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,

Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall co-star in this buzzy Sundance fave.

Ira Sachs discusses 'Peter Hujar's Day' and his challenge in making the transcript of a conversation cinematic.

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.

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" is one of those films whose title is almost humorously straightforward, yet only gives a hint of what the experience of watching it is actually like. While true that it is about a day in the life of the late photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw) that he recounts to his close friend Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall) in mundane,

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 discusses his collaboration with Ben Whishaw,, getting fired by his manager and his new Sundance drama 'Peter Hujar's Day'

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,