Who Knows
Our secrets test our love
ABOUT
Solly, an introverted man, makes up his mind to confess a secret crush to his friends Zack and Bess at a dinner party, only to discover that the two of them are already together.
Solly struggles over the right moment to divulge a crush he’s long held in secret. He settles on Bess’s birthday dinner. But before he can speak up, Zack confesses his own secret, that he and Bess are already together. Devastated, and a few drinks in, Solly has to hold it together to make it through the party, but his emotions toward his friends are fraught, and the truth wants to come out.
YEAR 2020
RUN TIME 21:00 Min
EMAIL liuyt951107@163.com Website:
Instagram: yuntao1107
CAST & CREW CREDITS
Director & Screenwriter: Yuntao Liu
Director of Photography: Theo Gray
Producer: Yuntao Liu
Executive producer: Liu Fang, Dapeng Yan, Liu Jiahao
Line Producer: Ziwei Niu
Production Designer: Demi Canty
Production Sound Mixer: Yunbing Li
Composer: Ashna Pathan
Editor: Yuntao Liu
Script Supervisors: Xuecong Zhao | Yunye Chen
Spanish Script Supervisor: Samuel Walle Antezana
Camera Operators: Yuntao Liu | Theo Gray
Additional Sound Mixers: Samuel Walle Antezana | Yunye Chen
1st Assistant Camera: Mohamed Sultan | Paul Lai
2nd Assistant Camera: Patrick Montegna
Additional Assistant Camera: Retji Dakum
Key Grip (lighting): Patrick Montegna
Electric: Tiye Young | Ali Usuloglu
Make-up Artist: Oona Luna
Production Assistant: Logan Hamrick
Colorist: Theo Gray | Yuntao Liu
Sound editor & mixer: Yuntao Liu
VFX Artist: Charlie Knott
Film Brand Illustrator: Tianran Qu
PRINCIPAL CAST Miguel Barreto | Sean Ian | Lorena Sarria
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
I wrote the story for Who Knows in the summer of 2019 when I was doing an internship in New York City. I was struck by the city’s Pride parade, which gave me the idea to write a story about the LGBTQ community.
I was born and raised in an old town in China with a traditional and conservative culture, and my subsequent travels have instilled in me an acute awareness of the possibilities of people in different parts of the world, living in various ways but also constrained by tradition, religion, and history.
I wanted to tell a story about a person who wants change in his life but remains afraid of getting out of his comfort zone.
DIRECTOR BIO
Yuntao Liu is a passionate filmmaker and visual storyteller. His works span across different genres, working in narrative, documentary, experimental, and cinematographic video. Yuntao often explores the possibilities of abstraction and surrealism in his works, with themes centered on the evil nature of humanity and the continuance of human conflicts. He is currently pursuing his MFA in filmmaking at the Maryland Institute College of Art where he is developing his profession into directing and story writing.
FILM AND PRODUCTION STILLS
AWARDS
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2022 Roma Short Film Festival
FULL FILM
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Yuntao Liu is a passionate filmmaker and visual storyteller. His works span across different genres, working in narrative, documentary, experimental, and cinematographic video. Yuntao often explores the possibilities of abstraction and surrealism in his works, with themes centered on the evil nature of humanity and the continuance of human conflicts. He is currently pursuing his MFA in filmmaking at the Maryland Institute College of Art where he is developing his profession into directing and story writing.
(Update provided in May 2020)