM (excl. Mexico), New Zealand, Scandinavia, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa | ||
| Nimic | Yorgos Lanthimos | November 27, 2020 | Worldwide (excl. China) | ||
| Tripping with Nils Frahm | Benoit Toulemonde | December 3, 2020 | Worldwide | ||
| Cold Meridian | Peter Strickland | December 11, 2020 | |||
| Farewell Amor | Ekwa Msangi | December 18, 2020 | Worldwide (excl. North America, Africa, China, Israel) | ||
| 2021 | Beginning | Dea Kulumbegashvili | January 29, 2021 | North America, LATAM, UK, Ireland, Germany, Turkey, India | |
| Dead Pigs | Cathy Yan | February 12, 2021 | Worldwide (excluding China) | ||
| Notturno | Gianfranco Rosi | March 5, 2021 | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, India | ||
| Hey There! | Reha Erdem | March 13, 2021 | Canada, Germany, Turkey | ||
| Max Richter's Sleep | Natalie Johns | March 19, 2021 (India, US) March 28, 2021 (LATAM, Turkey) | India, LATAM, Turkey, US | ||
| Songs My Brothers Taught Me | Chloe Zhao | April 9, 2021 | Germany, Ireland, Italy, LATAM, India, Netherlands, Turkey, UK and others | ||
| State Funeral | Sergei Loznitsa | May 7, 2021 (US) | May 21, 2021 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, India | |
| First Cow | Kelly Reichardt | May 28, 2021 | UK, Ireland | ||
| Shiva Baby | Emma Seligman | June 11, 2021 | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, France, Turkey, India | ||
| Sweat | Magnus von Horn | June 18, 2021 (US) | July 23, 2021 | US, LATAM, Turkey, India | |
| Limbo | Ben Sharrock | July 30, 2021 | September 23, 2021 | UK, Ireland | |
| New Order | Michel Franco | August 13, 2021 | |||
| Annette | Leos Carax | September 3, 2021 | November 26, 2021 | UK, Ireland, LATAM, India | |
| Azor | Andreas Fontana | September 10, 2021 (US) October 29, 2021 (UK) | US, UK, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, India | ||
| Cryptozoo | Dash Shaw | October 22, 2021 | UK, Ireland, Germany, Turkey | ||
| What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? | Alexandre Koberidze | November 12, 2021 (US) | January 7, 2022 | North America, Italy, India, Turkey, LATAM | |
| Petite Maman | Céline Sciamma | November 19, 2021 | February 18, 2022 | UK, Ireland, Italy, Turkey | |
| Lamb | Valdimar Jóhannsson | December 10, 2021 (UK) | February 25, 2022 | UK, Ireland, LATAM (excl. Mexico), Turkey, India | |
| 2022 | Cow | Andrea Arnold | January 14, 2022 (UK) | February 11, 2022 | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, Germany, Italy, Turkey, India |
| Titane | Julia Ducournau | January 28, 2022 | LATAM, Turkey, India | ||
| Lingui, The Sacred Bonds | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | February 4, 2022 (US & UK) | March 8, 2022 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey | |
| Benedetta | Paul Verhoeven | April 15, 2022 (UK) | February 4, 2022 (Turkey) July 1, 2022 | UK, Ireland, Turkey, India | |
| Great Freedom | Sebastian Meise | March 4, 2022 (US) March 11, 2022 (UK) | May 6, 2022 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM (excl. Mexico), Turkey, India | |
| The Worst Person in The World | Joachim Trier | March 25, 2022 (UK) | May 13, 2022 | UK, Ireland, India | |
| Drive My Car | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | March 17, 2022 (AR, BR, CL, CO, MX) | April 1, 2022 | LATAM (excl. Mexico), India, Malaysia, Africa (excl. French-language pay TV rights), Middle East (excl. Israel and Turkey) | |
| Prayers for the Stolen | Tatiana Huezo | April 8, 2022 (UK & Ireland) | April 29, 2022 | UK, Ireland, France, Italy, India | |
| Memoria | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | May 5, 2022 (Germany) | August 5, 2022 | Germany, Italy, LATAM (excl. Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador), India | |
| Paris, 13th District | Jacques Audiard | May 27, 2022 | Turkey, India | ||
| Bergman Island | Mia Hansen-Løve | June 3, 2022 (UK & Ireland) | July 22, 2022 | UK, Ireland | |
| Pleasure | June 15, 2022 (UK) | June 17, 2022 | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Italy, Turkey | ||
| A Chiara | Jonas Carpignano | June 23, 2022 (Germany) July 15, 2022 (UK) | August 26, 2022 | UK, Ireland, Germany, Turkey, LATAM | |
