Bella Ramsey stars in Sunny Dancer, a British coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama built around a group of young people who meet at a summer camp and end up having the best summer of their lives.
The film features an all-star ensemble alongside Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us), including James Norton (Happy Valley), Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer), and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), alongside rising talents Daniel Quinn-Toye (Sterling Point), Earl Cave (Days of Bagnold Summer), Ruby Stokes (Lockwood & Co), Conrad Khan (County Lines) and Jasmine Elcock.
At its heart, it’s a film about friendship, found family, and what it means actually to start living.
Written and directed by George Jaques (Black Dog), Sunny Dancer had its world premiere as the opening night film of the Generation 14plus section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, and will open in select theaters on Friday, September 18th, via Quiver Distribution.
Sunny Dancer is described as a deeply personal and profanely funny romantic comedy-drama for young adults about wanting to fit in when the world has had other plans for you.
Hanging out with mates and partying hard… that’s how most teenage girls get to spend their last summer before turning 18. But not Ivy. As if conquering cancer wasn’t hard enough, Ivy’s lovingly overbearing parents have signed her up to spend the summer at what she less-than-endearingly calls “chemo camp”.
Going to the camp against her will, Ivy ends up having a summer she will never forget – finding love and meeting a group of similarly-minded misfits who just want to live life to the fullest.
Because Sunny Dancer isn’t really about illness – it’s about what happens after.
It’s about being 17 and weird and brilliant.
It’s about surviving and then having to actually live.
Watch the official trailer for Sunny Dancer, above.
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