MUBI Releases | September-October 2020

[94bd244d-64c8-445b-9a3f-54c114ec422f.png] Exclusively Yours This month, watch the first Armenian feature directed by a woman, learn a lesson in compassion at a bird shelter, and hear from sex workers at the Blue Boy Bar in Berlin. These and more, only on MUBI. The New Auteurs ISADORA'S CHILDREN Damien Manivel *Curator spotlight below! NOW SHOWING Rediscovered THE LIGHTHOUSE Maria Saakyan NOW SHOWING Undiscovered BIRD ISLAND Maya Kosa, Sérgio da Costa NOW SHOWING Viewfinder SOUTH TERMINAL Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche STARTS OCTOBER 5 Brief Encounters BLUE BOY Manuel Abramovich STARTS OCTOBER 15 Rediscovered MALINA Werner Schroeter STARTS OCTOBER 22 Curator Spotlight "The films of Damien Manivel have a special place in our hearts. He is part of a generation of young directors that we followed from the very beginning. We gave his films a space on MUBI because we believed that with his films we were facing a strong directorial vision. Early in 2017, LE PARC, which was his second feature and had premiered in Cannes a few months earlier, was our first-ever Special Discovery. Our Special Discovery series was dedicated to small but unique films that were barely distributed internationally and that we wanted the world to discover. These films, orphaned in a way, would represent the quality and strength of MUBI’s curation. The same year that LE PARC showed on MUBI, Manivel surprised us again with the intensity of the sweetness of his third film, THE NIGHT I SWAM, which we later also premiered online. Encountering it felt like a special treat, a reunion with an old friend. Now, we’re showing his latest work. From the first minutes of ISADORA’S CHILDREN, it was clear that Manivel’s style has blossomed into something as warm and comforting as the embracing arms of a mother—but also something as strong as a woman's arms that carry your body all day long. His interpretations by four women of Isadora Duncan’s dance “Mother” push the audience to encounter this incredible figure and pioneer of modern dance, but also activates the long relationship between cinema and dance, both originating as a series of movements in time. The soothing voice of Agathe Bonitzer guides us through the words of Isadora and gives to the screen an embodiment of Duncan’s suffering and her profound love for her lost children. Across three stories of dance and sorrow, Isadora’s Children gives us the opportunity to discover the emotional depth of movement, and how, through its repetition, can come a new creation." — Anaïs Lebrun, Director of Content - International 6eb99d7f-321e-4dfe-b2c2-a8ebf5237ee7.png [e8344b65-97b1-4509-ad86-d1ff0a6ac6c0.png]( [80c23f8a-4173-484d-86e8-88f1dbc6f886.png]( [6f3c5351-5db7-4814-8ad0-72a206ca03a6.png]( [d7ee884a-908c-42f6-801b-98e853974a35.png]() You are receiving this email because you registered a MUBI user account. [Update your preferences]( or unsubscribe from [all]( emails.