| Faya Dayi | Jessica Beshir | June 24, 2022 (UK) | August 10, 2022 | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, India | |
| Crimes of the Future | David Cronenberg | July 14, 2022 (LATAM) | July 29, 2022 (on Mubi) | LATAM, Turkey, India, Malaysia | |
| One Second | Zhang Yimou | July 14, 2022 (Germany) | September 16, 2022 | UK, Ireland, Germany, Turkey | |
| Free Chol Soo Lee | Julie Ha and Eugene Yi | August 12, 2022 (US) August 19, 2022 (UK) | October 7, 2022 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey | |
| The Cathedral | Ricky D'Ambrose | September 2, 2022 (US) | September 9, 2022 | North America | |
| Invisible Demons | Rahul Jain | September 2, 2022 (US) | October 4, 2022 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Turkey, India | |
| Decision to Leave | Park Chan-wook | October 14, 2022 (US) October 21, 2022 (UK) | December 9, 2022 | North America, UK, Ireland, Turkey, India | |
| Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | November 18, 2022 (UK) December 15, 2022 (Germany) February 1, 2023 (France) | January 6, 2023 (UK, Ireland, Italy, India, LATAM) March 17, 2023 (Germany, Austria, Spain) | UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, LATAM, Austria, Turkey, India | |
| The Kingdom | Lars von Trier | November 13, 2022 (series 1 remaster) November 20, 2022 (series 2 remaster) November 27, 2022 (Exodus) | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, India | ||
| 2023 | Alcarràs | Carla Simón | January 5, 2023 (LATAM) January 6, 2023 (US & UK) | February 24, 2023 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, India, Malaysia |
| Holy Spider | Ali Abbasi | January 19, 2023 (LATAM) January 20, 2023 (UK) | March 10, 2023 | UK, Ireland, LATAM (excl. Mexico), Malaysia | |
| Close | Lukas Dhont | March 2, 2023 (LATAM) March 3, 2023 (UK) | April 21, 2023 | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, India | |
| The Five Devils | Léa Mysius | March 23, 2023 (LATAM) March 24, 2023 (US & UK) | May 12, 2023 (North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, India, Malaysia) June 2, 2023 (Germany, Austria) | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Germany, Austria | |
| Leila's Brothers | Saeed Roustayi | March 25, 2023 | Turkey | ||
| One Fine Morning | Mia Hansen-Løve | April 14, 2023 (UK, Ireland) | June 16, 2023 | UK, Ireland, Turkey, India | |
| Return to Seoul | Davy Chou | May 4, 2023 (Singapore) May 5, 2023 (UK, Ireland) May 11, 2023 (Italy, Thailand) | July 7, 2023 | UK, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia (ex. the Philippines, Cambodia theatrical) | |
| Unclenching the Fists | Kira Kovalenko | May 26, 2023 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, India | ||
| Medusa Deluxe | Thomas Hardiman | June 9, 2023 (UK) | August 4, 2023 | UK, Ireland, Germany, LATAM, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia | |
| Passages | Ira Sachs | August 4, 2023 (US) August 10, 2023 (Chile, Mexico) August 16, 2023 (Belgium, Luxembourg) August 17, 2023 (Italy) August 17, 2023 (Brazil) August 24, 2023 (Netherlands) August 31, 2023 (Germany and Austria) September 1, 2023 (UK and Ireland) | October 6, 2023 (US, Canada, Turkey, India and LATAM) October 27, 2023 (UK, Netherlands) November 17, 2023 (Germany and Italy) | US, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey and Benelux | |
| Rotting in the Sun | Sebastián Silva | September 8, 2023 (US) | September 15, 2023 | North America, LATAM, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Benelux, Italy, Spain | |
| Strange Way of Life | Pedro Almodóvar | September 21, 2023 | October 20, 2023 (Italy, LATAM, UK, Ireland and France) | Italy, LATAM[17] | |
| The Delinquents | Rodrigo Moreno | October 18, 2023 (US) October 26, 2023 (LATAM) October 27, 2023 (Canada) March 21, 2024 (Germany) March 22, 2024 (UK and Ireland) April 11, 2024 (Italy) | May 24, 2024 | North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Benelux, LATAM, Turkey, India | |
