EVELYN (2018)
Director: Orlando von Einsiedeln
Producer: Joanna Natasegara
Production Companies: Grain Media, Violet Films, BBC Films
A deeply personal film from Academy Award® winning filmmakers of THE WHITE HELMETS and VIRUNGA. It is the story of how a family survives the unthinkable.
Fourteen years after the suicide of their son and brother, Evelyn, the family decide to walk the length of the UK and try to talk about him - something they had failed to do in over a decade.
This poetic feature documentary explores the fabric of grief and the longevity of love. Part quest film, part road-trip, part memoir, EVELYN is an exposition of the taboos of mental health and male emotion, and a tribute to our times.
- “To quote a poem that Orlando reads toward the end, the dead are “not gone, but merely within you.” This urgent and beautiful documentary urges us to let them out.” — Indiewire
- “Graceful drone shots of the spectacular landscapes and a thoughtful but not overbearing score represent further virtues of this elegant film.” — Guardian
- “Patrick Jonsson‘s score for Orlando von Einsidel‘s documentary Evelyn is beautiful and delicate ... like the long drawn-out breaths of contemplation, you can feel the anguish and the pain of extraction of memories modulated through a conduit of meditation.” — Film School Rejects
Festivals & Awards:
- British Independent Film Awards Winner 2018 (Best Documentary)
- London Film Festival 2018