Bianca and her daughter Jade make a melancholic journey across London, delivering Jades to her fathers home. Honouring their shared custody agreement.
Writer, Director, Executive producer, Editor- Mykea Fairweather Perry
Producer- Lyric Busk, Liz Tester
Director of photography- Cassius Kane
Winner of Sundance ignite x adobe fellowship
Official selection at Bafta qualifying London Short film festival
Official selection British Shorts Berlin film festival
Official selection at Hollywood Short film festival
Official selection at Canadian Screen Award qualifying Toronto Black film festival
Official selection at Bafta qualifying Aesthetica film festival
Official selection at BIFA qualifying Manchester film festival
Nominated for critics choice award and audience favourite at BIFA qualifying EFN film festival
Official selection at Bifa qualifying North East film festival
Official selection at This is England film festival
Shortlisted for Bifa qualifying Shortest Nights festival
Screening at Sundance film festival as a part of the ignite program
Official selection at A look into film festival
Indie Shorts Mag:
‘Sharing: The Small Realities of Joint Custody’
https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2022/06/sharing-the-small-realities-of-joint-custody/
“Mykea Perry’s Sharing examines the rarely explored loneliness of sharing custody of one’s child–or being the child of a split family. The 10-minute long film follows a mother and daughter as they make the bittersweet journey to drop off the latter at her father’s house for Christmas weekend.
It is a quiet film. Melancholia seeps into its softest moments, as neither mother nor daughter looks forward to the separation. There is no larger drama at play here. Jade’s father is not evil, their journey is not headed for some disaster, they will not be separated forever. Instead, Sharing delves into the ebb and flow of the sorrow that comes from impending farewell.” …
Uk Film Review
https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/post/sharing-2022-short-film-review
“ The performances from mother and daughter are impeccable. Hopi Grace communicates much with few words and it is touching to watch the sweet bond she shares with her daughter and the devastation her character feels when she has to part with her on Boxing Day, of all days. Afiya certainly holds her own alongside her mum and is completely convincing during her more challenging, emotional moment on a second bus ride where she admits feeling anxious and unsure about staying with her dad. If Afiya wishes to pursue acting like her mother, she certainly has a bright future ahead of her!”…