Sidney Flanigan stars as 'Autumn'

Sidney Flanigan is an actor and musician who hails from Buffalo, New York.  

One of the faces of the burgeoning indie music scene in Buffalo, Sidney has been performing in the western New York area for several years. As a solo artist, Sidney has performed under the monikers "Sid the Kidd" and "Sidney Jeanne" and is known for her acoustic guitar-driven feminist anthems about relationships, inner turmoil and teenage angst, set against the backdrop of life in a blue-collar town. She was also lead singer and front person for the punk fusion group Sus. 

Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always marks Sidney's feature film acting debut. She was discovered a few years ago by Hittman's longtime editor Scott Cummings while he was in Buffalo researching a film about underground culture in the region.

Sidney is a graduate of the prestigious Buffalo Academy School of Performing Arts, where she was a music major, and she taken acting classes at Buffalo State University. The oldest of three children, Sidney comes from an eclectic, artistic family. Her father was the lead singer of the local rock band The Tosspots, her paternal grandfather was a Bukowski-esque poet, and her maternal grandmother a radical leftist in New York.

Sidney is an ardent supporter of Planned Parenthood and has volunteered for the local Buffalo chapter.

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Official Trailer 2: Never Rarely Sometimes Always

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Sidney Flanigan as 'Autumn'

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Talia Ryder as 'Skylar' and Théodore Pellerin as 'Jasper'

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📸 from the set of #NeverRarelySometimesAlways. Now premiering at home on demand. // #regram @taliaryder:bts from my disposable on set for @neverrarelyfilm I miss these people ❤
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#NeverRarelySometimesAlways premieres at #Berlinale.
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transcendent storytelling

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Never Rarely Sometimes Always opens in NY and LA today! Movie theaters still probably have toilet paper :person_shrugging:
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#TBT to Sundance and Berlin film festivals, where #NeverRarelySometimesAlways was the best reviewed movie of the year! Available to stream on demand tomorrow. 💛

a new and radical heroic journey.

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bts from my disposable on set for @neverrarelyfilm I miss these people ❤
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viscerally — gratifyingly — real

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Such an honor speaking alongside @hittman and @sidney.flanigan at @berlinale 's press confrence for @neverrarelyfilm ❤

an intimate drama

Richard Brody
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So much love for this lady ✨
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Just a couple of fly honeyz 🔥 @adam.kersh

deeply human

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#neverrarelysometimesalways premieres at #berlinale ❤ Thank you @chanelofficial for the fit

a work of art

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60 Second Film School | Eliza Hittman | Episode 1

It needs to be seen.

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Sidney Flanigan as' Autumn'

a gem of a film

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Flanigan and Ryder’s performances are outstanding

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Celebrating #NeverRarelySometimesAlways at a special screening in NYC. ✨ In NY & LA theaters this Friday.

One hell of a journey

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More from #Sundance. ✨ #NeverRarelySometimesAlways
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Sidney Flanigan as 'Autumn' and Talia Ryder as 'Skylar'

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Sidney Flanigan stars as 'Autumn'

a quietly fierce argument about female sovereignty

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Talia Ryder as 'Skylar'

Sidney Flanigan is a remarkable discovery

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Talia Ryder stars as 'Skylar'

A film for this very moment

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Here at #Sundance getting ready for the world premiere of #NeverRarelySometimesAlways. Follow @focusfeatures for more from our stars @sidney.flanigan and @talia.ryder.

a story of stirring loyalty and fierce friendship

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has the genuine potential to change hearts and minds.

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Still riding the #sundance2020 high
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#Sundance portrait studio with @sidney.flanigan, @talia.ryder and @hittman. #NeverRarelySometimesAlways📸: @emery_is @gettyentertainment
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#NeverRarelySometimesAlways makes its world premiere at #Sundance2020. See it in theaters March 13.
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Official Trailer: Never Rarely Sometimes Always

a great lyrical odyssey

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Collider sits down with Elisa Hittman, Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder at Sundance to discuss Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

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This woman is a force and I am so grateful to know her ✨
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A #Sundance portrait of our amazing stars @sidney.flanigan & @talia.ryder and director @hittman.#NeverRarelySometimesAlways is in theaters this March. 📸: @vulture @philip.montgomery

searingly confrontational

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Flanigan’s screen debut is remarkable

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comes alive with humanity

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