September brings an exciting lineup to MUBI, featuring major international festival hits, event series, and bold independent cinema.
From highly anticipated exclusives to standout works arriving on the platform, here is everything you won’t want to miss this month.
New Releases
Movies
Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore? (Music, Documentary) | Streaming exclusively on MUBI starting September 25, 2026
Dir. Garth Jennings, 2026
Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore? is a celebration of one of Britain’s most unusual bands, captured during their triumphant 2025 tour. Directed by longtime collaborator Garth Jennings and narrated by PULP frontman Jarvis Cocker, the film weaves together footage from their ingenious live show with four decades of never-before-seen archival material, charting the band’s circuitous journey from Sheffield outsiders to unlikely cultural icons.
Bouchra (Animation, Avant-Garde, LGBTQ+) | Streaming exclusively on MUBI on September 12, 2026
Dir. Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani, 2025
Bouchra, a 35-year-old, New York–based Moroccan filmmaker—and coyote—begins work on a film based on her own life. Seeking to confront the complicated dynamics of her past relationships and queer identity, she begins a long-distance correspondence with her mother, Aicha, who still lives in Casablanca.
Bouchra had its North American premiere at Toronto International Film Festival in 2025 before screening at Cinemania in the same year.
Dry Leaf (Drama) | Streaming exclusively on MUBI on September 18, 2026
Dir. Alexandre Koberidze, 2025
Lisa, a sports photographer, goes missing while working on a series about the community football pitches of rural Georgia. Lisa’s father, Irakli, embarks on an odyssey through the remote reaches of the nation in search of his daughter.
Shot entirely on Koberidze’s Sony Ericsson W595 cellphone, Dry Leaf premiered in 2025 at the Locarno Film Festival and later had its North American premiere in the Wavelengths section of TIFF 2025.
Series
La Mesías (Thriller, TV Mini-series) | Streaming exclusively on MUBI starting September 3, 2026
Dir. Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, 2023
Enric’s childhood was shaped by religious fanaticism and a mother with messianic delusions. After witnessing the viral fame of Stella Maris, a mysterious Catholic pop group of young sisters, his memories come flooding back, along with secrets he and his sister Irene have spent years trying to bury.
Spanning three decades, La Mesías is the acclaimed miniseries from director duo ‘Los Javis’ (La Bola Negra), and the first Spanish series to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The first two episodes will premiere on MUBI on September 3, with subsequent episodes dropping weekly through October.
Incoming Classics
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Drama, Horror, LGBTQ+) | Streaming on September 1, 2026
Dir. Jane Schoenbrun, 2021
In her attic bedroom, smalltown teenager Casey joins an online role-playing horror game. As she becomes absorbed, she begins to record herself, documenting strange shifts that blur the line between imagination and reality.
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2021. The film is directed by Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), whose film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is now in theatres.
20,000 Species of Bees (Drama, LGBTQ+) | Streaming on September 15, 2026
Dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, 2023
An eight-year-old child struggles with the fact that people keep addressing her in confusing ways. During a summer in the Basque Country among the beehives, she explores her identity alongside the women of her family, who at the same time reflect on their own lives and desires.
20,000 Species of Bees premiered at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival and later screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival where it received the Sebastiane Award.
