Neptune Frost had its world premiere on July 8, 2021. at the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival,Tom Grater, "‘Neptune Frost’ First Clip: Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Pic Is Produced By Ezra Miller & Lin-Manuel Miranda". Deadline Hollywood, July 11, 2021. where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm.Yves Lafontaine, "Les films du Festival de Cannes en lice pour la Queer Palm". Fugues, June 29, 2021. It had its North American premiere in the Wavelengths program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2021.Ben Dalton, "Toronto sets TIFF Docs, Midnight Madness, Wavelengths titles for 2021". Screen Daily, August 4, 2021. It also screened at the New York Film Festival on October 2, 2021. and the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2022. It had its Australian premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, where it won the Bright Horizons Award.
