MK2

A reference in world art-house cinema, MK2 is a family-owned company founded by Marin Karmitz in 1974 and run since 2005 by his sons Nathanaël and Elisha Karmitz. mk2 promotes quality filmmaking, operates its cinemas as modern agoras and supports creative discovery. MK2 operates 25 sites (182 screens) in France and Spain, hosting 8.5 million spectators every year. MK2 also distributes a unique library of more than 600 films in France and around the world, including works by the biggest filmmakers in the history of cinema (Charles Chaplin, François Truffaut, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Abbas Kiarostami, David Lynch, Gus Van Sant, Xavier Dolan, and more). Every year, mk2 produces, coproduces, sells and distributes a dozen new films by established or promising directors, such as Naomi Kawase, Pawel Pawlikoswki and Jia Zhang-Ke. MK2 also develops its savoir-faire in the field of virtual reality, operating the biggest VR venue in Europe (MK2 VR, since December 2016) and promoting the worldwide distribution of VR contents (MK2 films & VR, since May 2017).