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Club Kid (2026)

Opens on November 27

Director: Jordan Firstman Run Time: 126 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026

Starring: Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva, Jordan Firstman, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Reggie Absolom

Country: United States
Language: English, Spanish, Arabic, Italian

 

About the film:

A hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had.

Club Kid (2026) had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Caméra d’Or and the Queer Palm.

“a triumph… Firstman could be a significant talent to watch”

—Wendy Ide for Screen International

About the filmmaker:

Jordan Firstman is an American actor, writer, comedian, and filmmaker who has emerged as a distinctive voice in queer comedy. He first gained widespread recognition for his viral social media “Impressions” series. His screen credits include director Sebastián Silva’s Rotting in the Sun (2023), the FX series English Teacher (2024–2025), and Rachel Sennott’s I Love LA (2025–present).

Firstman wrote, directed, and starred in his first feature film, Club Kid (2026), which was shot on 35mm film and premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Other career highlights include writing for the series Search Party (2016-2017), his ode to Laura Dern performed by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles at the 2020 The Film Independent Spirit Awards, and his comedic short films Call Your Father (2016) and follow-up Men Don’t Whisper (2017), the latter of which screened at Sundance and South by Southwest.

 

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Ohio Arts Council
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The Columbus Foundation
Campus Partners
WITH HELP FROM
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WOSU Public Media

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