Paris-based agency Entourage Ventures has cast a strategic settlement with Italy’s Mediawan-owned Our Films — which is at Cannes as producer of Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland” — to put money into movies that they produce in partnership with international streamer Mubi.
The partnership expands the three-year co-production, financing and distribution settlement inked in 2025 between Rome-based Our Movies and Mubi. Underneath that deal, Mubi distributes the co-produced titles in key territories; whereas the Match Manufacturing unit, the distinguished worldwide gross sales firm owned by Mubi, handles world gross sales.
Entourage Ventures, which is run by Julien Delajoux and Matthias Nicodème, is at present co-investing with Mediawan’s international distribution arm in worldwide productions.
“The new arrangement between Our Films and Entourage Ventures is designed to provide additional financial structuring and investment capacity for auteur-driven films with global ambitions, supporting projects from their earliest stages,” in line with a press release.
Our Movies was launched in 2024 by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli, the award-winning Italian producer duo behind “The Young Pope” and “My Brilliant Friend.” Their more moderen titles, underneath the Our Movies Banner, embody “Feel My Voice,” the Italian adaptation of France’s “La Famille Bélier,” and Marco Bellocchio’s TV collection “Portobello,” broadcast globally on HBO Max.
Two present tasks on their slate already mirror the Our Movies-Mubu collaboration: Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland,” which stars Sandra Hüller and August Diehl and bows in competitors at Cannes, and Felix van Groeningen’s “Let Love In,” starring Luca Marinelli and Charlotte Vandermeersch.
“Entourage Ventures is a strategic partner for Mediawan, and we are very pleased to see them join a partnership that combines creativity with strong financial backing and a level of ambition in line with the Our Films-Mubi collaboration,” mentioned Mediawan’s chief content material officer Elisabeth d’Arvieu in a press release.
Commented Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli, “We are delighted to deepen our relationship with Entourage Ventures. Their investment and financial expertise will help us support ambitious auteur projects at the highest level, giving filmmakers the resources and confidence to build films with real international reach.”
“This agreement marks a new step in our collaboration with Mediawan,” famous Delajoux and Matthias. “Alongside Our Films, we are involved from the earliest stages in structuring financing and supporting projects that meet the highest standards, together with the best partners and most renowned producers, reflecting our ambition in the industry.”
