How an outside idea reaches a company, in its own words · checked 2026-10-29
How to pitch a movie idea to Neon
Does not take outside ideas
Neon accepts no unsolicited submissions, and anything sent anyway gives it a license to use the work any way it likes. It bought I, Tonya at Toronto and has released the Palme d’Or winners from Parasite to Fjord.
Read off Neon's own pages on
Where pitches like these are made: Teatro 5, Cinecittà studios · JRibaX, CC BY-SA 3.0
In its own words
“NEON does not accept unsolicited submissions for motion pictures, television programs, websites, or any other products or services.”
“Please do not make any such unsolicited submissions to us through the Site or otherwise.”
What you agree to by sending something
“If you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, photographs, screenplays, artwork, or any other creative materials (“Submissions”) despite our request and direction not to do so, you acknowledge and agree that your Submission includes a grant to us of a non-exclusive, unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, and royalty-free right and license to host, store, use,…”
What it has bought from outside
2017
I, Tonya (bought at Toronto) from its producers
“That work enabled us to sit at the table in Toronto that year and buy I, Tonya.” en.wikipedia.org
2019
Seven consecutive Palme d'Or winners, from Parasite (2019) to Fjord (2026) from their producers
“Additionally, Neon has acquired the distribution rights to seven Palme d'Or winners at the Cannes Film Festival: Parasite (2019), Titane (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Anatomy of a Fall (2023), Anora (2024), It Was Just an Accident (2025), and Fjord (2026); all seven won consecutively.” en.wikipedia.org
