London-headquartered arthouse streamer Mubi was hit hard by a Palestine-related PR storm last year, its chief executive, Efe Cakarel , has told the Wall Street Journal . However, this year is looking brighter, he added, with a record number of subscribers, a fistful of Oscar-nominated films and half a dozen films selected for Cannes. At the end of last year, Mubi had nearly 1.2 million subscribers, fewer than at the start of 2025. The company’s internal goal had been to reach 2 million