In its first acquisition on the Cannes Movie Pageant, Neon has picked up North American rights to director Pablo Berger’s animated function “Robotic Desires” forward of its world premiere in Cannes on Saturday.
The Spanish filmmaker of “Blancanieves” based mostly his first animated function on the award-winning graphic novel by Sara Varon. “Robotic Desires” screens Saturday within the Particular Screenings part of the competition.
Neon beforehand scored three consecutive Palme d’Or wins with “Parasite,” “Titane” and “Triangle of Unhappiness.”
“Robotic Desires” is described as a “common exploration of the significance and fragility of friendship.” It follows DOG, a New York canine who decides to construct himself a robotic companion. They grow to be inseparable, to the rhythm of Eighties NY city, till the unhappy summer season night time when DOG is compelled to desert ROBOT on the seashore.
Berger can also be a producer on the movie, alongside Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia Diaz and Ángel Durández, with Jérôme Vidal, Sylvie Pialat and Benoit Quainon coproducing. The deal was negotiated by Sarah Colvin on behalf of Neon with Adeline Fontan Tessaur co-founder of Elle Driver, who represents worldwide gross sales rights to the movie in Cannes.
Fontan Tessaur remarked, “I couldn’t be extra proud to have this genius rock-and-roll workforce on board to distribute this absolute surprise. We all know that Neon will know get this movie that overflows with emotion to the most important doable viewers.”
Additionally on the competition, Neon is premiering Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” with Josh O’Connor and Isabella Rossellini.
Different tasks in improvement and manufacturing at Neon embody Hunter Schafer’s function movie debut “Cuckoo,” “The Painter and the Thief” narrative remake, Asif Kapadia’s “2073,” Joshua Oppenheimer’s Golden Age musical “The Finish,” starring Tilda Swinton, “Looking for Mavis Beacon” from director Jazmin Jones, “Cassandra on the Marriage ceremony,” based mostly on the Dorothy Baker novel and Kitty Inexperienced’s “The Royal Lodge,” starring Julia Garner.
