After two years of research, development and exchanges with the biggest studios and market specialists, mk2 in partnership with BNP Paribas, unveils the opening of mk2 VR, the first place entirely dedicated to virtual reality, on December 9th in mk2 Bibliothèque in Paris.
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mk2 Beaubourg & Bastille : new cinemas, same quality (in French)
Celebrating its 20th birthday, the mk2 Beaubourg makes itself beautiful through a full renovation ! 42 years after its opening, the first-ever mk2 cinema located at Bastille in Paris is now fully renovated. Surprise : 3 new rooms are added to the theater, a few streets away.
The new TROISCOULEURS website, cult and cultivated (in French)
TROISCOULEURS.FR is the extension of the magazine on the web : pop, interactive and off the wall. It is dedicated to the news in cinema and culture.
Marin Karmitz and Caroline Broué’s book “Comédies” available in booshops (in French)
After Bande à Part (Grasset, 1995) and Profession Producteur (Hachette Littérature, 2003), a new book by Marin Karmitz, producer, distributor, cinema operator and founder of mk2, is available in bookshops since November 7th. Co-written with the French journalist Caroline Broué and published by Fayard, this book is entitled Comédies and recounts the unique path of an engaged man, witness and actor of the French political and cultural journey.
Contemporary art meets cinema thanks to mk2 and Le Fresnoy (in French)
From October 2016 to June 2017, young artists and directors produced by Le Fresnoy – National studio of contemporary arts along with artists-professors will show their work at mk2 Beaubourg. The cycle is named “Là où va le cinéma” (“where the cinema goes”).
2016-2017 program : 5 new seasons of lectures (in English)
Following on the success of their collaboration on last year’s history of art lecutres, mk2 and Des Mots et Des Arts explore new fields of knowledge for the 2016-2017 season. From september 2016 to June 2017, besides history of art, discover the history of cinema, the history of opera and the history of Paris in the mk2 cinemas in France.
mk2 and Fabula Entertainment Enter Major Franco-Chinese Partnership (in English)
Paris-based mk2 has signed a partnership with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke’s Shanghai-based Fabula Entertainment. This partnership includes production and distribution, exhibition as well as Virtual Reality content.
Stéphane Brizé’s “A Woman’s Life” awarded with the FIPRESCI prize at the Venice International Film Festival (in English)
“A Woman’s Life” was in competition at the Venice International Film Festival and won the international federation of film critics’ award. This is the second time that mk2 operates the international sales for a Stéphane Brizé’s movie, after “The Measure of a Man” in 2015. Distributed in France by Diaphana, the film will be released on November 23rd, 2016.
A third collaboration with Naomi Kawase (in English)
mk2 films handles World rights of Naomi Kawase’s new film “Radiance”. The filmshooting will begin in October 2016.
A new digital ecosystem for the professionals (in English)
After releasing the new institutional website mk2pro, mk2 unveils mk2films.com and mk2agency.com. Through a new design and a simplified interface, these platforms dedicated to BtoB activities will facilitate the discovery of mk2 agency’s and mk2 films’ savoir-faire, offers and latest news.