MUBI Fest to Screen Alex Ross Perry’s ‘Pavements’ and Amalia Ulman’s ‘Magic Farm’
Samantha Bergeson
The 2025 edition of MUBI Fest is almost here. IndieWire can announce the global dates of international experience MUBI Fest, starting with its return to Chicago April 26 to 27. This year, MUBI Fest expands to to 11 cities globally, concluding in Glasgow from November 28 to 30.
The U.S. branch will have a special screening of Alex Ross Perry’s “Pavements,” with Perry in-person for a Q&A. Amalia Ulman’s “Magic Farm” will also be among the previews at the Salt Shed and The Music Box Theatre. The full festival schedule will be announced soon.
Perry’s “Pavements” is a faux documentary about the real band of the same name. The film stars Joe Keery, Fred Hechinger, Nat Wolff, Jason Schwartzman, Logan Miller, Griffin Newman, Tim Heidecker, Michael Esper, Zoe Lister-Jones, and Kathryn Gallagher. “Pavements” will be released by Utopia May 2.
“Magic Farm” also stars Wolff, along with Chloë Sevigny, Simon Rex, Camila del Campo, and Joe Apollonio. The film debuted at Sundance and will be released by MUBI April 25.
MUBI Fest Chicago is a weekend of curated cinema, live music, and talks, featuring a collection of both new and repertory films. MUBI Fest first debuted in São Paulo in 2022. From 5 cities in 2023, to an impressive 11 destinations around the globe in 2025, this year’s expansion will welcome new festivals in Berlin, Glasgow, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Rome. Check out the full list below.
MUBI is a global distributor, streaming service, and production company that creates, curates, acquires, and champions visionary indie films. Previous MUBI releases include Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer,” Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End,” Magnus von Horn’s “The Girl with the Needle,” Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” Ira Sachs’ “Passages,” Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” Christopher Andrews’ “Bring Them Down” and Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life.”
The 2025 MUBI Fest worldwide dates are below.
- U.S., Chicago / April 26-27
- Mexico, Mexico City / July 4-6
- Brazil, Rio de Janeiro / August 2-3
- Turkey, İstanbul / August 21-24
- Colombia, Bogotá / September 11-14
- Germany, Berlin / October 3-5
- France, Paris / October 10-12
- Argentina, Buenos Aires / October 16-19
- Chile, Santiago / October 23-26
- Italy, Rome / November 14-16
- UK, Glasgow / November 28-30
