IFC Films announced today that GHOSTLIGHT will open in New York City and Chicago on Friday, June 14, 2024, before expanding nationwide the following week. The film, co-directed by Chicagoans Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan and written by O’Sullivan, stars real-life family Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen, and Katherine Mallen Kupferer, as well as Golden Globe nominee Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness). It is produced by Alex Thompson, Chelsea Krant, Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Eddie Linker and Alex Wilson. 

In the film, “When melancholic construction worker Dan finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront a personal loss.”

GHOSTLIGHT made its world premiere on January 18, 2024, at the 40th Annual Sundance Film Festival as a part of the festival’s Premieres section, where it was met with enthusiastic acclaim from Park City audiences and critics alike. It also made a lauded appearance at last month’s SXSW Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Audience Award.