The stunning debut from Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells, Aftersun juxtaposes a hopeful coming-of-age story with a poignant, intimate family portrait that leaves an indelible impression. At a fading vacation resort in the late 1990s, 11-year-old Sophie (Frankie Corio) treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum ((BAFTA winner Paul Mescal, Normal People). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood.

Charlotte Wells is a Scottish filmmaker based in New York. She has written and directed three shorts in the MBA/MFA dual- degree programme at NYU. Wells has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s ‘25 Faces of Independent Film’ and a Fellow at the 2020 Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Labs. ‘Aftersun’ is her debut.