Secret Child
Secret Child is a 2018 British biographical drama short film directed by Yewweng Ho and is his directing debut. The screenplay, written by Sam Hoare, is based on the memoirs from the book Secret Child by Gordon Lewis. 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.
Secret Child had its world premiere at the Hollyshorts Film Festival in 2018 and was nominated for Best Period Piece, 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.
Plot
At the age of eight, Gordon is introduced to a much older man called Bill by his mother, Cathleen.Cast
- Fiona Glascott as Cathleen
- Austin Taylor as Gordon
- Aaron McCusker as Bill
Production
In 2017, producer Gordon Lewis and director Yewweng Ho teamed up with cinematographer Darius Shu to begin principal photography of the film. Fiona Glascott, Aaron McCusker and Austin Taylor were cast in the main roles for the film.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.