MUBI is increasing its international theatrical footprint, and it’s hiring a seasoned indie movie vet to guide the cost. MUBI has employed Arianna Bocco, the previous president of IFC Movies, to affix the corporate as its SVP of World Distribution, the corporate introduced Tuesday, January 7.
Bocco spent 16 years at IFC Movies, leaving in 2023 (she was elevated to the function of president in 2020) amid main adjustments to the indie distributor that resulted in a slew of govt departures.
In her new function, Bocco will lead the worldwide distribution of MUBI’s titles, serving to to develop its overseas footprint theatrically. Mark Boxer, who presently leads the U.S. distribution workforce and likewise labored with Bocco at IFC Movies, will proceed in that function. A number of the titles she’ll be engaged on to start out embody Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind” and Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mom Sister Brother.”
Bocco will report on to Jason Ropell, Chief Content material Officer at MUBI. She’ll even be on the bottom at Sundance later this month on behalf of MUBI’s upcoming movie “Magic Farm” from director Amalia Ulman when it makes its world premiere. She’ll be based mostly within the New York workplace.
It’s a giant second for MUBI, the artwork home streamer and distributor which has had the most important launch of its existence with “The Substance.” The movie received a Golden Globe on Sunday for Demi Moore and has already grossed $75 million globally.
“MUBI is an thrilling firm with a novel imaginative and prescient, completely positioned to develop unbiased movie distribution on a worldwide scale” Bocco mentioned in a press release. “ I’m thrilled to convey my expertise to their workforce and sit up for collaborating with Efe, Jason, and everybody at MUBI to assist form the way forward for its development and influence on this planet of cinema.”
Bocco in her time at IFC was behind the releases of movies like “Within the Loop,” “Weekend,” “Starvation,” “Sure Girls,” “The Journey,” “Summer season Hours,” “Frances Ha,” “The Babadook,” and plenty of extra. Previous to working at IFC Movies, she led the unbiased function packaging division of the Gersh Company in New York Metropolis. She additionally had a stint at Miramax Movies as SVP of Acquisitions and started her profession at New Line Cinema and High-quality Line Options.
Bocco is an AMPAS and BAFTA member and beforehand served because the chair of the New York Board of BAFTA.
Deadline first reported the information.