“Peter Hujar’s Day,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance and also played at the Berlinale, has sold to multiple additional territories. Films Boutique is handling international sales.
Previously announced deals include Janus Films’ acquisition of the rights for North America, where the film opened on Nov. 7 at Lincoln Center, while Picturehouse Entertainment picked up U.K. and Ireland rights.
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The latest buyers include Condor Distribution (France), Mubi (Latin America, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Turkey, Italy, Greece and Portugal, among others), Salzgeber (Germany and Austria), Imagine Film Distribution (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg), Cirko Film (Hungary), Filmin (Spain), Nonstop Entertainment (Scandinavia and Baltics), Mayfly (Poland), and Hooray Films (Taiwan).
The film is written and directed by Ira Sachs, whose credits include “Passages,” “Keep the Lights On” and “Love Is Strange.”
“Peter Hujar’s Day” is set over a 24-hour period in December 1974 and centers on one conversation between photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw) and his close friend, writer Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall), who recorded their talk for an art project. Hujar, who died of AIDS in 1987, only became celebrated as an artist after his death.
Owen Gleiberman of Variety described the film as a “magical (…) time capsule of a movie.”
Jordan Drake and Jonah Disend serve as the U.S. producers alongside Berlin-based One Two Films. Fred Burle and Aaron Craig co-produced.
The film is a Complementary Colors, Blink Productions and Primo Content presentation in association with We Are Films and Materia Cinema.
Executive producers are Lucas Joaquin, Paul Weston, Corin Taylor, Michelle Jaffe, Martin Kalina, Nicolas Pérez Veiga, Alfredo Pérez Veiga, Franklin Laviola, Nicholas Laviola, Ellis Fox, Sol Bondy, Nadine Rothschild, Inés Massa, Whishaw, Hall and Adam Kersh. Alex Mitow serves as associate producer.
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