Jordan Furstman’s buzzy directorial debut, Club Kid, starring Cara Delevingne (American Horror Story), Diego Calva (Babylon) and Furstman himself, was screened by UTA Independent Film Group and Charèze ahead of the Cannes Film Festival.
“Club Kid,” set to have its world premiere in “Un Certain Regard,” is set in New York City and follows a run-down party promoter whose life is turned around when an unexpected visitor arrives.
Firstman, a creative talent from the internet and star of HBO’s “I Love LA,” wrote, directed and stars in “Club Kid,” alongside Delevingne, Calva, Eldar Isgandarov and newcomer Reggie Absolom. The film was shot in 35mm by cinematographer Adam Newport Berra, who recently won an Emmy Award for his work on The Studio.
Club Kid is produced by Academy Award winners Alex Coco (Anora) and Galen Corr (Lurker), with Topic Studios’ Ryan Heller (Real Pain) and Michael Bloom also co-producing. Also funded by Topic Studio
The film was also produced with Stay Gold as co-financier. Firstman will also serve as executive producer.
Topic, Olmo Schnabel and Daniela with Ian Stratford, Charles Croft and Jasmin Dagisian
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UTA Independent Film Group is setting up and handling the film’s financing with Topic Studios.
Sales in North America and worldwide. Charade, an international sales agent based in Paris, also participated.
international rights.
Firstman is represented by UTA, Black Bear, The Lede Company, and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
Delevingne is repped by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Sloan, Offer, Weber & Dean,
Meanwhile, Calva is affiliated with WME, Entertainment 360, Lumina Management, Narrative, and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman.
Mr. Absolom is repped by Mark Jermyn Management, and Mr. Isgandarov is repped by Elevate Entertainment and Block Law. Coco is represented by Dissident, CAA, Richter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Sikora & Clark. Cores are represented by UTA.
Charade’s Cannes productions also include Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales and Emmanuel Mare’s A Man in Competition, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s The Samurai and the Prisoner in Cannes Premiere, and Sandra Wallner’s Everytime in Un Certain Regard.
