MUBI Secures Four Films for Theatrical & VOD Release in the U.K.

SVOD service MUBI has acquired all rights for several movies, including the Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear winner On Body and Soul, for U.K. theatrical and VOD release.

Directed by Ildikó Enyedi, On Body and Soul follows two introverted people working in a meat-processing plant who discover that they share the same dream every night. As they begin to accept this strange coincidence, they try to re-create what happens in their shared subconscious.

Bobby Allen, the VP of content at MUBI, said, “We are absolutely thrilled to be adding Ildikó Enyedi’s first feature in over 15 years, On Body and Soul, to our slate. A stunning vision that received the highest of praise and recognition at the Berlinale this year, we look forward to giving this fantastic film a home in cinemas and on MUBI.”

Enyedi commented, “When the film is ready you then have to let it out of your hands. You sit at home and can only hope that it will land in the hands of those that will care for it as much as you have. It was therefore with immense joy that I found out that MUBI will look after our film. MUBI’s class, curatorial choices and their whole concept of distributing real quality is fresh, effective and impressive. To be part of this is a real honor.”

MUBI also acquired Alain Gomis’s Félicité, which won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. The movie tells the story of a woman who must work hard to save her son after he suffers an accident. Another pickup for the SVOD service is Have a Nice Day, directed by Liu Jian and set in a city in southern China. It was the first Chinese animated feature to compete at the Berlinale. In addition, MUBI went for Oliver Laxe’s Mimosas. It follows a mysterious caravan carrying a dying Sheikh into the Moroccan Atlas Mountains.

Laxe remarked, “Having traveled to festivals around the world with my film Mimosas, I am very glad that, with the help of MUBI, the film is now able to reach and connect with audiences in the U.K.”

The films will all be released in cinemas and on MUBI in 2017.