MOVIES - FICTION
THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING
by Sophie HeldmanEdinburgh, 1810. Teachers Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods embark on their dream of an independent life together and open a boarding school. Their lives are changed forever when a wealthy aristocrat enrols her "illegitimate" 15-year-old grandchild from India. The teachers struggle to integrate the girl who remains an outsider among her classmates. Miss Pirie and Miss Woods are brought closer to Jane Cumming when her grandmother insists they look after her over the summer. Private and professional lines blur, affection between them grows and they start to form an unlikely family. Tensions rise as the new term begins. The teachers are overwhelmed with the girl's increasing desire for closeness and their own changing relationship. As Jane Cumming begins to feel excluded from her new family, she demands to be taken home to her grandmother. An accusation follows which leaves the teacher's fighting for their lives, resulting in a legal battle that would last a decade and scandalize the Scottish establishment. Based on true events.
Year: 2026
Country: DE, CH, UK
Running Time: 114 Min.
Director: Sophie Heldman
Author: Flora Nicholson, Sophie Heldman
Producer: Bettina Brokemper (Heimatfilm)
Co-Producer: Karin Koch (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion), Nadira Murray (Sylph Productions)
Camera: Kate Reid BSC
Editor: Isabel Meier
Sound: Christoph Schilling
Music: Balz Bachmann
Gaffer: Grube Venn
Casting Director: Jina Jay & Jessie Frost
Costumes: Peri de Braganca
Make-up: Maddy MacDonald
Set Designer: Renate Schmaderer
Production Manager: Sascha Verhey, Mark Lacey
Production Assistant: Sebastian Püttner, Sophie Stirnemann, Elsa Marguerie
Cast: Flora Nicholson, Clare Dunne, Mia Tharia, Fiona Shaw, Sadie Shimmin, Amy Louise Walker, Rebecca Martin, Nina Barnett, Frankie Corio, Kirsty Lockhart, Kayla Caldwell, Circe Miller, Eva McMurray, Stephen McCole, Cal MacAninch
Bester Spielfilm, Zürcher Filmpreis 2026
Best Feature Film Award, SUNNY BUNNY LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Kyiv 2026
Nachwuchspreis für die beste darstellerische Leistung im Spielfilmwettbewerb: Mia Tharia, Filmkunstfest MV 2026
BR Publikumspreis, Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2026
Best Performance Award für Flora Nicholson und Clare Dunne am Dinard Festival du Film
Nomination für den Golden Frog am Camerimage (Directors' Debuts Wettbewerb)
Nomination für die beste gemeinsame Hauptrolle für Flora Nicholson, Clare Dunne und Mia Tharia an den British Independent Film Awards
76. Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2026
3. SUNNY BUNNY LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Kyiv 2026
23. IndieLisboa 2026
35. Filmkunstfest MV 2026
35. Freiburger Lesbenfilmtage 2026
66. Zlin Film Festival 2026
29. Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival Ankara 2026
74. Melbourne International Film Festival 2026
35. Chichester International Film Festival 2026
79. Edinburgh Film Festival 2026
13. Queer Screen Film Fest 2026
22. Jecheon International Music & Film Festival 2026
Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2026
37. Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2026
39. Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy 2026
8. Sea Change Film Festival 2026
10. Festheart LGBT+ Film Festival 2026
29. Goethe Singapore 2026
28. Festival do Rio 2026
53. Film Fest Gent 2026
37. Dinard Festival du Film Britannique & Irlandais 2026
22. Leiden Film Festival 2026
ImageOut, the LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Rochester, NY 2026
37. Hamburg Internationales Queer Film Festival 2026
27. Newport Beach Film Festival 2026
35. Philadelphia Film Festival 2026
Queer Film München 2026
36. FilmBath Festival 2026
33. PRIDE PICTURES Karlsruhe 2026
30. Queer Filmfest Hannover / PERLEN 2026
40. Leeds International Film Festival 2026
18. Queer Film Rostock 2026
Jakarta World Cinema 2026
75. Internationales Filmfest Mannheim-Heidelberg 2026
34. Energa CAMERIMAGE International Film Festival 2026
71. Cork International Film Festival 2026
3. British Film Festival Poznan 2026
Filmnächte Ahrenshoop 2026
Queerfilmfestival KOKI Esslingen 2026
36. Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2026
39. Image+nation Montréal 2026
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