The Match Factory unveiled multiple distribution deals for its Cannes prize-winning titles Fatherland, Coward, The Dreamed Adventure and Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma.
Fatherland, which won Paweł Pawlikowski the festival’s best director award, has sold to Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), Greece (Spentzos Film), Japan (Gaga), South Korea (Challan), Taiwan (Andrews Film), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Bulgaria (Cinelibri), former Yugoslavia (MCF MegaCom), Hungary (Vertigo Media), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Zero Gravity), Ukraine (ArthouseTraffic), MENA (Gulf Film), Portugal (Nitrato), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Romania (Transilvania Film) and the Baltics (Kino Pavasaris).
As previously announced, Mubi, The Match Factory’s parent company, will handle distribution in North America, UK, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Mexico and India. It will also partner on the local release with Cinéart (Benelux), Cineplex (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Central America), Maco Cine (Argentina and Uruguay) and Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand). In Poland, Fatherland is distributed by Kino Świat and by Pathé in France. Neue Visionen will release the film in Germany and Polyfilm in Austria.
Lukas Dhont’s Coward, whose leads Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne won the festival’s best actor award, has also closed deals across multiple territories, including Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Denmark (Camera), Sweden (Triart), Norway (Selmer), Finland (Future Film), former Yugoslavia (MCF MegaCom), Hungary (Cirko Film), the Baltics (A-One Film), Greece (Cinobo), South Korea (Challan), Thailand (Sahamongkol Film), Japan (The Klockworx), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Pilot Film), Taiwan (Hooray Films), Portugal (Alambique), Poland (So Film / Cinobo), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Indonesia (PT Falcon) and Romania (Transilvania Film).
As previously announced, Mubi will handle Coward’s distribution in North America, the UK, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Mexico and Turkey. Mubi will also partner with Filmladen (Austria), Cineplex (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Central America), Maco Cine (Argentina and Uruguay), and Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand). Lumière will distribute the film in Benelux with a theatrical release scheduled for October 21 in Belgium. Diaphana will open in France in November.
Valeska Grisebach’s jury prize winner The Dreamed Adventure has secured sales to the Baltics (A-One Film), Switzerland (Trigon Film), Greece (Ama Films) and Indonesia (PT Falcon). The deals follow news yesterday that Janus Film has acquired North American rights. Haut et Court will release the film in France on July 15 and Piffl will handle the German release, which is scheduled for the second half of 2026.
Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma, which opened Un Certain Regard and won the Queer Palm, has sold in additional territories including Greece (Weirdwave), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Zero Gravity), Poland (Velvet Spoon), Taiwan (Hooray Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment) and Portugal (No Comboio).
Mubi is releasing the film in US theatres on August 7, and is distributing in North America, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. Mubi will also be partnering with Cinéart (Benelux), Filmladen (Austria), Filmcoopi (Switzerland), Cineplex (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Central America), Maco Cine (Argentina and Uruguay), Retrato Filmes (Brazil) and Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand).
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