A Whispered Hope -  Short  Film, 2022

Producer: Samantha Locock
Directors: Samantha Locock & Katie Loughrin

Executive Producers: Alex Primas, Dorothea Heidenreich, Lucas A Ferrara, Brigit Willment

A Half a Splash production. Awarded Three Stars for sustainable production practice by albert.

Logline: A short film tackling views on climate change by putting it into the perspective of a mother looking back on what she should have done for her son’s future.

The Mother - Aretha Ayeh
The Son - Elias Agbodan George


Festival Recognition

Nominee: Best Short Film - Green Fest (Serbia) 2021
Official Selection: Green Screen Environmental Film Festival (Trinidad and Tobago) 2021
Nominee: Best Short Film, British Lion Award, Rising Star Award - British Independent Film Festival 2022
Nominee: Best: UK Film, London Film, Young Filmmaker, Environmental Film - Wimbledon International Short Film Festival 2022 (BIFA-qualifying)
Winner: Best Sound Design - New York Odyssey Film Festival 2022
Winner: Best Environmental Film - Novella Film Festival 2022
Nominee: Best Homegrown - Ealing Film Festival 2023

Production Manager: Andy Newman

Director of Photography: Katie Loughrin
First Assistant Camera: Joshua Liles
Second Assistant Camera: Luca Scozzi

Gaffer: Joseph Hargreaves
Best Boy: Oliver Craig

Sound Recordist: Stephanie J. Rutherford

Makeup Artist: Likyea McGuire

Fish Wrangler: Ray Roberts
Covid Supervisor: Matt Gibbons

Chaperone: Naomi Agbodan

Editor: Syarah Duggie

Composer: Romain Quessaud

Colourist: Erick Moraes

Sound Design: Matt Payne and Ollie Lloyd, Shipyard Audio

Catering: Ellie & Matt Lyver, Hellobakehouse, Aldershot

Poster Designer: Jay Bennett

Camera: FAVA Rental & Edward Lomas
Lighting: Greenkit

Special Thanks: Louis Bryant, Daniel Botterill, Zoë Ellender, Livia Van Heerde, Sheila at MadameFizz, Chris Thomas, Simon Clark, Lucinda Graham, Deshanth Gunethilake, CUT it, albert @ BAFTA, Katy Murdoch