Club Kid had a dream introduction at the Cannes Film Festival: the film not only received multiple nominations, but after its premiere, a bidding war broke out between the major studios. A24 came out on top. Quite an entrance for a debut by someone you know from Instagram videos and supporting roles.
That 'someone' is Jordan Firstman. In In Club Kid, he takes on not only the direction, but also the starring role. He plays a queer underground partygoer in New York who has clearly left his best years as a club promoter behind him. His life is turned upside down when he discovers he has a ten-year-old son.
Funny, touching, and never what you expect. Club Kid is explicit and loud when it can be, tender and quiet when it needs to be.