‘Club Kid’ Trailer: Jordan Firstman Is a Party Promoter With a Surprise Son in His A24 Cannes Sensation
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- Jordan Firstman wrote, directed, and stars in "Club Kid," playing a queer party promoter whose life is upended when he discovers a 10-year-old son he never knew he had, with Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Reggie Absolom rounding out the cast.
- A24 acquired "Club Kid" for $17 million after a Cannes bidding war that also drew Netflix, Searchlight Pictures, Focus Features, and Mubi as leading contenders.
- Variety critic Guy Lodge called the film a "sweet, surprisingly old-fashioned heartwarmer," noting that its opening sequence evokes the style of Sean Baker's "Anora."
- Firstman told Variety that honoring his queer cast on the promotional tour was non-negotiable in buyer meetings: "flown out, put up, glam paid for, all of it."
- "Club Kid" releases in theaters November 6 and is positioned as one of A24's major fall awards pushes alongside Jesse Eisenberg's "The Debut."
Why it matters: The $17 million acquisition price — won against four other major buyers — signals A24 is betting heavily on "Club Kid" as awards-season fare, and the November 6 release slots it squarely into fall prestige campaigning. Firstman's contractual insistence on properly funding his queer supporting cast's promotional rollout marks a notable concession extracted at the deal stage, not after.
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