Sylvia Le Fanu a Danish filmmaker with British roots, brings her feature debut with the Danish production 'My Eternal Summer'.
15-year-old Fanny has just finished primary school, but instead of celebrating with her friends, she has to spend the summer trying to say goodbye to her dying mother, whose final wish is to be together in their summerhouse. Not knowing how much time she has left, they must find a way to live while waiting. Fanny's fear of loss intensifies her already strong teenage feelings and starts to infect her other relationships with her friends and boyfriend.
Sylvia Le Fanu graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2020 and holds a BA in Film and Media Studies from the University of Copenhagen. She also graduated from the independent film programme 18FRAMES in Odense, Denmark. Le Fanu has shown short films at festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, Indy Shorts and Odense Film Festival, among others.
The film stars Kaya Toft Loholt as Fanny and Maria Rossing and Anders Mossling as her parents.
‘My Eternal Summer’ is written by Sylvia Le Fanu and Mads Lind Knudsen and produced by Jeppe Wowk for Adomeit Film with support from New Danish Screen, the Danish Film Institute's talent development programme. The film is also funded by Creative Europe, FilmFyn, DR and Den Vestdanske Filmpulje.
‘My Eternal Summer’ will celebrate the world premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival on September 23rd.