Neon (Firm)
1) Notturno
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Italiano
Description
Filmed over three years on the borders between Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria and Lebanon, director Gianfranco Rosi's NOTTURNO captures the everyday life that lies in the aftermath of tyranny, invasions and terrorism. Winner of the Arca CinemaGiovani Award and the Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award at the **Venice Film Festival**.
2) Gunda
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm's ambient soundtrack, acclaimed director Victor Kossakovsky invites us to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness, and reckon with the role humanity plays in it.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE is an exploration of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. As surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life, the film interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From the makers of CONSOLE WARS comes the origin story of the GameStop stock market phenomenon, featuring exclusive access to the original players who lit the fuse on a historic amateur investor uprising. Spotlighting the human side of a sensational business drama, GAMESTOP: RISE OF THE PLAYERS is a David vs Goliath tale about ordinary people waking up to the power they have in numbers.
5) Risk
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Filmed over six years, Julian Assange is undeterred to undermine the organization he leads and fracture the movement he inspired. In a new world order where a keystroke can alter history, RISK is a portrait of power, betrayal, truth, and sacrifice.
6) Ailey
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty.
7) Ted K
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A bracing, cinematic journey into the tortured mind of America’s most notorious and enigmatic terrorist, The Unabomber becomes radicalized with rage as the outside world encroaches on his mountain sanctuary deep in the Rocky Mountains. What begins with small acts of sabotage culminates in deadly bomb attacks, national media attention, and the largest manhunt in American history.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, and ground-breaking photography, this epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin's personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland. As long as we are watching, history is not over yet. The three minutes of footage, mostly in color, are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk before the Holocaust. The existing three minutes are examined to unravel the human stories hidden in the celluloid.
10) Sharp Edges
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
SHARP EDGES is an intimate look of the early years of figure skater, Tonya Harding. Featuring footage from the 80's and interviews with Tonya, her coaches and mother (portrayed by Allison Janney in an Oscar winning performance in "I, Tonya") the film focuses on her 1st National Figure Skating Championship 5 years before becoming the first American female figure skater to nail the triple axel.
11) Beba
Publisher
Neon
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this courageous, deeply human, and poetic self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection, filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt searches for a way to forge her own creative path amid a landscape of intense racial and political unrest.
12) Ferrari
Publisher
Decal Neon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the summer of 1957, bankruptcy looms over the company that Enzo Ferrari and his wife built 10 years earlier. He decides to roll the dice and wager it all on the iconic Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.
13) Sanctuary
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A wickedly dark comedy follows dominatrix, Rebecca, and her wealthy client, Hal, as they engage in a high stakes role playing game for power and control. In the wake of inheriting his father's hotel chain, Hal attempts to end his long and secret relationship with Rebecca. A battle of wills ensues over the course of one incredibly fraught night, with both Rebecca and Hal struggling to keep the upper hand as the power dynamics swing wildly back and...
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Desperate for answers about the theft of her 2 paintings, a Czech artist seeks out and befriends the career criminal who stole them. After inviting her thief to sit for a portrait, the two form an improbable relationship and an inextricable bond that will forever link these lonely souls. Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling at the Sundance Film Festival.
15) Spaceship Earth
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A true, stranger–than–fiction, adventure of eight visionaries who in 1991 spent 2 years quarantined inside of a self–engineered biodome called BIOSPHERE 2. The experiment was a phenomenon, chronicling daily existence in the face of life threatening ecological disaster. The bizarre story is both a cautionary tale and a hopeful lesson of how a small group of dreamers could reimagine a new world.
16) Dear Comrades!
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Russian
Description
When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the **Venice Film Festival**.
17) The Royal Hotel
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Americans Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, they take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called 'The Royal Hotel' in a remote Outback mining town. Soon, Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
18) Saint Omer
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Français
Description
A young novelist Rama attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter. As the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama and call into question our own judgement.
19) Before We Vanish
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
日本語
Description
Three aliens travel to Earth on a reconnaissance mission in preparation for a mass invasion. Having taken possession of human bodies, the visitors rob the hosts of their essence – good, evil, property, family, belonging – leaving only hollow shells, which are all but unrecognizable to their loved ones.
20) Clemency
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As she prepares to execute another inmate, prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard) must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Female Lead at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**.