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Hope Is Lost

Hope Is Lost
Hope Is Lost
Hope Is Lost

Synopsis

Ten days before the millennium, Hope, a single mother, arrives in London with her two infants, clutching only the clothes on their backs. Escaping a haunted past, she seeks refuge in a city gripped by Y2K paranoia. A charismatic stranger offers sanctuary, but as Hope navigates an uncertain future in unfamiliar streets, she uncovers his chilling motives. The threat to her family dwarfs the feared technological collapse. In a pulse-pounding race against time, Hope must protect her children at any cost, no matter the
personal sacrifice.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Short Film Competition

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 min 8 sec
Format
Stop-frame Animation
Director
Eno Enefiok
Producer
Mikel Iriarte, Pauline Blanchet, Adam Gregory Smith
Co-Producer
Avdi Thachi
Executive Producer
Eno Enefiok, Rakie Ayola, Elias Savada, Emem Enefiok, John Adderley
Editor
Eno Enefiok
Screenwriter
Eno Enefiok
Director of Photography
Eno Enefiok, Jerry Amadi-Pradon
Production Designer
Eno Enefiok
Sound
Alfie Holloway
Composer
Yasmine Latkowski
Principal cast
Rakie Ayola, Gary Carr, Matt Rose, Charity Muiruri, Rejoice Akani, Hannah Tobin, Patience Tobin
Colourist
Max Seriani
Head of Sound Production
Katie Miles
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jamie Wood
Visual Effects Producer
Morganne Rose
Visual Effects Production Manager
Sameer Jamlaney
Visual Effects Production Coordinator
Shantanu Sharma
Visual Effects Production Assistants
Tanaya Chitnis, Tulika Anand, Nilesh Mishra
DMP Artist
Christopher Tulloch McCabe
Roto and Paint Supervisor
Sarfaraz Uddin
Paint Lead
Francis Xavier
Roto and Paint Artists
Adil Hashmi, Arun Raj Mathew, Dhanraj Kiran Yelmame, Joydeep Chowdhury, Junais Junu, Pavan Kumar, Raghava Addepalli, Rakesh Kumar, Satya Gottapu, Shubhangi Bugade, Uday Aleti, Yogesh Sarwa, Karthik Dadi, Riddhi Upadhyay, Sunil Karkera
Head of CG
Pete Seager
VFX Editorial Supervisor
Beverly Maguire
VFX Editor
Joshua Luigi Bowen

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Production Status

Production Company

Sales Company

Aral Sea Productions (Booking Agent)

Pauline Blanchet
45 St. Thomas's Road
London
N4 2QH

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