🎬 FEMINESCOPE: “AFTERSUN” (2022)

As part of the third edition of Feminescope, the film program of the Montenegrin Cinematheque dedicated to female directors and authors, we continue to present achievements that explore human relationships, identity, and the diverse experiences of the modern world in a distinctive way.

On Friday, November 13th at 8:00 PM, the film “Aftersun” (2022) by Scottish director Charlotte Wells will be screened, representing one of the more notable achievements of contemporary European cinema.

The film follows eleven-year-old Sophie and her father Calum during their vacation together in Turkey. Through moments of play, conversation, and daily rituals, we come to know their close relationship, but also the subtle cracks in the adult world that the girl is only beginning to sense. Twenty years later, Sophie returns to the memories of that vacation, attempting to understand through fragments of memory and old video recordings her father’s inner struggle, which she could not recognize at the time.

With exceptional sensitivity, Wells builds an intimate story about family relationships, growing up, transience, and the complexity of human memory. “Aftersun” is a moving cinematic reflection on what we remember, but also on everything that we only manage to understand much later.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charlotte Wells is a Scottish director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in New York. She graduated from New York University, where she studied film production and business studies. Prior to her feature debut “Aftersun,” she directed the short films “Tuesday” (2015), “Laps” (2016), and “Blue Christmas” (2017).

“Aftersun” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 within the Critics’ Week program, where it won the French Touch Jury Prize. For this film, Wells also received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer, establishing herself as one of the exciting new authorial voices in contemporary cinema.

Feminescope continues to open up space for films and female authors whose creative approaches enrich contemporary cinema.

📅 Friday, November 13th
🕗 8:00 PM
📍 Montenegrin Cinematheque