Dartmouth Films will release Sheila Hayman\u2019s feature film Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn on 27 October throughout the UK <\/p>
A new feature documentary about Fanny Mendelssohn<\/a><\/strong> is to be screened in UK cinemas from 27 October 2023. Dartmouth Films\u2019 Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn<\/em> from BAFTA-winning director Sheila Hayman and producer Mercury Studios will be shown in more than 100 locations throughout the UK.<\/p>\n The film reveals \u2018the extraordinary story of Fanny, a composer long ignored by the classical music world in favour of <\/span>her famous brother Felix<\/a><\/strong>, who despite being forbidden a musical career persevered, composing 450 works in her short life\u2019.<\/p>\n The film also features pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason who performs Fanny\u2019s Easter Sonata<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 <\/em>a work that was lost for 150 years and when found attributed to Felix, before finally being recognised as hers. During the documentary Kanneh-Mason explores \u2018the parallels between her life and Fanny\u2019s \u2013 including the challenge of being a pioneer with few role models in classical music\u2019.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> \u00a0<\/p>\n Sheila Hayman, Fanny Mendelssohn\u2019s three times great-granddaughter, writes and directs the film, shot with an all-female crew in Berlin, New York, London, Oxford and Buckingham Palace and featuring many of Fanny\u2019s never-before-heard or recorded pieces.<\/p>\n\n