MORNING, GLORY - short film fund

Thank you in advance for reading! Any support in this is hugely appreciated to bring this story to life in the way that it deserves.

SYNOPSIS

Fresh faced Drew (20s) walks into his local coffee shop. Today, there’s an unusual spring in his step and Drew dons a smug grin that coffee shop owner Lydia (50s) can’t miss. As she pushes him for the details behind his boyish smirk, we snap back 24 hours to find out for ourselves.

It’s the day before, and Drew stands again across from Lydia. However it’s clear now that Drew is in fact a homeless young man. Worn out and tired, we see fragments of Drew’s daily reality; survival and struggle on the streets of London, forced into isolation by a judgmental society. That is until Drew finds himself suddenly at the right place, right time and gets his hands on a forgotten gym bag containing everything he needs to give himself a refresh. This kicks off a chain of events that lead to Drew having one of the best days he’s had in a while, including a stint in the pub, an encounter with Molly (20s), a hot shower, and a warm bed for the night.

MORNING, GLORY is a heartwarming story of how one small break in life can feel like it turns everything around, and the sun shines brighter even just for a little bit. It also aims to hold up an important mirror to society on how homeless people are perceived, or not perceived, based off of appearance and stereotype.

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

This is an important story for me to get right. This film is based off of a true story told to my mum by a young homeless guy named Tom who used to come often into our family run coffee shop. I spoke with Tom often myself during shifts at the coffee shop, and he was an extremely interesting individual. He would speak openly about his experience with homelessness. He would sometimes be chatty and charismatic, and other times distant and angry. He was complicated, and he was human. Unfortunately Tom is no longer with us and this film will be dedicated to him. I’m interested in telling it as it’s a story that has always stuck with me and made my family smile, and my interactions with Tom have opened my eyes to the lack of compassion for homeless people that is so rife within our society. It’s unfortunately rare to see somebody looking a homeless person in the eye, let alone reaching out a hand to help them. I hope that this film can act as a catalyst to changing people’s perspectives of homelessness, and show that behind the exterior will always be a human with every emotion and feeling like anyone else.

CREDITS

CAST

Introducing our amazing cast;

CONRAD KHAN as Drew,

RIA ZMITROWICZ as Molly,

CLARE PERKINS as Lydia.

Further casting TBA.

CREW

Writer/Director: Sonny Poon Tip

Producer: Nycollas Abreu

DoP: Greg Duffield

Further crew TBA.

WHERE THE MONEY WILL GO

Reaching the target of £2,000 will allow us to achieve the details that are so important in telling this story properly. From location bookings, set design, costume, hair & make up, to edit and grading in post to providing travel, food & expenses for our cast and crew. Anything left over will go to paying the talented people that have come on board for free to help me with this! I would love to repay them for their time.