Este Haim on scoring Bella Ramsey film ‘Sunny Dancer’ and Haim’s New York-inspired fifth album

It’s been a busy few months for Este Haim. Having wrapped up the band’s ‘I Quit’ tour at the tail end of 2025, then crowning the year with a celebrity-packed wedding to tech entrepreneur Jonathan Levin on New Year’s Eve, the bassist has spent 2026 cementing her place in the world of cinema. READ MORE: Haim – ‘I Quit’ review: quieter but no less revelatory Last week, new Callum Turner-starring film One Night Only, featuring the musician both on screen and behind its soundtrack, premiered in the US. Today (August 14) Sunny Dancer – with the Haim sister once again composing the score alongside collaborator (and Lana Del Rey, The Last Shadow Puppets bassist) Zachary Dawes – hits UK screens. Helmed by up-and-coming British director George Jaques, the film follows 17-year-old Ivy (Bella Ramsey) as she attends a summer camp for young people affected by cancer. For Haim, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes aged 14, the plot took on a special resonance. “I had a very deep connection to the material because I went to a diabetes camp when I was in high school,” she told NME. “I felt so alone in my illness and no one really understood it, including my family. So when I went to Camp Conrad C...