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Neon Acquires Ivory Coast’s Oscar Submission ‘Night Of The Kings’ After Venice Premiere

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Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorNeon said Wednesday that it has acquired U.S. rights to writer-director Philippe Lacôte’s Night of the Kings, a deal that comes after the pic premiered earlier this week in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival.

The drama, which has been selected as Ivory Coast’s submission for this year’s Academy Awards, is also playing later this month at the Toronto and New York film festivals.

Memento Films International is handling international sales.The distributor behind last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner Parasite has not set a release plan.Night of the Kings centers on a young man (Koné Bakary) on his first night in the infamous Ivorian prison, “La Maca.” Upon arriving, he is christened the.

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