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SHORT FILM

GENRE - Drama

YEAR - 2023

LENGTH - 9:35

ROLE - Writer / Director

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An ageing and lonesome father faces the inevitability of letting his maturing son explore his own life, leading to the confrontation of his damaged childhood, and his uncertainty of his role as a father figure.

Son tackles the powerful story of a father who grapples with the inescapable fact that his child must one day grow up. But what if the father isn't ready to face that certainty? This film was my final year project I directed at the University of Gloucestershire. The story was one based on my own dad, who made me realise how grateful a son should be to have a loving father in their life, because he never had that fortune.

 

The film explores how single father John has strived to give his son, Oli, everything he wished he had, making up for the lack of love he received in his own childhood. Yet, John is met with ignorance and neglect on every turn. Now that Father's Day has arrived, and Oli has chosen to spend it alone, John is reminded of his isolated childhood and the bleak future that lays ahead, uncertain as to whether he has done enough as a father. 

CURRENTLY IN FESTIVAL RUN

PRODUCTION STILLS

TRAILER

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CREDITS
CAST

John - Lloyd Morris

Oli - Oliver Cowlishaw

Bill - Peter Stone

CREW

Director - Tom Jancso

Writers - Tom Jancso, Adam Tanner

Producer - Georgia Immins

Director of Photography - Lewis Markey

Production Design - Ellie-Mae Herniman

Editor - Allan Higson-Sweeney

Sound Design - Adam Tanner

Stills Photographer - Neil Buchan Grant

© 2023 by Tom Jancso

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