Project Detail

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

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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
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

Genre

Biography Black Climate / Environment Docufiction Human Rights Thriller Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Hidden Art Films

Adam Gregory Smith

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Sales Company

Aral Sea Productions (Booking Agent)

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

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