Directed by:
Charlotte WellsScreenplay:
Charlotte WellsCinematography:
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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 (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. (MUBI)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2023 - Paul Mescal (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2023 - Best First Feature
- 2023 - Paul Mescal (Best Lead Performance)
- 2023 - Frankie Corio (Best Breakthrough Performance)
- 2023 - Gregory Oke (Best Cinematography)
- 2023 - Blair McClendon (Best Editing)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2023 - Charlotte Wells (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
- 2023 - Paul Mescal (Best Leading Actor)
- 2023 - Lucy Pardee (Best Casting)
- 2023 - Charlotte Wells (Outstanding British Film)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2022 - Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Charlotte Wells, Mark Ceryak (Best British Independent Film)
- 2022 - Charlotte Wells (Best Director)
- 2022 - Charlotte Wells (Best Screenplay)
- 2022 - Lucy Bright (Best Music Supervision)
- 2022 - Gregory Oke (Best Cinematography)
- 2022 - Blair McClendon (Best Editing)
- 2022 - Charlotte Wells (The Douglas Hickox Award)
- 2022 - Frankie Corio, Paul Mescal (Best Joint Lead Performance)
- 2022 - Frankie Corio (Breakthrough Performance)
- 2022 - Oliver Coates (Best Original Music)
- 2022 - Lucy Pardee (Best Casting)
- 2022 - Frank Gallacher (Best Costume Design)
- 2022 - Murat Çağın, Oya Aygör (Best Make-Up & Hair Design)
- 2022 - Billur Turan (Best Production Design)
- 2022 - Jovan Ajder (Best Sound)
- 2022 - Charlotte Wells (Best Debut Screenwriter)
European Film Awards
- 2022 - Paul Mescal (Best Actor)
Goya Awards
- 2024 - Best European Feature
Polish Film Awards
- 2024 - Charlotte Wells (Best European Film)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2023 - Paul Mescal (Best Actor)
- 2023 - Frankie Corio (Best Young Actor/Actress)
- 2023 - Charlotte Wells (Best Original Screenplay)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2022 - Charlotte Wells (Best First Film)
- 2022 - Best Film
- 2022 - Charlotte Wells (Best Director)
- 2022 - Paul Mescal (Best Actor)
- 2022 - Frankie Corio (Pauline Kael Breakout Award)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2022 - Blair McClendon (Best Editing)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2022 - Best First Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2022 - Charlotte Wells (Critics' Week: French Touch Prize)