Neon (distributor)

Neon (stylized as NEON) is an American film production and distribution company founded in 2017 by CEO Tom Quinn and Tim League, who also was the co-founder of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain. The company is best known for releasing films, such as Ingrid Goes West, I, Tonya, Three Identical Strangers, and Parasite.[3] In September 2017, the company partnered with Blumhouse Productions to manage BH Tilt.[4] As of 2019, Tim League is no longer involved with daily operations for the company.[5] In 2019, a majority stake of NEON was sold to 30West, the media venture arm of The Friedken Group.[6][7]

Neon
Subsidiary
IndustryFilm industry
FoundedJanuary 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)[1]
FounderTom Quinn
Tim League
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kim Kalyka (Vice president)[2]
Number of employees
11-50 people[2]
ParentThe Friedken Group
DivisionsBH Tilt (with Blumhouse Productions)
Websiteneonrated.com

Process

During the 4th Annual Zurich Summit, Tom Quinn commented on Neon's intent to release titles that appeal to audiences who "skew under 45, that have no aversion to violence, no aversion to foreign language and to non-fiction."[8]

Accolades

As of February 2020, Neon has received a total of 12 Academy Award nominations. In 2018, I, Tonya received three nominations, winning Best Supporting Actress for Allison Janney.[9] In 2019, Border was nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.[10] In 2020, Neon experienced its most successful Oscar season yet with Parasite and Honeyland accruing eight nominations in total, with the former winning four awards including Best Picture, becoming the first non-English language film to receive that honor.[11]

Charades deal

On 23 April 2020, French international sales company Charades Distribution took worldwide sales rights to three films distributed by Neon: Spaceship Earth, a documentary about Biosphere 2, The Painter and the Thief, a documentary which focuses on Czech painter Barbora Kysilkova meeting a Norwegian thief of two of her paintings named Karl-Bertil Nordland and She Dies Tomorrow, a comedy-drama thriller which was set to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest festival before its abrupt cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

Filmography

Released
Year Film Director Release date Notes Ref.
2017 Colossal Nacho Vigalondo April 7, 2017 [13]
Risk Laura Poitras May 5, 2017 [14]
The Bad Batch Ana Lily Amirpour June 23, 2017
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography Errol Morris June 30, 2017 [15]
Ingrid Goes West Matt Spicer August 11, 2017 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature [16]
Beach Rats Eliza Hittman August 25, 2017 [17]
I, Tonya Craig Gillespie December 8, 2017 Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nominated - Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature
Nominated – Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture		 [18]
2018 Gemini Aaron Katz March 30, 2018 [19]
Borg vs McEnroe Janus Metz Pedersen April 13, 2018
Revenge Coralie Fargeat May 11, 2018 [20]
Three Identical Strangers Tim Wardle June 29, 2018 Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature
Nominated – Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture		 [21]
Sharp Edges Sandra Luckow July 17, 2018 [22]
Assassination Nation Sam Levinson September 21, 2018 [23]
Monsters and Men Reinaldo Marcus Green September 28, 2018 [24]
Border Ali Abbasi October 26, 2018 Nominated – European Film Award for Best Film
Nominated – Goya Award for Best European Film		 [25]
Bodied Joseph Kahn November 2, 2018 [26]
Vox Lux Brady Corbet December 7, 2018 [27]
2019 Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller March 1, 2019 Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
Nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary
Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature		 [28]
The Beach Bum Harmony Korine March 29, 2019 [29]
Amazing Grace Sydney Pollack April 5, 2019 [30]
Little Woods Nia DaCosta April 19, 2019 [31]
The Biggest Little Farm John Chester May 10, 2019 [32]
This One's for the Ladies Gene Graham June 7, 2019 [33]
Wild Rose Tom Harper June 21, 2019 Nominated – BIFA Award for Best British Independent Film [34]
Honeyland Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov July 26, 2019 Nominated – Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Nominated – Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature
Nominated – European Film Award for Best Documentary
Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
Nominated – Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture		 [35]
Luce Julius Onah August 2, 2019 [36]
Monos Alejandro Landes September 13, 2019 Nominated – Goya Award for Best Iberoamerican Film [37]
Little Monsters Abe Forsythe October 8, 2019 [38]
Parasite Bong Joon-ho October 11, 2019 Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film
César Award for Best Foreign Film
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film
National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Palme d'Or
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Film
Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
Nominated – Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture		 [39]
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma December 6, 2019 Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
Nominated – BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film
Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated – César Award for Best Film
Nominated – Goya Award for Best European Film
Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film		 [40]
Clemency Chinonye Chukwu December 27, 2019 Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Film [41]
2020 The Lodge Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala February 7, 2020 [42]
Big Time Adolescence Jason Orley March 13, 2020 Distributed by Hulu [43]
Spaceship Earth Matt Wolf May 8, 2020 [44]
The Painter and the Thief Benjamin Lee May 22, 2020 [45]
Shirley Josephine Decker June 5, 2020 [46]

Upcoming
Film Director Release date Notes Ref.
Palm Springs Max Barbakow July 10, 2020 Distributed by Hulu [47]
Ammonite Francis Lee Fall 2020 [48]
Possessor Brandon Cronenberg 2020 [49]
Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul TBA [50]
Pig Michael Sarnoski TBA
She Dies Tomorrow Amy Seimetz TBA
Titane Julia Ducournau TBA [51]

See also

References
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