Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut, “Club Kid,” screened at the Telluride Film Festival on Friday as A24 continues its planned fall rollout through Toronto and New York ahead of a November release. This account is based on reporting by Variety.
Firstman wrote, directed and stars as Peter, a New York party promoter whose life changes when the 10-year-old son he did not know he had arrives at his door. The film premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, where Variety reports it received a six-minute standing ovation, before A24 acquired it for a reported $17 million.
Colleen Camp co-stars in the film. Variety frames the 73-year-old actor and longtime awards-season figure as a potentially useful presence in “Club Kid’s” campaign, but whether that translates into nominations or wins remains uncertain.
Impact assessment
For A24, the Telluride, Toronto and New York sequence creates successive festival engagements before the planned November release. For Firstman, who is simultaneously the film’s writer, director and lead performer, that route raises his debut feature’s visibility with fall-festival audiences.
Scenarios
Most likely: If A24 maintains its announced plan, “Club Kid” completes its Toronto and New York stops before the planned November release.
Upside: If subsequent festival audiences respond positively, the screenings could increase attention around Firstman and Camp during the release rollout.
Downside: Unless A24 keeps the current festival and release schedule intact, changes to later appearances or the November timing could reduce the rollout’s momentum.
What to watch next
Official Toronto and New York programming, along with A24 confirmation of the film’s November release date, will show whether the announced campaign path remains in place.
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