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A24

New York-based independent entertainment company known for auteur-driven films.

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April 25, 2026

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A24's Quieter Cannes 2026: Strategic Pullback or Pricing Discipline?

A24's 2024 and 2025 Cannes campaigns were front-loaded with high-profile pickups — Halina Reijn's Babygirl, Andrea Arnold's Bird, Coralie Fargeat's The Substance (later sold to Mubi). The 2026 mandate is markedly more selective. Reading the data: not a pullback but a pricing discipline play in a market where MGs have inflated past the company's specialty-economics return floor.

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Neon's Post-Anora Positioning at Cannes 2026: What Best Picture Buys You at the Bidding Table

Neon arrives at Cannes 2026 carrying the residual brand value of two Best Picture wins in five years (Parasite 2019, Anora 2024). The Tom Quinn-led specialty distributor is using that leverage to shift from broad-slate acquisition to high-conviction, low-volume bidding — and what that means for sellers, competing buyers, and the 2026-2027 awards pipeline.

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Mubi's Pre-Cannes 2026 Strategy: How the Platform-Plus-Theatrical Model Is Reshaping Specialty Acquisition

Mubi enters Cannes 2026 with the deepest theatrical footprint in its history, the strongest balance sheet of any pure-play specialty buyer, and an acquisition mandate that increasingly competes head-to-head with Neon and A24 for Competition titles. Here's how the model works and what it means for sellers.

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A24's Genre Bet: Cosmatos Vampire Thriller Signals Elevated Horror Push

A24 has acquired U.S. distribution rights to 'Flesh of the Gods,' Panos Cosmatos' 1980s-set vampire thriller starring Kristen Stewart and Wagner Moura, extending the distributor's calculated push into elevated genre territory.

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A24 Acquires Worldwide Rights to Cannes Palme d'Or Contender

A24 has closed a deal for worldwide distribution rights to 'The Returning,' a drama by Celine Song tipped as a frontrunner for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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