Mubi and Hay Festival have inked a partnership to launch a cinema screening collection at this yr’s version of the literary occasion.
The screening collection will run day by day at Hay and happen at The Mubi Cinema, a brand new venue that can launch this yr on the pageant.
Among the movies set for the fest embrace Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Wim Wenders’ Good Days and Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun. The pageant may also maintain an onstage in-conversation session on Deborah Levy’s Hot Milk, which Rebecca Lenkiewicz has tailored for the display for Mubi. The movie debuted at this yr’s Berlin Movie Competition.
“We’re excited to carry a few of our absolute best MUBI Releases to Hay Competition, as we imagine that nice cinema transcends conventional areas,” Tsari Paxton, Director of UK Advertising and marketing at MUBI mentioned in a press release. “We hope the thought-provoking movies we champion encourage audiences and spark conversations in dialogue with Hay’s wealthy, culturally various programme.”
Hay Competition takes place from 22 Might–1 June in Hay-on-Wye in Wales. Audio system set for this yr’s pageant embrace Fflur Dafydd, Matt Haig, Susie Dent and Elif Shafak.
Hay Competition World CEO Julie Finch added: “As a charity, we work onerous to construct bridges of cultural change and provide our audiences a world of various experiences on website. By this new partnership with MUBI, we’re delighted to open the first-ever cinema house on website, providing a dynamic mix of screenings, conversations and drop-in occasions to interact and entertain festivalgoers.”
