Death and Self-Discovery w/ Sylvia Le Fanu

Listen to our podcast conversation with Sylvia Le Fanu, director of My Eternal Summer from the New Directors section of the 2024 San Sebastián International Film Festival.

The latest episode of the Showcase features a conversation with Sylvia Le Fanu, who presented her feature directorial debut, My Eternal Summer, in the New Directors section of the 2024 San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain.

The film chronicles a family of three on their summer holiday, and is seen through the eyes of a 15-year-old at a delicate age of self-discovery, while at the same time coping with the heartbreaking reality of her mother’s terminal illness.

Le Fanu joins us on the podcast to share with us the deeply personal origins of My Eternal Summer, and the challenge of exploring identity and mortality in an honest and intimate way. She also takes us down memory lane, reflecting on her earliest memories of cinema and what led her to the director’s chair.

Showcast is a series of candid podcast conversations from film festivals and film markets, presented by The Film Verdict and hosted by Matt Micucci.

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