CFF: Peter Hujar's Day (CS)

Dir. Ira Sachs | 2025 | 76 mins | English

Starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, Peter Hujar’s Day is a richly cinematic rendering of a 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz. Their talk that day centres on a single 24 hours in the life of Hujar — the brilliant, uncompromising artist who became a defining figure of New York’s downtown cultural scene in the 1970s and ’80s.

Set entirely in Linda’s Manhattan apartment, the film freely and imaginatively recreates that long-ago afternoon and the wonderfully discursive exchange between two singular minds. As Hujar vividly recounts encounters with cultural luminaries such as Allen Ginsberg and Susan Sontag, and reflects on the struggles of surviving as an artist in 1970s New York, Peter Hujar’s Day evolves into a Bloomsday-like meditation on art, memory, and the passage of time.

"A precious, painful gift" - Chase Hutchinson, The Wrap

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Age Guidance: 15

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CFF: Peter Hujar's Day (CS) 

Saturday 22nd November, 5.00pm

Tickets: £8.00/£7.00/£4.50

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold. A 50p booking fee is also applied per ticket for online and telephone transactions.

Please be aware films will start at the advertised time, we rarely show adverts and usually show under 5 minutes of trailers.