MK2, a family-owned French film company boasting a prominent arthouse cinema chain in Paris and in Spain, is staging various events to turn the spotlight on classics from Charles Chaplin to Claude Chabrol and Abbas Kiarostami which are part of its impressive library of 600 movies.
MK2’s CEO Nathanael Karmitz has been invited by Thierry Fremaux, the chief of Cannes Film Festival and the ongoing Lumiere Festival in Lyon, to deliver a masterclass on Tuesday as a special guest of this 2020 edition.
At a time when many exhibitors in France are lamenting about the dearth of blockbusters, Karmitz has been outspoken about the urgent need for theaters in France and beyond to rely less on American movies to lure audiences, and to place a larger emphasis on European films.
The two biggest events in MK2’s pipeline are an homage to Chabrol with a program of five iconic movies restored...
MK2’s CEO Nathanael Karmitz has been invited by Thierry Fremaux, the chief of Cannes Film Festival and the ongoing Lumiere Festival in Lyon, to deliver a masterclass on Tuesday as a special guest of this 2020 edition.
At a time when many exhibitors in France are lamenting about the dearth of blockbusters, Karmitz has been outspoken about the urgent need for theaters in France and beyond to rely less on American movies to lure audiences, and to place a larger emphasis on European films.
The two biggest events in MK2’s pipeline are an homage to Chabrol with a program of five iconic movies restored...
- 10/13/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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