Aftersun
Synopsis
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2022 - Critic's Week Competition - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2022
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 98 min
- Director
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Charlotte Wells 1st Feature
- Producer
- Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
- Editor
- Blair McClendon
- Screenwriter
- Charlotte Wells
- Director of Photography
- Gregory Oke
- Production Designer
- Billur Turan
- Sound
- Jovan Ajder
- Composer
- Oliver Coates
- Principal cast
- Paul Mescal, Francesca Corio, Celia Rowson-Hall
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, US co-production
AZ Celtic Films (TR), BBC Film (UK), PASTEL (US), Screen Scotland (UK), Tango Entertainment (US), Unified Theory (UK)
Unified Theory Productions
c/o Screen ScotlandSales Company
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