Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs Trailers

Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus TrailerDeauville et le rêve américain TrailerFilm About a Father Who Trailer

Ira Sachs is a New York-based American filmmaker. He has directed many acclaimed independent films that have screened at festivals like Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, and Toronto. As a 2013 Guggenheim recipient, Sachs is also the founder and Executive Director of Queer/Art, a non-profit arts organization based in NYC that provides support for LGBTQ artists across disciplines and generations.

Most Popular Ira Sachs Trailers

Total trailers found: 29

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing Trailer (2019)

14 December 2019

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years.

How I Learned to Love the Numbers Trailer (2014)

27 November 2014

A New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Underground Zero Trailer (2002)

15 March 2002

A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11.

Film About a Father Who Trailer (2020)

11 February 2020

From 1984 to 2019, Lynne Sachs shot film of her father, a bon vivant and pioneering businessman. This documentary is her attempt to understand the web that connects a child to her parent and a sister to her siblings.

Passages Trailer (2023)

28 June 2023

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe.

Plainclothes Trailer (2025)

26 January 2025

In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one of his targets.

Peter Hujar's Day Trailer (2025)

07 November 2025

A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.

Little Men Trailer (2016)

05 August 2016

Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off.

Married Life Trailer (2008)

28 March 2008

A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.

The Man I Love Trailer (2026)

20 May 2026

In late 1980s New York, a theater artist living with AIDS takes on one possibly last great role.

Film Hawk Trailer (2016)

20 January 2016

What do filmmakers as disparate as Kevin Smith, Ed Burns, Rob Epstein, and Barbara Hammer have in common? A secret weapon known as Bob Hawk.

Frankie Trailer (2019)

28 August 2019

When a terminally ill French actress decides to spend her last vacation with her large family in Sintra, her relatives grapple with their own insecurities.

Love Is Strange Trailer (2014)

22 August 2014

After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.

Woman's Picture Trailer (2011)

11 July 2011

Woman's Picture is an anthology film inspired by classic women's films of the thirties, forties, and fifties.

Keep the Lights On Trailer (2012)

27 July 2012

In 1997 New York City, filmmaker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a one-night fling. As their relationship evolves through dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself.

Monty Clift Trailer (2021)

31 December 2021

During production of A Place in the Sun, Montgomery Clift meets the woman who will become his closest confidant and best friend, Elizabeth Taylor.

Dick Johnson Is Dead Trailer (2020)

23 January 2020

With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever.

Forty Shades of Blue Trailer (2005)

07 December 2005

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.

Deauville et le rêve américain Trailer (2020)

05 September 2020

Reflec­tion of the soci­ety and vec­tor of the occi­den­tal cul­ture, Amer­i­can cin­e­ma influ­ences the entire world since its debuts.

The Delta Trailer (1997)

15 August 1997

In Memphis, a middle-class white teenager and a black Vietnamese immigrant meet in a gay cruising spot and discover what they don't have in common.

Get It While You Can Trailer (2002)

02 January 2002

A portrait of the filmmaker's father, an American businessman on a quest for money and women in modern Moscow.

Untitled Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Made for Underground Zero: Independent Filmmakers Respond to 9/11 This short video is made up of portraits taken from the fliers posted on the streets of New York following 9/11.

10/26/00 Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

This short video uses surveillance-type images of men standing on an anonymous street corner as the conceptual foreground for an examination of the relationship between fathers and sons.

Before I Forget Trailer (2019)

14 December 2019

In this short film Ira decided to pay tribute to another one of Strand’s filmmakers, Jacques Nolots

Lady Trailer (1993)

04 June 1993

An unnamed woman in a red wig welcomes a documentary crew into her New York apartment. The crew captures her everyday life, as she fights with her boyfriend and gossips with her friend.

Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus Trailer (2025)

06 July 2025

Velvet Vision is a raw and intimate portrait of James Bidgood, the visionary artist behind the cult classic Pink Narcissus, who’s groundbreaking 1960s homoerotic imagery helped redefine queer aesthetics.

Last Address Trailer (2010)

15 January 2010

Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Norman René, Peter Hujar, Ethyl Eichelberger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Cookie Mueller, Klaus Nomi.

Vaudeville Trailer (1992)

23 June 1992

A traveling theatrical troupe, made up primarily of gay and lesbian performers, mirrors the troubles of a political and social community through its tight-knit existence.

In Search of Avery Willard Trailer (2012)

19 June 2012

In Search of Avery Willard iIlluminates the life and work of the groundbreaking, and mostly forgotten, artist Avery Willard — photographer, filmmaker, writer, publisher, leatherman, pornographer.