Jordan Firstman plays a washed-up party promoter who unexpectedly becomes a father to the son he never knew he had in the official trailer for Club Kid, his directorial debut that premiered in Cannes before being picked up by A24.
Firstman is Peter, who after a decade on the dance floors of New York City, has to turn his whirlwind partying life around when has to suddenly start caring for a 10-year-old boy, played by Reggie Absolom, who is the outcome of a messy threesome he had a decade earlier.
Peter proves as messy as a father, even as he shows a humanity and an increasingly heartfelt rapport with his newfound son. “I’m going to figure it out. I’m not going to let anything happen,” he tells a tearful Absolom at one point in the trailer, as challenges abound.
Firstman wrote and directed Club Kid in his feature debut and stars alongside Cara Delevingne and Diego Calva. The film premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section to rave reviews and a lengthy standing ovation before buyers quickly started circling and A24 emerged with the worldwide rights.
The ensemble cast includes Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Colleen Camp, Vicki Pepperdine, Nigil Whyte, Eldar Isgandarov, Saturn Risin9, Miss Benny and Alaska Riley.
Alex Coco (Anora) and Galen Core (Lurker) produced Club Kid, alongside Topic Studios’ Ryan Heller (A Real Pain, Splitsville) and Michael Bloom. Topic Studios also financed the film with Stay Gold as co-financier. Firstman also serves as an executive producer alongside Ian Stratford, Charles Croft and Jasmine Daghighian for Topic, Olmo Schnabel and Daniela Taplin for Stay Gold.
