"Club Kid," the heartwarming debut film from Jordan Firstman, has sparked a studio bidding war on the ground at Cannes.

The 'I Love LA' actor’s Cannes-bowing directorial debut trades the queer provocation of his past work for a cozy fable about unexpected parenthood.

The 126-minute film, which premiered in the festival’s Un Certain Regard selection, casts Firstman as a washed-up party promoter who is forced to turn his life around when an…