A coming-of-age story of fandom, music and friendship set in the early 2000s.

Fandom is often associated with hysteria and the inexplicable mania affecting teenagers. Music documentaries from The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (2016) to Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (2021) all portray a screaming, weeping youth, arms stretched out towards their unreachable idols.

For an observer the intensity of fandom can be unsettling. Bluebells goes back to the essence of it: an extraordinary time to learn, grow, create friendships, feed young minds and souls with new knowledge and experiences. Lucy is the perfect living embodiment of this, with both her ardour and dedication driving the story.