Peter Hujar's Day is a 2025 American biographical drama written and directed by Ira Sachs. The story is set around photographer Peter Hujar's life during a very specific time in the mid-1970s and is based on the artist community's real conversations and relationships of that period.The project was originally a short idea, but was later turned into a feature-length narrative. It made its debut at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and the film was shown at various international film festivals before its theatrical release.The film primarily chronicles the relationship between Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz, a writer who, besides being a major character in the story, also embodies the truth of the creative communities that were so vibrant during that period.Peter Hujar's Day was the opening film at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 27 and will be theatrically released in the U.S. on November 7, 2025. Ben Whishaw plays Peter Hujar and Rebecca Hall plays Linda ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌Rosenkrantz.When and where does Peter Hujar's Day release? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostPeter Hujar's Day was first publicly screened at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2025. In February 2025, the movie was also presented at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival and later got featured in the non-competitive Freestyle section at the 20th Rome Film Festival in October 2025.The film, after its run through the festival circuit, will be released in theaters on November 7, 2025. Shortly after its Sundance premiere, Janus Films and Sideshow bought the distribution rights to confirm the release of the film across the country later in the year. The filmmakers shot on location in New York City, and the shoot happened in November 2023.The official synopsis of the movie reads,"Conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz from 1974 sheds light on New York's vibrant downtown art world and the introspective journey of an artist's life.Read More: Channing Tatum claims Avengers: Doomsday to be the "biggest film of the next 10 years"What is Peter Hujar's Day about?Peter Hujar's Day (Image via Janus Films)Peter Hujar's Day is set in December 1974 in New York City. The story of the film revolves around photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz, narrating a day in their lives. To explain this film, Ira Sachs said,“This is a movie about the artist-being-an-artist among other artists in a city where none of them was making any money,” IndieWire reported on August 2, 2023.It's a film that tells a story of artist-related topics, shared hardships, and an emotional bond, and it drops a traditionally structured plot. The film is not a full-length documentary about Hujar but rather an insightful view into his world at a moment of great artistic and personal closeness. The cast in Peter Hujar's Day is headed by Ben Whishaw, who is entrusted with the role of Peter Hujar.Whishaw portrays the photographer during a period of ongoing artistic development, personal questioning, and collaboration within a creative community. The film features Rebecca Hall as Linda Rosenkrantz, the writer who accompanied Hujar on the day documented in the film.Previously, Rosenkrantz had published a book by the same name in 2021, chronicling conversations and interactions between herself and Hujar that took place over a twenty-four-hour period in 1974.The style of narration in the movie allows the characters to converse, reflect on their creativity, and explore the ways in which they relate to each other within a certain artistic setting. Peter Hujar's Day showcases such scenes without dramatizing them further or building on a subplot.Read More: "Is it going to be called The Grand-Mummy?": Fans react after reports claim Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz will reunite for new Mummy movieThe movie, directed by Ira Sachs, is set for release on November 7, 2025.