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