Mubi (streaming service)
Mubi (/ˈmuːbi/; 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.
For other uses, see Mubi (disambiguation).
Type of site
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]
History[edit]
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]
Podcasts[edit]
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[edit]
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] and Rosebushpruning (Karim Aïnouz).
