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European Film Market Berlin 2026

February 2026 15 articles

Distribution deal intelligence from the European Film Market (EFM) at the Berlinale 2026.

Coverage Timeline

August 12, 2026

Analysis
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Locarno Pro Passes 2,000 Accreditations for the First Time: 2,140 Delegates, 1,463 Meetings, and Why Mid Summer Is Becoming Central

Locarno Pro closed its largest edition to date, registering 2,140 industry delegates from nearly 100 countries, up 10% on 2025. The growth of a mid August industry programme is a small statistic that says something real about how the market calendar is rebalancing.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

May 4, 2026

Analysis
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MENA 2026 Buying Patterns: Beyond the Saudi Vision 2030 Noise to How Front Row, Empire, and MAD Solutions Actually Buy

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 entertainment investment narrative dominates the headlines. The actual MENA distribution flow runs through a different set of operators — Front Row in Dubai, Empire in Beirut, MAD Solutions in Cairo, Image Nation in Abu Dhabi, plus the Cercamon sales agency. Here's how MENA distribution actually works in 2026 and what the Cannes Marché will see.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

April 30, 2026

Analysis
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Performance-Based Licensing: Early 2026 Data on Streamers Shifting from Minimum Guarantees to Revenue Share

The pre-Marché 2026 deal flow is showing the first structural data on a shift that has been promised for years: streamers moving from upfront minimum guarantee licensing to back-end revenue-share structures. Here's what the early 2026 data shows, what's driving the shift, and what indie sellers and rights holders should plan for as performance-based deals scale.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

April 29, 2026

Analysis
analysis

India 2026 Distribution Playbook: How Independent Acquisitions Are Accelerating Inside the World's Largest Film Market

India is the world's largest film market by ticket admissions and one of its most fragmented by language and platform. The 2026 cycle shows accelerating independent and arthouse acquisition activity — driven by PVR-INOX consolidation, Mubi India's specialty programming push, and Indian SVOD platforms' content investment cycle. Here's how the playbook is evolving and what international sellers should plan for.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

April 22, 2026

Weekly Report
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Week in Distribution: 2026-04-16 to 2026-04-22

The first full week after the Cannes 2026 Official Selection reveal saw continental European territory commitments crystallize (Lucky Red on Pawlikowski's Fatherland, Pandora on Mungiu's Fjord), Mubi confirm an aggressive Cannes acquisition mandate across multiple titles, and Latin American distributors begin pre-Marché engagement — a meaningful reversal of the traditional LatAm wait-for-Marché pattern.

· Deal Desk

April 20, 2026

Analysis
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Cannes 2026 Sales-Agent Power Rankings: Who Controls the Pre-Marché Pipeline

Six international sales agencies — MK2 Films, The Match Factory, Wild Bunch International, Charades, Goodfellas, and Playtime — concentrate the bulk of the Cannes 2026 Competition and parallel-section deal flow. This is what each agency brings to the Marché, what packaging premiums they can command, and how buyers should think about agent-tier pricing.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

April 17, 2026

Analysis
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Mubi's Pre-Cannes 2026 Strategy: How the Platform-Plus-Theatrical Model Is Reshaping Specialty Acquisition

Mubi enters Cannes 2026 with the deepest theatrical footprint in its history, the strongest balance sheet of any pure-play specialty buyer, and an acquisition mandate that increasingly competes head-to-head with Neon and A24 for Competition titles. Here's how the model works and what it means for sellers.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

April 14, 2026

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Cannes Is Now a Confirmation Venue, Not a Discovery Venue

Two Cannes 2026 titles — Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' and Maxence Voiseux's 'Gabin' — locked U.S. and international deals weeks before the festival opened. The pattern is no longer an exception.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

April 12, 2026

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Berlin's Long Tail vs. Cannes' Short Head: Two Sales Rhythms, One Operations Problem

Berlin's 2026 winners are still closing territory deals eight weeks after the festival ended. Cannes 2026 titles are closing deals before the festival begins. The operational implication: staggered avails is no longer a niche problem.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk
Weekly Report
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Week in Distribution: 2026-04-06 to 2026-04-12

A pre-Cannes bridge week defined by distributor cash preservation, Sundance trail-end closings (Sumerian picks up The Incomer and Shitheads), and the 4th-edition Cannes Investors Circle reveal of 8 curated feature projects for private Marché pitching.

· Deal Desk

April 11, 2026

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Cannes Marché du Film 2026 Forecast: Japan Country of Honour, Investors Circle Fourth Edition, and the 'Prices Are Crazy' Reset

The 2026 Marché du Film (May 12-20) runs alongside Cannes with Japan as Country of Honour, the fourth edition of the Cannes Investors Circle, and European distributors bracing for another round of what they've called 'crazy' pricing. Forecast for buyers, sellers, and rights holders.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

April 10, 2026

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Pre-Cannes 2026 Acquisitions Tracker: Which Titles Already Have Distribution Before the Festival Opens

Several 2026 Cannes selections closed distribution deals before the festival even opens. A running list of pre-premiere acquisitions — Janus Films, Lightdox, SND, Curzon, Heretic — and what the early-deal pattern signals about 2026 Marché pricing.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

April 9, 2026

Analysis
analysis

Five Women in Cannes 2026 Competition: Who They Are and What It Says About Gender Parity

Cannes 2026 has five women directors in the 21-film main competition — 23.8%, consistent with 2024 and 2025 but still short of the industry's stated 30% parity target. Profiles of Herry, Mysius, Grisebach, Kreutzer, and Bourgeois-Tacquet, and what their films signal about the European women's auteur market.

· D-Intel Analysis Desk

March 27, 2026

Weekly Report
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Weekly Deal Report: 2026-03-14 to 2026-03-27

Five significant distribution deals totaling an estimated $35M+ in combined value, spanning festival acquisitions, genre pre-sales, and strategic territory deals across three continents.

· Deal Desk

March 21, 2026

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StudioCanal Pre-Sells Horror Title Across European Territories

StudioCanal has closed pre-sale deals for 'Beneath the Floorboards' across 12 European territories, generating an estimated EUR 6.5M ahead of the film's EFM market premiere.

· Deal Desk