EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has set North American theatrical release dates for their recent Cannes-winning titles, Minotaur on Nov. 20 and Coward on Dec. 25.
These films join MUBI’s previously announced 2026 North American theatrical slate of Cannes prize-winners: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland (winner of Best Director) releases stateside on Oct. 23; and Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (winner of the Queer Palm) releases in the US on Aug. 7 and Canada on Aug. 14.
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur won the Grand Prix at Canes, while Lukas Dhont’s Coward took Best Actor.
Minotaur is set in Russia, 2022. When Gleb, a successful company director, finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures and an increasingly unstable world, the collapse of his carefully ordered life accelerates toward violence. Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, Loveless, The Return) directed and co-wrote with Semen Liashenko. Minotaur is Zvyagintsev’s sixth feature and continues his collaboration with cinematographer Mikhail Krichman and production designer Andrey Ponkratov. Pic is co-produced by Razor Films in Germany and Forma Pro Films in Latvia. It will be distributed in France by Films du Losange, and has received the support from ARTE France Cinéma. International sales are handled by mk2.
Coward is directed and co-written by Oscar-nominee Lukas Dhont (Close, Girl). The film marks a reunion for Dhont with key collaborators, including co-writer Angelo Tijssens and producer Michiel Dhont, continuing a creative partnership that has defined his previous critically acclaimed work.
Pic’s blurb: As the First World War drags on, Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front, is eager to prove himself. Behind the lines, he meets Francis, who decides to lift the spirits of his comrades by putting together a theatre show. While the violence continues, both men try to find ways to escape the brutality of war, even if only for a moment.
Coward is a production by the Reunion, Lumen, Topkapi Films & Versus (Opus) in co-production with France 2 Cinéma, VTM, RTBF, Proximus, BeTV & Orange. The film was produced in association with The Common Humanity Art Trust and Portobello Productions. The film was made with the essential support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) of the Flemish Government, the Screen Flanders economic fund, Screen Brussels, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB), Wallimage, CINÉ+ OCS, CNC, PICTANOVO Hauts-de-France, Sacem, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive and EURIMAGES, and the participation of France Télivisions.
Coward came about with the help of the Tax Shelter Measure of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafka & Lumière Invest.
MUBI will announce theatrical release dates for both Minotaur and Coward in their remaining territories later this year.
