{"id":1906,"date":"2015-09-23T03:40:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T02:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samyatesdirector.com\/?page_id=1906"},"modified":"2017-12-13T12:59:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T12:59:52","slug":"the-hope-rooms-by-david-watson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.samyatesdirector.com\/?page_id=1906","title":{"rendered":"The Hope Rooms (film)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/movies\/details?id=Ojpwsxu5r4I\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">WATCH ONLINE HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2358 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.09.55.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-23 at 16.09.55\" width=\"555\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.09.55.png 916w, https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.09.55-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.09.55-768x167.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NcLcKT_182g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><a href=\"http:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.09.55.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.13.39.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2359\" src=\"http:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.13.39.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-23 at 16.13.39\" width=\"746\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.13.39.png 853w, https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.13.39-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-16.13.39-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Film Festivals 2016<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WINNER <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.film-festival.org\/award16.php\">Grand Prize Future Filmmaker Award<\/a> (Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2016)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WORLD PREMIER Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/encounters-festival.org.uk\/?post_type=events&amp;p=7072\">EUROPEAN\u00a0PREMIER\u00a0Encounters Film Festival, 21st September 4pm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Hope Rooms<\/em> by David Watson is a short film commissioned by <strong>31<\/strong>Productions in 2013, which concluded shooting in September 2015, with a planned festival release in 2016. It was shot entirely on location in London and produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper for Rather Good Films, Bill Kenwright Films and\u00a0<strong>31<\/strong>Productions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The film tells the story of estranged father, Eamonn (<strong>Ciar\u00e1n Hinds<\/strong>), and his son, Sean (<strong>Andrew Scott<\/strong>), who meet up after 15 years in a cafe in London. Under the gaze of waitress Ileana (<strong>Agnieszka Grochowska<\/strong>), Eamonn asks\u00a0to be useful again,\u00a0and seeks forgiveness for his absence in Sean\u2019s life. But past hurts are difficult to overcome, and what begins with hope ends in a wounding transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Exploring\u00a0shame, loneliness and forgiveness, <em>The Hope Rooms<\/em>\u00a0brings two of the world&#8217;s great actors together on screen for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-23-at-03.17.57.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1914\" src=\"http:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-23-at-03.17.57-1024x556.png\" alt=\"AS and CH\" width=\"752\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-23-at-03.17.57-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-23-at-03.17.57-300x163.png 300w, 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style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1937 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-23-at-03.57.28.png\" alt=\"HR CAST\" width=\"562\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-23-at-03.57.28.png 562w, https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-23-at-03.57.28-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Introducing<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Santiago Winder<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tika Peucelle<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Obi Abili<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Stavros Demetraki<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Radoslaw Drozdz<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Mia Austin<\/span><br \/>\nMark Kavuma<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Penny Collins<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Directed by<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Sam Yates<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Written by<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> David Watson<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Story by<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> David Watson and Sam Yates<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cinematographer<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Luke Bryant<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Composer<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Alex Baranowski<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Editor<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Christopher Watson<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Production Design<\/strong><br \/>\nNoam Piper<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Casting director<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Lucy Rands<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Produced by<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Daniel-Konrad Cooper<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Sam Yates<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Executive Producers<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Bill Kenwright Films<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Jan and Michael Topham<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Edgar and Judith Wallner<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Anthony Salz<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stephanie Bamberg Line Producer<br \/>\nSin\u00e9ad O&#8217;Sullivan Costume Design<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Julia Bowden Makeup Designer<br \/>\nEmily Dodge Makeup Artist<br \/>\nLynsey Muir First Assistant Director<br \/>\nJoe Cox Third Assistant Director<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Max Lincoln Stand-by Art Director<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Lee Collins Sound Recordist<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Ra\u00fal Armend\u00e1riz Second Assistant Camera (as Raul Menendez)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Sophie Baggaley DIT<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> James Elias Steadicam Operator<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Neil Hawkins Electrician<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Malte Hubner First Assistant Camera \/ Focus Puller<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Eira Wyn Jones Second Assistant Camera<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Ralph Messer First Assistant Camera<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Aaron Walters Gaffer<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Press<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/news\/andrew-scott-ciaran-hinds-wrap-the-hope-rooms\/5094590.article\">SCREEN DAILY (September 2015)<\/a><\/span> &#8220;<em>Pride<\/em> star Andrew Scott and <em>Munich<\/em> actor Ciar\u00e1n Hinds lead cast in recently wrapped short <em>The Hope Rooms<\/em>, the filmmaking debut of theatre director Sam Yates&#8230; The high-end short tells the story of estranged father, Eamonn, and his son, Sean, who meet up after 15 years in a caf\u00e9 in London in order to heal old wounds.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH ONLINE HERE &nbsp; \u00a0Film Festivals 2016 WINNER Grand Prize Future Filmmaker Award (Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2016) WORLD PREMIER Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival EUROPEAN\u00a0PREMIER\u00a0Encounters Film Festival, 21st September 4pm &nbsp; About The Hope Rooms by David Watson is a short film commissioned by 31Productions in 2013, which concluded shooting in 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