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Sundance 2025 Films Sold So Far: Ira Sachs' ‘Peter Hujar's Day' Sells to Sideshow and Janus Films
W hile Sundance hasn’t had a plethora of the late night bidding wars we used to see in the good old days of the festival, the weirdness of the Los Angeles fires and the advent o
Sideshow And Janus Films Take Sundance Ben Whishaw & Rebecca Hall Title ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired North American rights to Ira Sachs’ new movie Peter Hujar’s Day which made its world premiere in the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section. A fall theatrical release is planned.
'Peter Hujar's Day' review: Ira Sachs gently brings 1970s New York to life through a dramatic experiment
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall co-star in this buzzy Sundance fave.
‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Review: Ben Whishaw Plays the Noted New York Photographer in Ira Sachs’ Magical 1974 Time Capsule of a Movie
It's based on a transcript of Hujar's's description of what he did on one day, which in the film becomes anything but ordinary.
Ben Whishaw and Ira Sachs Know ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Could Have Been ‘Sort of Pretentious’ | Video
Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall, and Ira Sachs discuss "Peter Hujar's Day" with TheWrap at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Director Ira Sachs on Turning a Conversation Transcript Into Cinema: ‘What the Hell Do I Do with This?’
Ira Sachs discusses 'Peter Hujar's Day' and his challenge in making the transcript of a conversation cinematic.
“In a Way This Film Asks, What is Lost by the Virtual?” Ira Sachs on his Sundance-Premiering Peter Hujar’s Day
Below, I spoke to Sachs about his approach to adapting Rosenkrantz’s slim tome, what his film has to say about the artist’s life in the 1970s and now, and the classic independent short films that influenced the making of Peter Hujar’s Day.
Peter Hujar’s Day Sundance Review — Ben Whishaw is Stunning in Ira Sachs’s Formal Experiment
Ira Sachs’s latest film, Peter Hujar’s Day, takes the slice-of-life genre to its extreme, delivering an experimental work that many may dismiss as uneventful but has many fascinating layers to unpack.
Sundance: Ira Sachs Drama ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Sells to Sideshow, Janus Films
Peter Hujar’s Day,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance, has sold to Sideshow and Janus Films. It’s one of the few projects to land a buyer out of the festival so far. Written and directed by Ira Sachs,
Ira Sachs Sundance Drama 'Peter Hujar's Day' Acquired by Sideshow and Janus Films
"Peter Hujar's Day" has found a home. The film, written and directed by Ira Sachs and starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, where it quickly became one of the most buzzed-about titles.
Ira Sachs Sundance Movie ‘Peter Hujar's Day' Nabbed by Sideshow, Janus
After its Sundance Film Festival premiere, Ira Sachs' latest film, Peter Hujar's Day, has landed at specialty distributors Sideshow and Janus Films for North America. Peter Hujar's Day, which is next set to screen at the Berlin Film Festival,
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A day in the life of Peter Hujar in understated portrait of renowned photographer
The new film “Peter Hujar’s Day”, which recently premiered at Sundance, is based on the transcript of a 1974 conversation ...
The Best Film at Sundance Is Just Two People Talking
Ira Sachs’s new film, Peter Hujar’s Day, starts off as an elevation of the quotidian but transforms into something more ...