section_path: Release
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paragraph_text: Release
  
  Worldwide distribution rights were acquired by FilmNation Entertainment in October 2023. The film was then sold by FilmNation to Le Pacte for France, Lev Cinemas for Israel, Kismet Movies for Australia and New Zealand, and Focus Features / Universal Pictures International for the rest of the world excluding North America in deals similar to those made on Baker's previous film, Red Rocket. In November 2023, Neon acquired North American distribution rights to the film, and opened it in limited release on October 18, 2024.
  
  Anora premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2024, and won the festival's Palme d'Or on May 25. It earned a 10-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. It became the fifth consecutive Palme d'Or winner distributed by Neon in the United States, and the first American-produced film to win the Palme d'Or since Terrence Malick 's 2011 epic The Tree of Life.
  
  Anora also played at the Toronto International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the Busan International Film Festival, the BFI London Film Festival, the Rome Film Festival and several others. It was also the closing film at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024. The film was released on digital platforms on December 17, 2024, with a streaming release on Hulu on March 17, 2025. It was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection on April 29.
  
  According to Tom Quinn, CEO of Neon, the P&A and the awards season publicity campaign budget was $18 million.
  
  Worldwide distribution rights were acquired by FilmNation Entertainment in October 2023. The film was then sold by FilmNation to Le Pacte for France, Lev Cinemas for Israel, Kismet Movies for Australia and New Zealand, and Focus Features / Universal Pictures International for the rest of the world excluding North America in deals similar to those made on Baker's previous film, Red Rocket. In November 2023, Neon acquired North American distribution rights to the film, and opened it in limited release on October 18, 2024.
  
  Anora premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2024, and won the festival's Palme d'Or on May 25. It earned a 10-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. It became the fifth consecutive Palme d'Or winner distributed by Neon in the United States, and the first American-produced film to win the Palme d'Or since Terrence Malick 's 2011 epic The Tree of Life.
  
  Anora also played at the Toronto International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the Busan International Film Festival, the BFI London Film Festival, the Rome Film Festival and several others. It was also the closing film at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024. The film was released on digital platforms on December 17, 2024, with a streaming release on Hulu on March 17, 2025. It was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection on April 29.
  
  According to Tom Quinn, CEO of Neon, the P&A and the awards season publicity campaign budget was $18 million.