At the 2025 Venice Film Festival , Jim Jarmusch spoke out against Mubi for their ties to the Israeli military. According to The Hollywood Reporter , he said he was “disappointed and quite disconcerted” that the company distributing his latest film accepted a $100 million investment from Sequoia Capital earlier this year. The venture capital firm is reportedly a key investor in Kela, an Israeli tech startup founded after October 7 that develops military AI. “I have spoken to Mubi about it,” Jarmusch said, noting that he’s worked well with Mubi’s chief content officer Jason Roppell in the past. “I was, of course, disappointed and quite disconcerted by this relationship.”

Jarmusch lamented that making any commercial art in the 21st century almost always involves taking what he ca

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