After 25 years, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s debut feature “Amores Perros” will get a theatrical re-release from Mubi. The film will hit cinemas in New York and Los Angeles on June 12, expanding nationwide June 19.
Following three characters as their lives converge following a fatal car crash, “Amores Perros” first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000, going on to debut in theaters on March 30, 2001. At the festival, the film won the Grand Prize of the Critics’ Week, an achievement credited with launching Iñárritu’s international career. The film also received an Academy Award nomination for best foreign language film in 2001. “Amores Perros” stars Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche and Goya Toledo.
The streaming service, film distributor and production company first acquired rights for the restored 4k version of the film during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered in the Cannes Classics selection. Criterion Collection, Estudio Mexico Films and Altavista Films carried out the restoration, with color supervision by Iñárritu and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto
“It’s incredible that these wild dogs are still barking 25 years later,” said Iñárritu. “I’m very excited that Mubi is bringing ‘Amores Perros’ back to the big screen, especially for younger generations who never had the chance to experience it in theaters. This film changed the lives of all of us who made it.”
In the years since ‘Amores Perros’ premiered, Iñárritu has won five Academy Awards; the Mexican filmmaker took home best picture, best director and best original screenplay awards for “Birdman” in 2015, best director for “The Revenant” in 2016 and was the recipient of a special achievement Academy Award in 2017 for the virtual reality installation “Carne y Arena.”
Anniversary celebrations for “Amores Perros” also includes “Sueño Perro,” an exhibit of never-before-seen footage that opened last fall and is currently on display at LACMA until July 26, and an artbook for the film, published by Mack last fall.
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