TWELVE-MONTH HIGHLIGHT(S):
Ramping up on all fronts this past year, MAD arrives in Cannes with rights to several films at the festival including GOODBYE JULIA and INSHALLAH A BOY. MAD’s celebrity talents have starred in dozens of the most successful Arab features and TV series this past year; this blue-chip roster have also been partnered with some of world’s most iconic fashion brands including Cartier, Bulgari, Dior, Gucci and Chanel in ambassador deals brokered by MAD Celebrity. Since the beginning of 2021 alone, MAD has distributed more than 100 film titles, two-thirds of them feature-length, across the Arab-speaking world and international markets. The company is now acquiring worldwide distribution rights on many more projects and is planning to open an office in Saudi Arabia this year to add to those in Cairo, UAE, Portugal and US.

CAREER HIGHLIGHT(S):
Founded in 2010, MAD Solutions now ranks as the world’s leading distributor of Arab-language films as well as the world’s largest promotional agency and management company for Arab creative talent. Boasting a rights library of more than 500 feature films, documentaries and shorts, MAD is prolific in the financing, production, packaging, marketing and releasing of Arab entertainment content. It remains the only Arab distribution company to be a member of Europa Distribution.