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.

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,

Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired North American rights to Peter Hujar’s Day, Ira Sachs’ Sundance drama that will receive its international premiere in Berlin Panorama next week.

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" has found a home. The film, written and directed by Ira Sachs and starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, where it quickly became one of the most buzzed-about titles.

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