#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILERS AND RELEASE DATES FOR “JIM QUEEN” AND “ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM”

JIM QUEEN
and
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM

THEATRICAL ROLLOUTS FOR BOTH FILMS BEGIN
OCTOBER 23, 2026

JIM QUEEN

“It’s an animated charmer that blends raunch and warmth into a memorable gem.”- Zachary Lee, RogerEbert.com

“The humor and storytelling can be likened to “South Park” in their senseless, fast-moving escalation toward absurdity, and the broadly cartoonish animation style — clean lines, popping eyes, flat expanses of color in ’80s mall-decor shades of pink, lilac and spearmint” – Guy Lodge, Variety

“It is crude, provocative, and a total riot.” – Andrew Mack, ScreenAnarchy

Official Selections/Awards:

Cannes Film Festival 2026 – World Premiere
Annecy Festival 2026
Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 – Silver Audience Award for animated films
Queer Screen Film Festival 2026 (Australia) – Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
Vancouver International Film Festival 2026

Synopsis:
Jim, sexy icon of the Parisian gay scene, sees his life turned upside down when he contracts Heterosis, a strange virus that transforms gay men as heterosexuals! Everyone turns their backs on him except for his last follower (and first admirer), Lucien, a young man who struggles to accept himself. Together, they search for a mysterious remedy capable of healing Jim and preventing the extinction of homosexuality.

Directors: Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané

Screenwriters:

Simon Balteaux
Marco Nguyen
Nicolas Athané
Brice Chevillard
Main voice cast:

Alex Ramirès
Jérémy Gillet
Philippe Katerine
Shirley Souagnon
François Sagat
Harald Marlot
Elisabeth Wiener
Producers: Bobbypills, David Alric, Arthur Delabays

Countries of origin: France, Belgium
Languages: French with English subtitles
Runtime: 85 minutes

To watch JIM QUEEN’s trailer, see below:

Canadian distributor Photon Films will theatrically release JIM QUEEN beginning in Québec on October 6, 2026 and then JIM QUEEN will release in the rest of Canada on Friday, October 23, 2026.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM

“David delivers this glimmering gift, made in collaboration with his father but also honoring his father’s legacy with something that resembles a calling forth of the ancestors.” – Lisa Kennedy, Variety

“A Masterpiece” – David Fear, Rolling Stone

“Once Upon a Time in Harlem affords us the position of a fly on the wall at a once-in-a-lifetime gathering.” – Rachel Ho, Exclaim!

Selected Official Selections/Awards:

Winner of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film 2026
Sundance Film Festival 2026 – World Premiere
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2026
Telluride Film Festival 2026
Toronto International Film Festival 2026
Vancouver International Film Festival 2026
New York Film Festival 2026
BFI London Film Festival 2026

Synopsis:
A decade post-death, filmmaker William Greaves reveals his final work: footage of a 1972 gathering he arranged with Harlem Renaissance legends, which he deemed his most significant capture.

Filmed and Conceived by: William Greaves
Directed by: David Greaves, William Greaves
Produced by: Liani Greaves, Anne de Mare

Selected Cast:

painter Aaron Douglas
artist-writer Richard Bruce Nugent
poet Arna Bontemps
musicians Eubie Blake & Noble Sissie
Country of origin: United States of America
Languages: English
Runtime: 100 minutes

To watch ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM’s trailer, see below:

Canadian distributor Photon Films will theatrically release ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM beginning on Friday, October 23, 2026 and NEON will release the film in the U.S. the week before (October 16).

Beginning with a Special Advance Screening of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM at Toronto’s Paradise Theatre on October 4, 2026, as part of the Black Gold series.

ABOUT PHOTON FILMS AND MEDIA
Launched in 2010, Photon Films and Media (photonfilms.ca ) formerly Pacific Northwest Pictures, is a leading Canadian entertainment company specializing in the development, financing, production and distribution of feature films for the domestic and international marketplace. With an emphasis on high quality films from leading filmmakers in diverse genres, Photon Films brings those films to consumers with innovative forms of marketing and distribution across all distribution platforms.

Recent theatrical releases include Little Lorraine directed by Andy Hines and starring Stephen Amell, Sean Astin, J Balvin, Matt Walsh, Rhys Darby and Stephen McHattie, Maddie’s Secret from John Early, Youngblood directed by Hubert Davis, Pillion directed by Harry Lighton and starring Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård and Holy Days from Nat Boltt and starring Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes and Judy Davis.