Ira Sachs, Peter Hujar and Sundance Film Festival

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
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,
“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’ 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.
'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.
Ira Sachs On Making “An Action Film Of Two People Talking” With ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ – Sundance Studio
Peter Hujar's Day' filmmaker Ira Sachs explained the inspiration behind his experimental Ben Whishaw pic while at Deadline's Sundance Studio.
‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Director Ira Sachs on Turning a Conversation Transcript Into Cinema: ‘What the Hell Do I Do with This?’
Sundance: The filmmaker said making dialogue between photographer Peter Hujar and a friend "suspenseful, emotional, not boring, was an interesting challenge."
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The Best Film at Sundance Is Just Two People Talking
Can a doodle also be a masterpiece? Maybe it’s not fair to call Peter Hujar’s Day a doodle, though Ira Sachs’s film, clocking in at 76 minutes, wears its modesty on its sleeve. Consisting of ...
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Ira Sachs on Getting Dumped by His Manager, Working With Ben Whishaw and His Intimate Sundance Drama ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’
In 2008, Ira Sachs got fired by his manager ... s Day,” which premieres at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The movie centers on an extended conversation between Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw ...