By Ray Pride Pride@moviecitynews.com
Neon Launches Short Film Division
[PR] NEON launches short film division (NEON SHORTS) with Peter Huang’s 5 FILMS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, bringing back the long honored tradition of combining a feature film with a short. Premiering alongside Nacho Vigalondo’s COLOSSAL, this will be the first of many shorts to accompany NEON’s slate of feature length films.
5 FILMS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY had its World Premiere at TIFF 2016 and was an Official Selection at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Toronto-based director Peter Huang, the anthology short takes a darkly comic look at the absurd realities of how modern technology affects our lives today. It was produced by actor Jonathan Keltz and producer Evan Landry, and stars a variety of television and film actors, all portraying key roles that illustrate everyday scenarios in which technology has become ever present and overused.
Commenting on the theatrical release, Huang said, “I’m so happy that Neon loves the medium enough to include us with screenings of Colossal. It’s unprecedented and I’m really excited to see what other shorts they wind up attaching to their films in the future.”
ABOUT NEON: NEON released its debut film, Nacho Vigalondo’s COLOSSAL, starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis in theaters April 7th. NEON was an active buyer at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, acquiring Michael Larnell’s ROXANNE ROXANNE, winner of the Special Jury Breakthrough Performance Award, Matt Spicer’s INGRID GOES WEST, winner of the Wald Salt Screenwriting Award and Eliza Hittman’s BEACH RATS, winner of the Directing Award, U.S Dramatic. NEON recently announced the acquisition of the French language Belgian thriller, RACER AND THE JAILBIRD, Errol Morris’ latest film, THE B-SIDE and SXSW audience sensation, Aaron Katz’s GEMINI.