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

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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)