FANNY: THE OTHER MENDELSSOHN

FANNY, L'AUTRE MENDELSSOHN

By Sheila HAYMAN

FIPADOC - INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, BIARRITZ - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2023

For almost two centuries, the composer Mendelssohn could only be called Felix. His sister Fanny, also a composer, was banned from any public musical career and her music was lost until determined women unearthed her history. A universal story of one woman's struggle to express her creative genius.

Festivals
& Awards

FIPADOC 2024
Musical Documentary
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sheila HAYMAN
    • Synopsis
    • For almost two centuries, the composer Mendelssohn could only be called Felix. His sister Fanny, also a composer, was banned from any public musical career and her music was lost until determined women unearthed her history. A universal story of one woman's struggle to express her creative genius.