Project Detail

Edge of Summer

Synopsis

When 11-year-old Evie arrives in Cornwall, she’s expecting a girls’ holiday with her mum. But when local boy Adam takes her down an old tin mine, a mysterious discovery changes everything. On the brink of adolescence, as they begin to question what is real and imagined in their lives above ground, childhood narratives quickly unravel and the darker truths of the adult world seep in.
Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Features
Running time: 91 min
Format: Digital
Director: Lucy Cohen 1st Feature
Producer: Ariadne Kotsaki, Julia Nottingham
Co-Producer: Jennifer Monks
Executive Producer: Eva Yates, Kristin Irving, Fergus Haycock
Editor: Michael Aaglund
Screenwriter: Lucy Cohen
Director of Photography: Rachel Clark
Production Designer: Iain Andrews
Sound: Phil Cape
Composer: Hutch Demouilpied
Principal cast: Flora Hylton, Joel Sefton-Iongi, Skyer Dennett, Josie Walker, Nichola Burley

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Dorothy Street Pictures production supported by BBC Film, BFI

Dorothy Street Pictures

Julia Nottingham
Dorothy Street Pictures
Unit 11, The Glasshouse
49a Goldhawk Road
London
W12 8QP
+44 (0)20 3988 2988/ +44 (0)20 3988 2788

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