Tom Hooper's 11-minute secret: three boys, one kite, zero expectations.
Three young boys escape their day to day troubles when they find a yellow kite.
Direction
Hooper's earliest work already shows his eye for emotional framing.
Cinematography
Yellow kite pops against grey British suburbia like pure hope.
Director
Tom Hooper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hooper made this at 29, fresh out of film school, before any feature work.
Represents early 2000s UK Film Council funding for short-form experimentation.
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