Genre: Drama/Horror
Duration: Short Film (15 minutes)
Writer/Director: Darren Henderson
Production Company: Red Films
STORY: Desperate to conceive before her window closes, Ellie must hold together her relationship and her nerves as Tom's demanding job keeps pulling him away. But as unsettling rumours ripple quietly through the city, something other than doubt may already be inside her home.
CONCEPTION starts as a drama about the invisible pressure of trying to conceive and the uneven weight it puts on a relationship - then takes a turn nobody sees coming, into horror/sci-fi territory. Trust, and how fragile it can be with the person closest to you, sits at the heart of it.
Sophie SIMPSON
as Ellie
Charlie SHEEPSHANKS
as Tom
FILM CREW
Writer/Director - Darren Henderson
Producer - Enni Red
Executive producers
Sabine Waltz and Trevor Howarth
DOP - Samuel Poon
Camera Assistant - Yan Hui Chew, Oliver Ponting
Gaffers - Ethan Ward and Nathan Walton
Sound Recordist & Boom - Robert J Brown
Boom Operator - Oliver Ponting
Production Designer / Costume Supervisor - Enni Red
MUAH - Cheryl Hill
Casting Director - Darren Henderson
First Assistant Director - Simon Phelps, Holly Watkins-New
Producer Assistant - Holly Watkins-New
Script Supervisor - Enni Red
Intimacy Coordinator - Michaël Boucherie
Production Consultant - Maryam Ghorbankarimi
Technical Support - Mark Bentele
Editor - Nathan Walton
Colourist - Samuel Poon
Sound Designer - Charley Bright
Composer - Tom Harrold
Thank you to our crowdfunding supporters:
Carmen Radtke, Simon Preston, Hope Hickli, Lottie Hilmerzon Ahderinne,
Peter Spencer, Elaine Carter, Miraslau Barabash
Special thanks to - Lancaster University
Production - Red Films