UK
Synopsis
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
Director's Biography
Charlotte Wells is a Scottish filmmaker based in New York. She wrote and directed three short films as a student in the MBA/MFA dual-degree program at NYU where she was supported by BAFTA New York and Los Angeles. Charlie has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 Faces of Independent Film” and was a Fellow at the 2020 Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Labs. AFTERSUN is her first feature.
Cast & Crew
Directed by: Charlotte Wells
Written by: Charlotte Wells
Produced by: Barry Jenkins, Amy Jackson, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak
Cinematography: Gregory Oke
Editing: Blair McClendon
Production Design: Billur Tural
Costume Design: Franck Gallacher
Make-Up & Hair: Oya Aygör, Meltem Sancar
Original Score: Oliver Coates
Sound: Jovan Adjer
Visual Effects: Sebastian Barker
Casting: Lucy Pardee
Cast: Paul Mescal (Calum), Frankie Corio (Sophie ), Celia Rowlson-Hall (Adult Sophie)
Nominations and Awards
- European Actor 2022
- Feature Film Selection 2022
