The monthly offering is headed by award-winning animation productions and feature films that have triumphed at international festivals like Cannes.
Premieres and Award-Winning Animation On April 10, the film 'Arco' (2025), directed by Ugo Bienvenu and produced by Natalie Portman, will arrive in the catalog. Set in the 1970s, this film won the awards for Best Actor and Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival 2025, in addition to four Oscar nominations.
The exclusive programming is complemented by the animated documentary 'Endless Cookie' (2025), nominated for the Spirit Awards 2026, and the mockumentary 'Agon' (2024), directed by Giulio Bertelli. The film, which tells the story of a boy stranded in the year 2075, arrives on the platform after winning the award for Best Independent Animated Film at the Annie Awards.
Additionally, works such as '12 Years a Slave' (2013) by Steve McQueen and the animated film 'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman' (2022), inspired by the stories of Haruki Murakami and recognized at the Annecy Festival, will be added to the catalog.
With this curation, MUBI seeks to consolidate a programming that connects with diverse latitudes and styles, offering stories that traverse between thriller, political drama, and experimental animation.
Thematic Cycles and Auteur Cinema MUBI will dedicate special spaces to fundamental figures of contemporary cinema:
• 'From the Mind of Charlie Kaufman': A journey through the screenwriter's mastery with titles such as 'Being John Malkovich' (1998), 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' (2004), and his directorial debut, 'Synecdoche, New York' (2008). • 'Pretty, Young, and Dangerous': A social satire cycle led by the cult film 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' (1999), alongside classics like 'Heathers' and 'Spring Breakers'. • 'Tropical Anxieties': A retrospective dedicated to Kleber Mendonça Filho that includes four of his most representative short films.
Season Finales and New Additions In the realm of series, the platform will publish the final ten episodes of 'Blossoms Shanghai', the first television production by director Wong Kar-wai, thus completing the delivery of 30 episodes.
