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The distributor backs nine competition titles and seeks a seventh straight Palme d’Or after six consecutive wins.
- As the 79th Cannes Film Festival gets underway Tuesday, Neon arrives as an unlikely heavyweight, backing more than a quarter of the 22 films competing for the Palme d'Or.
- Majority-Owned by Dan Friedkin's 30West, Neon operates as an "anti-algorithm" studio focusing on filmmakers rather than intellectual property, maintaining an "agnostic" approach to where titles originate.
- Neon's nine-film Cannes slate includes titles like *Fjord* and *The Unknown*, while Osgood Perkins' *Longlegs* earned $75 million, proving audiences crave daring international cinema.
- Neon has secured the Palme d'Or six times consecutively, an unparalleled streak Neon executive Quinn attributes to simply pursuing "the directors and films we want to be a part of."
- "Audiences are desperate for creativity," Quinn says, noting that Neon avoids the profit-and-loss pressures limiting creative decisions at major studios burdened by billions in debt.
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Neon, winner of 6 straight Palmes d'Or, comes into the Cannes Fil
Neon chief and co-founder Tom Quinn has watched the last six Palme d’Or ceremonies from the same spot: gathered with colleagues around a laptop on the breakfast tables at his Cannes hotel. “I think we upgraded a couple years ago and connected the computer to a TV,” Quinn says. “I wouldn’t want to do it any different.” Quinn has good reason to keep any good luck charm. In all six of those awards ceremonies, Neon has won the Palme, the prestigious…
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Neon, winner of 6 straight Palmes d'Or, comes into the Cannes Film Festival an unlikely heavyweight
It’s one of the most unparalleled streaks in movies. At the last six Cannes Film Festivals, Neon has won the festival's prestigious top award, the Palme d’Or.
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