Aftersun

Director:
Charlotte Wells
Genre:
Drama
Year:
2022
Duration:
102 minutes
Rating:
16+
Screenplay: Charlotte Wells
Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
Cinematography: Gregory Oke
Editing: Blair McClendon
Production: BBC Films, Screen Scotland, Tango Entertainment, Pastel, AZ Celtic Films, Unified Theory
Awards: Academy Award Nomination (Best Actor – Paul Mescal), BAFTA Award Winner – Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (Charlotte Wells)
Début Status: Jordanian Première
Synopsis

At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't, in Charlotte Wells' superb and searingly emotional debut film.

Director’s biography

Charlotte Wells is a Scottish director and producer whose shorts have screened at festivals worldwide. Her second film, Laps, won a Short Film Special Jury Prize for Editing at Sundance Film Festival and Special Jury Recognition for Narrative Shorts at SXSW Film Festival 2017. She is a graduate of New York University's MBA/MFA dual degree program.

Screening Date & Time

August 17, 2023
9:00 pm
Drive-In Cinema - Abdali
August 22, 2023
5:30 pm
TAJ Cinema 3

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