Neon has set an October 15 awards hall North American launch for Jafar Panahi’s Palme D’Or winner It Was Simply An Accident.
The corporate, which 5 years in the past shepherded Parasite from its Palme D’Or win to the most effective image Oscar, is planning an awards push for Panahi’s movie in classes together with finest image, director, authentic screenplay and worldwide movie.
Neon acquired North American rights to It Was Simply An Accident at Cannes, a couple of days earlier than the acclaimed drama gained the competition’s prime prize. The Cannes award made the movie, which has since gained the Sydney Movie Prize at that metropolis’s competition, the sixth consecutive Palme D’Or winner for Neon.
Accident is Panahi’s first movie since his second spell in an Iranian jail and follows the occasions sparked by a minor accident that units in movement a collection of escalating penalties. It was produced by Panahi and Philippe Martin and co-produced by Sandrine Dumas and Christel Henon, with David Thion and Lilina Eche serving as affiliate producers. The movie is a Les Movies Pelléas and Jafar Panahi Manufacturing from Iran/France and Luxembourg. Mk2 Movies represents the worldwide rights. Mubi acquired the movie for a number of worldwide territories.
At Cannes, Neon additionally acquired North American rights to Oliver Laxe’s Sirât, Kleber Mendonca Filho’s The Secret Agent and Ugo Bienvenu’s animated characteristic Arco, which just lately gained the highest Cristal Award on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition.