Aftersun is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells, starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio and Celia Rowlson-Hall. It was released in the United States on 21 October 2022 by A24 and in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2022 by Mubi.
Aftersun is a period film set in the late 1990s and follows Sophie, an 11-year-old Scottish girl, on vacation with her father at a Turkish resort on the eve of his 31st birthday.
The film received universal acclaim from critics, who praised Wells' direction and screenplay, and the performances of Mescal and Corio with the former earning a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor. It was also named one of the best films of 2022 by the National Board of Review and was awarded top place by Sight and Sound on its poll for the best films of the year.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Cannes Film Festival 28 May 2022 Critics' Week Grand PrizeCharlotte Wells French Touch Prize of the Jury Munich International Film Festival 2 July 2022 CineVision Award Sarajevo Film Festival 19 August 2022 Special Award for the Promotion of Gender EqualityAftersun Melbourne International Film Festival 20 August 2022 Bright Horizons Award Deauville American Film Festival 10 September 2022 Grand Prize Critics Award Zurich Film Festival 2 October 2022 Best International Feature Film Montclair Film Festival 30 October 2022 Fiction Feature Seville European Film Festival 12 November 2022 New Waves Award for Best Film Gotham Independent Film Awards28 November 2022 Best Feature Outstanding Lead Performance Paul Mescal Breakthrough Performer Frankie Corio Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award Charlotte Wells New York Film Critics Circle Awards2 December 2022Best First FilmAftersun British Independent Film Awards4 December 2022 Best British Independent Film Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson Best Director Charlotte Wells Best Joint Lead Performance Frankie Corio and Paul Mescal Breakthrough Performance Frankie Corio Best ScreenplayCharlotte Wells Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) Best Debut Screenwriter Best Casting Lucy Pardee Best Cinematography Gregory Oke Best Costume Design Frank Gallacher Best Editing Blair McClendon Best Make-Up & Hair Design Oya Aygör, Murat Çağin Best Original Music Oliver Coates Best Music Supervision Lucy Bright Best Production Design Bailur Turan Best Sound Jovan Adjer, Vijay Rathinam National Board of Review8 December 2022Top 10 Films Aftersun Best Directorial DebutCharlotte Wells European Film Awards 10 December 2022 Best Actor Paul Mescal Boston Society of Film Critics11 December 2022Best New FilmmakerCharlotte Wells Best EditingBlair McClendon Los Angeles Film Critics Association 11 December 2022 Best Editing New York Film Critics Online 11 December 2022 Best Debut Director Charlotte Wells Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association12 December 2022Best Actor Paul Mescal Best Youth Performance Frankie Corio Chicago Film Critics Association 14 December 2022 Best Film Aftersun Best Actor Paul Mescal Best Original Screenplay Charlotte Wells Best Best Editing Blair McClendon Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award Charlotte Wells Most Promising Performer Frankie Corio Dublin Film Critics Circle15 December 2022 Best FilmAftersun Best Director Charlotte Wells Best Screenplay Best Actor Paul Mescal St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 18 December 2022 Best Actor Paul Mescal Florida Film Critics Circle22 December 2022Best PictureAftersun Best DirectorCharlotte Wells Best First Film Best ActorPaul Mescal Breakout Award Frankie Corio Alliance of Women Film Journalists 5 January 2023 Best Director Charlotte Wells Best Screenplay, Original Best Woman Director Best Woman Screenwriter Best Actor Paul Mescal Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance Frankie Corio National Society of Film Critics7 January 2023Best PictureAftersun Best DirectorCharlotte Wells Best ActorPaul Mescal Toronto Film Critics Association8 January 2023Best PictureAftersun Best DirectorCharlotte Wells Best ActorPaul Mescal Best First Feature Aftersun San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle 9 January 2023 Best DirectorCharlotte Wells Best Original Screenplay Best Actor Paul Mescal Best Film Editing Blair McClendon Austin Film Critics Association 10 January 2023Best First Film Charlotte Wells Best Actor Paul Mescal The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award Frankie Corio Cinema Eye Honors 12 January 2023 Heterodox Award Aftersun Georgia Film Critics Association 13 January 2023 Best Actor Paul Mescal Critics Choice Awards15 January 2023Best Actor Best Young Actor/ActressFrankie Corio Best Original Screenplay Charlotte Wells Seattle Film Critics Society17 January 2023Best Picture Aftersun Best Director Charlotte Wells Best Actor in a Leading RolePaul Mescal Best Film Editing Blair McClendon Best Youth Performance Frankie Corio Online Film Critics Society 23 January 2023 Best PictureAftersun Best DirectorCharlotte Wells Best Debut Feature Best Lead ActorPaul Mescal London Film Critics' Circle5 February 2023Film of the YearAftersun British/Irish Film of the Year Director of the YearCharlotte Wells Screenwriter of the Year Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year Actor of the YearPaul Mescal British/Irish Actor of the Year (for body of work) Young British/Irish Performer of the YearFrankie Corio International Cinephile Society 12 February 2023Best Picture Aftersun Best Director Charlotte Wells Best Original Screenplay Best Debut Feature Best Actor Paul Mescal Breakthrough Performance Frankie Corio Best Cinematography Gregory Oke Best Editing Blair McClendon Best Score Oliver Coates Best Sound Design Jovan Ajder Vancouver Film Critics Circle 13 February 2023 Best Male Actor Paul Mescal Best Female Supporting Actress Frankie Corio Directors Guild of America Awards18 February 2023Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature FilmCharlotte Wells British Academy Film Awards19 February 2023Outstanding British Film Aftersun Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Charlotte Wells (writer/director) Best Actor in a Leading Role Paul Mescal Best CastingLucy Pardee Dorian Film Awards23 February 2023Film of the Year Aftersun Unsung Film of the Year Director of the YearCharlotte Wells Screenplay of the Year Lead Film Performance of the Year Paul Mescal Rising Star Award Frankie Corio Hollywood Critics Association 24 February 2023Best Actor Paul Mescal Best First Feature Charlotte Wells Best Indie FilmAftersun Independent Spirit Awards4 March 2023Best First FeatureCharlotte Wells, Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele RomanskiBest Lead PerformancePaul MescalBest Breakthrough PerformanceFrankie CorioBest CinematographyGregory OkeBest EditingBlair McClendon Academy Awards12 March 2023Best ActorPaul Mescal Chlotrudis Awards22 March 2023Best MovieAftersun Best Director Charlotte Wells Best Original Screenplay Best Actor Paul Mescal Best Use of Music in a FilmLucie Bright Best Editing Blair McClendon Irish Film & Television Academy Awards7 May 2023Best Actor Paul Mescal Best International FilmAftersun BAFTA Scotland Awards19 November 2023Best Feature FilmAftersunBest Director FictionCharlotte WellsBest Actor FilmPaul MescalBest Actress FilmFrankie CorioBest Writer Film/TelevisionCharlotte Wells Gaudí Awards 4 February 2024 Best European Film Aftersun Goya Awards 10 February 2024 Best European Film
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