{"id":673790,"date":"2025-06-06T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mubi-ceo-on-pushing-into-production-and-that-huge-cannes-haul\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:30:39","slug":"mubi-ceo-on-pushing-into-production-and-that-huge-cannes-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mubi-ceo-on-pushing-into-production-and-that-huge-cannes-haul\/","title":{"rendered":"Mubi CEO on Pushing Into Production and That Huge Cannes Haul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tArthouse streamer and distributor Mubi is planning to work on not more than 12 movies<\/a> annually but is already up to 15 movies this year after a hot streak picking up a slew of Cannes Film Festival buzz titles \u2013 and the Venice Film Festival has not even started yet, CEO and founder Efe Cakarel told SXSW London on Friday in an energetic app<\/a>earance that had the crowd engaged late in a busy week.<\/p>\n

\n\tCakarel shared his love of the cinema-going experience early in his appearance, saying, \u201cI really focus on theatrical,\u201d and \u201cI am very committed to these films getting as wide a release in cinemas as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year, Mubi released The Substance<\/em> globally, he highlighted. \u201cIt turns out distribution is not rocket science<\/a>,\u201d Cakarel concluded, adding that the firm is launching theatrical in Italy next.<\/p>\n

\n\tMubi was on a streak at Cannes, picking up rights in select markets to competition titles\u00a0The Secret Agent\u00a0<\/em>from writer and director\u00a0Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho,\u00a0Sentimental Value<\/em>,\u00a0Joachim Trier\u2019s latest feature, Mascha Schilinski\u2019s\u00a0Sound of Falling<\/em>\u00a0(In Die Sonne Schauen<\/em>),\u00a0and Lynne Ramsay\u2019s Jennifer Lawrence-Robert Pattinson starrer\u00a0Die My Love.\u00a0<\/em>The latter deal came with a $24 million price tag, the biggest known and announced during the festival. He joked that his team is \u201cfreaking out\u201d after Mubi\u2019s strong Cannes run \u2013\u00a0in a good way.<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction is also a big new area for the company after Mubi debuted its first production at Cannes, namely Kelly Reichardt\u2019s\u00a0The Mastermind<\/em>. \u201cWe want to produce more\u201d great films and series, he shared.<\/p>\n

\n\tMubi is, for example, a co-producer on the new Jim\u00a0Jarmusch movie,\u00a0Father Mother Sister Brother<\/em>, which stars Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Indya Moore, and Luka Sabbat. Cakarel mentioned on Friday that it is set to screen at Venice.<\/p>\n

\n\tCakarel also shared on Friday that Mubi was \u201cprofitable\u201d by 2020. With 60 percent first-quarter 2020 subscriber growth amid the COVID pandemic, the company experienced strong cash flow growth, which allowed Mubi to invest and grow further.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company\u2019s headcount has also grown to 400 people in 15 countries, he explained.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company has increasingly picked up movies not only for streaming but also for theatrical distribution. Mubi chief content officer Jason Ropell highlighted the role of streaming in the indie film space last year, saying: \u201cThe streaming component of the ecosystem has actually broadened the audience for multiple kinds of film, including independent film. There\u2019s a generation of viewers, of customers, of cinephiles that have been exposed to films, which they would not have but for that technology<\/a>, for the access to streaming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Mubi acquired\u00a0The Substance<\/em>\u00a0at Cannes, prepping the title for what would go on to be an Oscar run for Coralie Fargeat\u2019s body horror thriller.<\/p>\n

\n\tSXSW London runs through June 7. Penske Media<\/a>, the parent company of\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter,<\/em>\u00a0is the majority stakeholder of SXSW.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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