Shaun James Grant’s live-action short film Hope focuses on a couple trying to find peace in an impossible situation. This heart-wrenching film will be screening at this year’s 2021 Manchester Film Festival.
Writer/Director Shaun James Grant became a filmmaker after finding himself absorbing film after film in near self-imposed solitude during a difficult time in his life. 10 years later, he has now fully cemented himself as a commercial and music video director. His accomplished music video and commercial career has seen him work with artists such as Jorja Smith, Maverick Sabre, and Kojey Radical as well brands such as Nike, Women’s Aid and Superdry, and River Island. Having directed a student film Lies at the end of his film school career, Hope is his professional debut short.
Synopsis: A couple on an ominous journey pull into a diner in the early hours of the morning. What ensues is a series of events that slowly reveal the couple’s heartbreaking motivation.
The Official Trailer for HOPE written, directed and edited by Shaun James Grant
Producer Morgan Faverty is a London-based producer who co-founded the production company Pavilion Works in 2017, which specializes in high-quality commercial content and has worked with top brands like Vogue, River Island, and Nike. Morgan moved into producing, kicking off his narrative journey with two short films We Can Hula and Wonderkid which was successfully funded through Kickstarter, with one being selected for Raindance Film Festival. He went on to produce a BBC three mini-series Mission Selfie that merged the YouTube world with TV in 2016. Early in 2020, Morgan launched Pavilion Works Originals (PWO), an independent film and TV production company which aims to work with directors, writers, and other producers to finance, produce and develop their short and long-form projects that have the ability to go on to a feature or series.
Writer Luke Shenton-Sharp is also an actor. He collaborated with Shaun on the short film Lies as the narrator, starred as the lead in the short Reverie, and also wrote Hope with Shaun.
Hope will be screening at Manchester Film Festival from 11th March – 14th March. It will also be screening at the 2021 Crystal Palace International Film Festival.
The cast is Jane Dowden (Her), Yann Gael (HIm), Sybille Wehrli (Mother), Chloe Angiama (Daughter), Claire Cartwright (Waitress), Isabel McClelland (Young Woman).
The crew includes Director, co-Writer & Editor Shaun James Grant, Executive Producer Jake Evans, Producer Morgan Faverty, co-Writer Luke Shenton-Sharp, Director of Photography Patrick Goaln, Music Composer Kyle Preston, Casting Director Hannah Ashby Ward, Production Designer Kat Hawker, Costume Designer Rachael Clarke, Art Director Bonnie Hamilton, Makeup Artist Kate O’Shea, Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Ed Rousseau.
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