My First Summer

Amidst the grief of losing her mother, sheltered teen Claudia discovers love for the first time in this beautiful and sublime debut.

Claudia has been brought up in isolation by her mother in a remote rural home miles away from the nearest town. Emotionally unequipped to cope with her mother’s suicide, Claudia hides in her ramshackle old house, her beloved dog her only company until the spirited Grace breezes into her life.

The two girls very quickly form a close bond, teaching each other the joy that can be found in life and falling in love along the way. But their idyllic summer can’t last forever and the adult world gradually closes in on them. A remarkable debut from Katie Found, this is queer filmmaking at its best. Originally screened in BFI Flare 2021 as part of the Hearts strand.