Mubi Sets Q4 Theatrical Dates For Cannes Winners ‘Minotaur’ & ‘Coward’
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- Mubi set North American theatrical release dates for Cannes winners Minotaur on Nov. 20 and Coward on Dec. 25, with international territory dates to be announced later this year
- Andrey Zvyagintsev's Minotaur won the Grand Prix at Cannes and is set in Russia, 2022, following a company director whose ordered life collapses amid mounting corporate pressures and instability
- Minotaur is co-produced by Razor Films (Germany) and Forma Pro Films (Latvia), with French distribution handled by Films du Losange and support from ARTE France Cinéma; international sales are by mk2
- Lukas Dhont's Coward won Best Actor at Cannes and is set during WWI, following soldier Pierre who joins Francis in staging a theater show behind the front lines to escape the brutality
- Coward is produced by Reunion, Lumen, Topkapi Films, and Versus (Opus) with co-production from France 2 Cinéma, VTM, RTBF, and multiple Belgian and Dutch public funds including the Flanders Audiovisual Fund and EURIMAGES
- Mubi's previously announced 2026 slate also includes Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland (Best Director) on Oct. 23 and Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Queer Palm) on Aug. 7 in the US and Aug. 14 in Canada
Why it matters: Mubi is spacing four Cannes prize-winners across August through December 2026 — from Schoenbrun's Queer Palm winner in August to Zvyagintsev's Grand Prix film in late November — turning individual festival wins into a continuous five-month arthouse release calendar for North American cinephiles.
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