“a beautiful film full of stunning imagery” Cody Ray Shafer, Under the Radar.
The debut feature from Irish writerdirector Simon Fitzmaurice is a spirited comingofage story
that traces the journey of a strongwilled young woman as she weathers loss, upheaval, and
rebirth.
"If you hide from death, you hide from life." Teenage Emily (Evanna Lynch) inherits this mantra
from her father Robert (Michael Smiley), an author and philosopher, but following the tragic
death of Emily's mother, Robert starts to change, and his visionary eccentricities now appear to
be symptoms of mental illness. Robert is soon institutionalized, and Emily is sent away to live
with foster parents. When Emily suddenly decides to travel north to bust her father out of his
psychiatric hospital, the hopelessly smitten Arden joins her on a road trip that will give both their
first taste of what it truly means to be alive. Brimming with images of freedom, from the wide
open road to the vast expanse of the sea, and buoyed by an arrestingly confident performance
from Lynch, My Name is Emily will resonate with the young and youngatheart alike. This is a
stylish and assured film about selfdiscovery as an ongoing adventure.
Michèle Maheux
Toronto International Film Festival
With special guest Simon Fitzmaurice
