‘Sinner Supper Club’ Finds a Home at Factory 25

At the bustling NewFest kickoff in New York, a modestly sized but fiercely proud audience got to witness something that felt both raw and oddly familiar: a ghost story for the queer community, shot entirely on an iPhone in just six days. The film, titled Sinner Supper Club, is the first feature from writing‑directing duo Daisy Rosato and Nora Kaye, and it has just been snapped up for worldwide distribution by Brooklyn‑based indie outfit Factory 25.

The premise is as deceptively simple as it is emotionally tangled. A group of friends gathers to hold a “wake” for Genevieve—her apartment gone, her rent skyrocketing, and her presence now more memory than flesh. As a stifling heatwave presses them together in a cramped New York loft, old grievances surface, jokes turn sour, and, just when you think the night can’t get any stranger, the dead friend shows up, literal‑ghost style.

What makes the picture feel especially home‑grown is the way it was made. Rosato and Kaye filmed everything on an iPhone, embracing improvisation and the low‑budget aesthetics of the 1990s mumblegore movement, while also nodding to the Dogme 95 manifesto’s emphasis on truth‑to‑form. In fact, the creators penned their own manifesto during production, asking big questions about what it means to craft a film in the 2020s that truly represents queer, trans, and gender‑nonconforming lives.

The cast is a mix of fresh faces and familiar indie collaborators: Elise Kibler, Ashil Lee, Genevieve Simon, Jayae Riley Jr., Sophie Sagan‑Gutherz, plus Kaye and Rosato themselves—who not only direct but also wrote the screenplay, with Rosato handling cinematography. Their chemistry feels lived‑in, probably because a lot of it was discovered on set, day after day, as the crew chased the sun and the heat inside the tiny apartment.

Factory 25 plans to roll the film out in spring 2027, first with a limited theatrical run that will give queer‑focused cinemas a chance to showcase the piece, followed by a digital and Blu‑ray release later that year. The distributor isn’t new to daring fare; its catalog already includes titles like Funny Ha Ha, Ham on Rye, Happer’s Comet, and Queens of the Qing Dynasty, all of which share a willingness to push the envelope.

NewFest, the venue where the deal was sealed, has been a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema since its founding in 1988 as a response to the AIDS crisis. Over the decades the festival has grown into a year‑long program that nurtures queer storytellers across media, making it a fitting launchpad for a film that lives and breathes that same activist spirit.

Fans can already get a taste of the movie’s mood from the trailer that’s been circulating online—its neon‑washed visuals and clipped dialogue hint at the blend of horror, humor, and heartbreak that Rosato and Kaye were aiming for. If the buzz is any indicator, Sinner Supper Club may become a touchstone for the next wave of low‑tech, high‑emotion queer cinema.