#FIRSTLOOK: “THE NEW YEARS” ORIGINAL SERIES COMING TO MUBI CANADA

MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service and production company has acquired the Spanish ten-part romantic drama series The New Years (LOS AÑOS NUEVOS) for distribution in North America, Latin America, United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, and India in a multi-territory deal with Spanish SVOD platform Movistar Plus+. The series will launch on MUBI with two episodes on December 3, 2025 followed by one new episode each week.

The New Years, from César Award-winning director Rodrigo Sorogoyen (The Beasts), follows Ana (Iria Del Río – Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End) and Óscar (Francesco Carril – Three Goodbyes) from their first meeting, on the night they both turn thirty, through ten New Year’s Eves. She lives in a shared flat, dislikes her job, and changes friends frequently. He’s a doctor with his life sorted—until they meet and fall in love. Ten consecutive years, with each episode capturing a single night that reveals how love evolves, the series is an honest examination of modern commitment and choosing someone, year after year.

The New Years was created by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Paula Fabra, and Sara Cano and received its World Premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The show launched later that year in Spain via Movistar Plus+ to critical acclaim, with several local journalists calling the film the best series of the year.

Fabrizia Palazzo, Distribution Manager at Movistar Plus+ International says, “we are very glad that The New Years will be the first Spanish TV series on a platform committed to independent cinema. Having the opportunity to reach viewers from so many different territories is a great opportunity for our original content.”

The New Years is produced by Domingo Corral, Fran Araújo of Movistar Plus+, as well as Eduardo Villanueva, Nacho Lavilla, Rodrigo Sorogoyen of Caballo Films.

The Academy Award® nominated director Rodrigo Sorogoyen is a highly sought after Spanish director and screenwriter; his work has received multiple accolades, including six Goya Awards, and his films have world premiered across festivals including the San Sebastián Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Tokyo Film Festival. His career has included directing such notable films as May God Save Us (2016), The Realm (2018), and The Beasts (2022) – the latter of which premiered at Cannes and won several awards internationally, including the César and Lumière Awards for Best Foreign Film and the Tokyo Grand Prix. ​Sorogoyen co-founded the international production company Caballo Films in 2011.

This latest acquisition adds to MUBI’s growing focus on presenting series alongside films on the streaming platform. Most recent exclusive series titles on MUBI include Joe Wright’s Mussolini: Son of the Century, Cooper Raiff’s Hal & Harper, Wiliam Kentridge’s Self Portrait as a Coffee Pot, and Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom Trilogy. To mark the 35th anniversary of its release, David Lynch and Mark Frost’s visionary cult classic, Twin Peaks (1990) and Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series (2017), was released by MUBI in select territories. MUBI also recently announced it will be releasing Wong Kar Wai’s series, Blossoms Shanghai, in multiple territories in the spring 2026.