Mubi expands distribution deal with Madman Entertainment

Mubi has expanded its theatrical distribution partnership with Madman Entertainment, tapping the independent Australian and New Zealand distributor to sub-release five films theatrically across the region, including several Cannes and Berlinale prize winners.

Madman will open Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” first, on Aug. 6 in Australia and Aug. 20 in New Zealand. The film won the Queer Palm at Cannes this year. Schoenbrun, whose credits include “I Saw the TV Glow” and “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” wrote and directed the film, which stars Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson alongside Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kevin McDonald, Quintessa Swindell and Jack Haven. Plan B produced the film.

Madman will also release PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland,” which premiered in competition at Cannes this year, where Pawlikowski won the Best Director prize. Pawlikowski, known for “Ida” and “Cold War,” wrote the film with Henk Handloegten. The cast includes Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl, Devid Striesow and Anna Madeley.

Lukas Dhont’s Cannes competition title “Coward” is also part of the deal. Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne won the Best Actor prize at Cannes for their performances in the film, a World War I drama centered on queer love. Dhont directed and co-wrote the script with Angelo Tijssens. Mubi previously released Dhont’s Oscar-nominated “Close” in select territories.

Rounding out the slate are the Berlinale selections “Rosebush Pruning” and “Rose.” Karim Aïnouz directed “Rosebush Pruning,” which follows a wealthy family navigating privilege, desire and buried secrets. Its cast includes Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage, Elena Anaya, Tracy Letts, Elle Fanning and Pamela Anderson. Markus Schleinzer directed “Rose,” which he wrote with Alexander Bom, starring Hüller as a woman disguised as a man who arrives in an isolated Protestant village in the early 17th century claiming rights to an abandoned farmstead. Hüller won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Actress at Berlinale for the role.

-Variety