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MUBI to open first publishing imprint, MUBI Editions, for April 2025
MUBI has announced the launch of its global publishing arm, MUBI Editions, for April 2025, dedicated to cinema and the arts.
The new imprint from the global film distributor, streamer and production company will publish two to three titles in its inaugural year.
The company said: “MUBI Editions marks an exciting new chapter for MUBI, building on their long history of championing cinema culture through both film viewing and film publishing.
“Defined by a thought-provoking list and featuring unique design collaborations, MUBI Editions will publish across a range of formats and genres and, in doing so, will broaden the horizons of what cinema-related publishing can be.”
Originally founded in 2007 as a curated streaming service with the mission to make great cinema accessible to global audiences, MUBI’s first foray into publishing was launch of the online publication, Notebook, which explores global film culture.
In 2016, MUBI started releasing films “bringing its vision of curation from the digital to the physical world”, the company said.
In 2021, Notebook expanded to also encompass a globally-distributed, biannual print magazine and now Mubi continues its commitment to publishing by launching MUBI Editions.
The company added: "Through its distinctive range of books, MUBI Editions intends to play a meaningful role in fostering a global community of engaged, art-loving viewers and readers—now and into the future.”
The imprint will launch with a new visual identity, echoing the iconic MUBI logo. Taking inspiration from MUBI’s seven dots, MUBI Editions will be identified by seven lines that, once, represent spines of books and evoke the early animation device, the zoetrope.
MUBI Editions will publish across four core series: projections, books dedicated to the world of film culture and history; auteurs, books and art objects made in close collaboration with renowned artists and filmmakers; internegatives, republications of out-of-print, or newly translated texts; and Lights!, books that explore and expand MUBI’s productions and releases.
MUBI Editions will launch in April 2025 with a book encapsulating its core ambitions – Read Frame Type Film – in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Alongside direct sales through MUBI’s website, mubieditions.com, its exclusive worldwide distribution partners will be Thames & Hudson (globally excluding US and Canada) and Distributed Art Publishers (US and Canada).
Daniel Kasman, vice-president of editorial content, said: “Since its founding, MUBI has always seen publishing as a key element of connecting cinema with global audiences. With MUBI Editions, we are building upon the great work done by our online and print publication, Notebook, and going even further: to start a new book imprint dedicated to exploring the beauty and richness of the seventh art. In doing so, MUBI will continue to deepen its mission to bring audiences around the world together through their love of great movies and the culture and history of cinema.”
