PETER HUJAR'S DAY IRA SACHS

  • USA | GERMANY

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  • ENGLISH

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  • 2025

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  • 76 mins

On December 19, 1974, writer Linda Rosenkrantz sits with her friend, photographer Peter Hujar, in a quiet New York apartment and asks him to recount the previous day in precise detail. What unfolds is a candid, fragmented portrait of an artist - witty, erotically frank, and deeply vulnerable. Around their stillness echoes 1970s New York: a portrait session with Allen Ginsberg, a call with Susan Sontag, fleeting encounters and gestures. Drawn from transcripts rediscovered in 2019, Ira Sachs shapes a tender portrait of a city, an era and the act of being truly seen.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Jordan Drake, Jonah Disend

Screenplay :

Ira Sachs

Director of Photography :

Alex Ashe

Editor :

Affonso Gonçalves

Sound :

Eli Cohn

Cast :

Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall

Awards - Winner :

Gijón IFF (Best Actor)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Berlin IFF (Best Feature Film), Karlovy Vary IFF (Horizons), Sundance FF (Official Selection), Film Independent Spirit Awards (Best Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography)

Ira Sachs (b. 1965, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American filmmaker. His feature films are THE DELTA , FORTY SHADES OF BLUE (2005), MARRIED LIFE, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON (2012), LOVE IS STRANGE (2014), LITTLE MEN (2016), FRANKIE (2019) and PASSAGES (2023). His work has been recognized at major IFFs including Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale and Deauville. His short film LAST ADDRESS (2010) is part of the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum and MoMA. He is also the founding director of Queer|Art, a nonprofit organisation that supports LGBTQ+ artists. PETER HUJAR'S DAY is his recent feature film.