Mubi is back in the Sofia Coppola business.
The arthouse streamer/distributor has snatched up worldwide rights to Making Marie Antoinette, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the production of Coppola’s iconic 2006 costume drama, starring Kirsten Dunst as the ill-fated Queen of France.
Sofia’s late mother Eleanor Coppola, who died in 2024, directed the documentary, assembling it from more than 80 hours of footage she shot on the set of her daughter’s third feature film. Co-starring Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rose Byrne, and Jamie Dornan, in his film debut, Marie Antoinette went on to win an Oscar for Milena Canonero for best costume design.
“My mother and I started going through her footage during lockdown,” Sofia Coppola said in a statement. “It was always her wish to make what she shot into a feature length documentary. She was on set as a filmmaker and also my mother, so I found it so moving to go back through the material and to see our shoot through her eyes.”
Sofia Coppola, Lorenzo Mieli, Mario Gianani, Rachel Dengiz, and Youree Henley produced the documentary. The footage was edited by Aaron Matthews with input from Eleanor’s close friends Davia Nelson and Liz Bird. The film was financed by Mediawan-owned Our Films and Entourage Pictures.
“Sofia is one of the defining filmmakers of her generation, with a voice and sensibility entirely her own,” said Mubi founder Efe Cakarel. “Marie Antoinette was bold, beautiful, irreverent and hugely influential, and to revisit it now through Eleanor Coppola’s eyes, as both a filmmaker and a mother, is incredibly moving. We are proud to bring this intimate and remarkable portrait to audiences around the world.”
Mubi released Sofia Coppola’s last feature film, the Elvis-era biopic Priscilla, with Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi, in multiple international territories, including the U.K., Germany and across Latin America.
Mubi will announce its release plans for Making Marie Antoinette in the near future.
