Secret Child is a 2018 British biographicaldrama short film directed by Yewweng Ho and is his directing debut.[1] The screenplay, written by Sam Hoare, is based on the memoirs from the book Secret Child by Gordon Lewis.[2] The film stars Fiona Glascott, Austin Taylor and Aaron McCusker, and tells the story of a single mother and her eight-year-old son meeting her man from her past after nine years.[3]
Secret Child had its world premiere at the Hollyshorts Film Festival in 2018 and was nominated for Best Period Piece,[4] and its London premiere at New Renaissance Film Festival, in which it won Best Debut Film. The film has received over 20 international awards and nominations with generally positive reviews, who praised the performances of Glascott, Taylor and McCusker, Ho's direction and Darius Shu's cinematography of the film.[5]
Plot
At the age of eight, Gordon (played by Austin Taylor) is introduced to a much older man called Bill (played by Aaron McCusker) by his mother, Cathleen (played by Fiona Glascott).[6]
Lewis is in talks to develop Secret Child into a full-length feature or a television series with his second book Secret to Sultan coming soon.[9][10]
Release
Secret Child had its world premiere at the Hollyshorts Film Festival at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on August 13, 2018.[11] The film had its London premiere at Close Up Cinema at the New Renaissance Film Festival on August 24, 2018.[12][13]
Reception
Critical response
Anna Mayers from Close Up Culture praised the film as '...beautiful" and that it was '...brought to life in a sweet yet truthful way'.[14]
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