A Summer’s Day at Sherwood Park
Synopsis: During a hot summer day a shy, 13 year old boy named Max tries to win the heart of his first crush while navigating the realities of puberty as he goes on their first ever date.
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Nathan Bellinger (Jason)
Marcella Young (Mom)
Sophie Virio (Courtney)
Ryan Bannon (Mister Woods)
Cankurt Perek
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Director's Statement
Sherwood is a film very personal to me as it deals with adolescence and crushing on someone who doesn’t view you the same way. This is something we all went through in our early teens. This set was really exciting for my team and I as it was the first film we shot during the pandemic right when things started to go back to normal in the film industry, so the enthusiasm my team brought really made this film.
Director's Bio
Conor Forrest is a young emerging Toronto Based Award winning director of fictions and documentary shorts and features. Conor has a mixed background of European and Asian descent. He is a recent graduate of York University. He was a semi finalist at the Academy Award Winning Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival for Used Furniture (2022).
Awards
Paris Shorts Film Awards 2022 - France - 2022
Best Narrative Short (Conor Forrest)
Calgary Independent Film Festival - Canada - 2021
Best Coming of Age (Conor Forrest)
Stockholm Shorts Film Festival - Sweden - 2021
Best Cinematography (Paul Persic)
Paradise Film Festival - Hungary - 2022
Best Comedy (Conor Forrest)
World Indie Film Awards - 2022
Best Student Short (Conor Forrest)
Nominations
Vancouver Independent Film Festival - Canada - 2021
Finalist
Lonely Wolf Film Festival - United Kingdom - 2021
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Open World Toronto Film Festival - Canada - 2022
Los Angeles International Film Festival - United States - 2021
Lake Michigan Film Festival - United States - 2022
LA Sun Film Fest - United States - 2021
Stockholm City Film Festival - Sweden - 2022
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Conor Forrest is on a roll in his thematic explorations of dating; after the surrealistic delights of Friday Night Fish (FNF)—he returns to the cinematic canvas to move away from speed-dating and onto a teen's very first date at the park, in comes A Summer's Day At Sherwood Park (ASDASP). Forrest serves awkwardness and disappointment in spades for young Max, and plenty of comedic quirks. Both pictures showcase a developing unique directorial imprint which make him an exciting newcomer to watch out for. ASDASP's most triumphant facet is Paul Persic's mouth-watering cinematography—which captures unrushed mundanity and peaceful suburbia beautifully. Though at times ASDASP can feel slightly too underplayed to capture that insipid mundanity; what can't be contested is that behind this powerhouse collaboration lies an endearing and all too irresistible coming of age vignette to indulge in.
4 Stars
- Adrian Perez, Lonely Wolf Film Fest
