Sweet Nothings
Teaser
Watch the teaser
The Film
The Plot
On the brink of his wedding, Ethan returns to his birth mother's home, only to face an uninvited guest whose ties to his past refuse to stay buried.
Ethan and Sam are drawn together in a connection neither can understand or resist, sealing one night of forbidden passion before being torn apart. Ethan returns to America, leaving her with a promise to come back and make their love real.
Five years later, Ethan arrives in England engaged to Derek, determined to prove his independence and reconnect with his estranged birth mother, Meredith. But Sam's return shatters his carefully built life, pulling the past violently back into the present.
Still bound to what they shared, Ethan is forced into a devastating reckoning with identity — torn between Derek's stability and Sam's pull as guilt and desire collide.
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genre
- Elevated indie, psychological drama
- Year
- 2026
- Format
- 2:1 · 4:3
Stills
Selected Frames
Still 1 of 10
Use the left and right arrow keys to browse the stills.
Cast & Crew
Cast & Crew Snapshot
Writer / Director
Toby Kearton
- Debut Feature Film
- Cannes 2018
- 30+ Awards Worldwide
Meredith
Kate Cook
- The Crown
- Line of Duty
- The Agency
Derek
Samson Ajewole
- A Very Royal Scandal
- I May Destroy You
- EastEnders
Editor
Jasper Banerjee
- Multi Award-Winning
- 2026 Sean Connery Talent Lab
- Tron: Ares
Composer
Ramesh Kumar Kannan
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Minions
- ITV, HBO, National Geographic
For Industry
Screener &
Press Kit
We are open to conversations with sales agents, distributors, festival programmers, and investors. Please click here with your enquiry and we will respond within 24 hrs:
Screener available on request
© 2026 Sweet Nothings — all rights reserved















