Neon’s Tom Quinn Hails ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’: ‘I Don’t See This as YouTube or Otherwise, I See This as Cinema’

By Alex Ritman

Alex Ritman

Latest

• ’28 Years Later’ Breakout Alfie Williams Signs With Gersh (EXCLUSIVE) 19 hours ago
• Universal’s U.K. Theme Park Reveals Name, Gets $8 Billion-Plus Commitment From Comcast as British Government Pledges Major Infrastructure Support 21 hours ago
• Arsenal Star Bukayo Saka Sets Documentary ‘The Time Is Now’: It’s the ‘Chance to Tell My Story in a Way I Never Have Before’ (EXCLUSIVE) 21 hours ago

Tom Quinn landed in the U.K. for a special talk at SXSW London less than two weeks after Neon claimed its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or in Cannes, this time thanks to Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord.”

The exec — whose indie distributor marks only its 10th birthday next year — said the ongoing run of wins was “extraordinary,” but claimed that in each Cannes he had never known whether his films would emerge victorious. And this went all the way back to Neon’s first Palme, Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite.”

Related Stories

'Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat' Plans Food Truck Pop-Up for Emmy FYC (EXCLUSIVE)