Aftersun

Calum (Paul Mescal) is a divorced father who is on holiday in Turkey in the 1990s with his eleven-year-old daughter Sophie (impressive debut by Frankie Corio). What begins as an apparently ordinary vacation slowly transforms into an atmospheric and poignant family drama in which fragile bonds, longing, and unspoken emotions emerge. Twenty years later, Sophie looks back with nostalgia and tries to reconcile the image of her youthful father with the strange man he has become. A strong film debut by writer-director Charlotte Wells, featuring a moving, realistic ending.

What do Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Midsommar have in common? Not the cast, not the writers, not the cinematographers, and not the directors… No, what these three films have in common is the production company/distributor A24. The American A24 is a genuine success story: film lovers perk up when they see the A24 logo in the opening credits. The company was founded in 2012 by Daniel Katz, John Hodges, and David Fenkel, all of whom are not yet forty years old at that time. Initially, A24 only got involved with the distribution of films. They pick up films that often struggle to find a large audience because the films are different, innovative, and because the creators take risks. In 2016, they turn a new page. For the first time in their still young existence, they produce a film themselves. And once again, it hits the mark, as the first film A24 finances with its own money is Barry Jenkins’ later Oscar-winning Moonlight.

In nearly 15 years of existence, A24 has produced or distributed around 150 films. 150 films without superheroes, clichéd characters, or wafer-thin plots, but with real people, with their own, untold stories that deserve to be seen once more on the big screen. That's why this summer; A24/7 - a modest selection of seven titles from the rich A24 catalog.