Peter Hujar's Day

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Peter Hujar's Day
Directed by Ira Sachs
Screenplay byIra Sachs
Produced by
  • Jordan Drake
  • Jonah Disend
Starring
CinematographyAlex Ashe
Edited by Affonso Gonçalves
Production
companies
  • Jordan Drake Productions
  • One Two Films
  • Complementary Colors
Release date
  • January 27, 2025 (2025-01-27)(Sundance)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Peter Hujar's Day is an upcoming American biographical drama film written and directed by Ira Sachs and starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall portraying photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz respectively, during the 1970s.

Contents

Premise

The film is set in December 1974 in New York City and is about the photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda, with Sachs telling IndieWire it is "a film about what it is to be an artist among artists in a city where no one was making any money". [1]

Cast

Production

The film is written and directed by Ira Sachs and was initially conceived as a short film before being developed into a feature length film. The producers on the film are Jordan Drake and Jonah Disend. [2] [3]

The cast is led by Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall. [4] Whishaw portrays photographer Peter Hujar with Hall featuring as the writer Linda Rosenkrantz. [5] Rosenkrantz produced a book in 2021 of the same name which documents Hujar’s life and activities over 24 hours in 1974. [6]

Filming was scheduled for New York in November 2023. [7]

Release

It is set to premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. [3] It will also screen at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025. [8]

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