| Fallen Leaves | Aki Kaurismäki | November 17, 2023 (US) November 24, 2023 (Canada) December 1, 2023 (UK and Ireland) December 7, 2023 (Mexico and Chile) | January 19, 2024 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey | |
| How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | November 3, 2023 (UK) November 16, 2023 (LATAM) November 29, 2023 (Belgium and Luxembourg) February 1, 2024 (Italy) February 15, 2024 (Netherlands) | April 5, 2024 | North America, UK, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, LATAM, Benelux | |
| Dead Girls Dancing | Anna Roller | November 23, 2023 (Germany) | December 8, 2023 | Germany, Austria | |
| Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | December 15, 2023 (India) December 26, 2023 (UK, Ireland and Latin America) January 4, 2024 (Germany) | March 1, 2024 | UK, Ireland, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Benelux and India[18] | |
| 2024 | The Settlers | Felipe Gálvez | January 12, 2024 (US) February 15, 2024 (Germany) March 7, 2024 (Italy) | March 29, 2024 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, India |
| The Last Year of Darkness | Ben Mullinkosson | February 15, 2024 | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, India | ||
| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | February 15, 2024 (Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and Peru) February 23, 2024 (UK and Ireland) March 21, 2024 (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Honduras) | April 12, 2024 | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, India | |
| High & Low – John Galliano | Kevin Macdonald | March 8, 2024 (UK and Ireland) March 14, 2024 (Mexico and Chile) April 11, 2024 (Germany) | April 26, 2024 | North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, LATAM, Benelux, Turkey, India | |
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Radu Jude | March 22, 2024 (US) | May 3, 2024 | North America, Germany, Netherlands, India, Turkey, LATAM[19] | |
| Yannick | Quentin Dupieux | April 5, 2024 | US, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, India, Netherlands, Turkey | ||
| Gasoline Rainbow | Ross brothers | May 10, 2024 (US) | May 31, 2024 | Worldwide[20] | |
| Crossing | Levan Akin | July 11, 2024 (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay) July 18, 2024 (Germany) July 19, 2024 (US, UK and Ireland) July 26, 2024 (Canada) July 2024 (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia) | August 30, 2024 | North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, LATAM[21] | |
| The Substance | Coralie Fargeat | September 19–20, 2024 (US, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Canada, Germany, Netherlands) | TBC | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, Benelux, Turkey, India[22] [23] | |
| Bird | Andrea Arnold | November 8, 2024 (US, UK, Ireland) | TBC | North America, UK, Ireland, Turkey[24] [25] | |
| The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford | Sean Robert Dunn | TBC | UK, Ireland[26] | ||
| The Girl with the Needle | Magnus von Horn | TBC | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey, India[27] | ||
| 2025 | Witches | Elizabeth Sankey | TBC | Worldwide[28] | |
| TBC | Bring Them Down | Christopher Andrews | TBC | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Italy[29] | |
| Dahomey | Mati Diop | TBC | North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, LATAM, Benelux, Italy, Turkey, India[30] | ||
| Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | . colspan="2" | TBC | North America, UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, Turkey, India[31] | |
| Harvest | Athina Rachel Tsangari | TBC | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, Benelux[32] | ||
| Hot Milk | Rebecca Lenkiewicz | TBC | UK, Ireland, Italy, LATAM, Turkey[33] | ||
| Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | David Hinton | TBC | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, LATAM, Benelux, Turkey, India[34] | ||
| Orphan | László Nemes | TBC | UK, Ireland, LATAM, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Turkey[35] | ||
| Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot | William Kentridge | TBC | Worldwide[36] | ||