Aftersun
+ Lof Joe
Charlotte Wells, UK 2023
How do you remember someone you never truly knew? In the moving Aftersun (2022), the acclaimed
feature debut of Charlotte Wells, Sophie looks back on a summer holiday she spent in Turkey with her
father Calum (Paul Mescal) when she was eleven years old. Through old home videos and fading
memories, she tries to understand her father in a new way. What once seemed like a carefree holiday
takes on a different meaning years later. An intimate and melancholic portrait of love, loss, and
everything left unspoken.
Before the feature, we will screen the Groningen-based short film Lof Joe (2026) by Julian Cruiming.
Here, too, grief, memory, and the power of filmmaking take centre stage. Two films that beautifully
complement each other, showing how cinema can become a way of making sense of loss.
After the screening, we will be joined for a Q&A by co-producers Sara Post and Anna de Voer, and
actor Niek Pettinga.
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