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This project successfully funded on 20th April 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
No Gentle Goodnight - Feature Film
Runcorn, United Kingdom
Aim
No Gentle Goodnight is a powerful independent drama about fathers, sons, and the emotional cost of silence.
Aim
No Gentle Goodnight is a powerful independent drama about fathers, sons, and the emotional cost of silence.
Set in Runcorn, the film explores the complicated ties between family, masculinity and the places we come from. It is a story about the words we struggle to say, the damage silence can cause, and the possibility of redemption. This is not a polished studio film. It is a grassroots Northern story, created by filmmakers who believe the communities we come from deserve to be seen honestly on screen. Your support will help us bring this film to life.
Who We Are
We are Sunny Runny Productions, a Runcorn-based team of filmmakers committed to telling stories that matter. Our work focuses on authentic Northern voices and lived experience — the kinds of stories that rarely receive mainstream funding but reflect the realities of many communities across the UK. We are collaborating with Going Nowhere Productions, bringing together a team of writers, performers and creatives who believe in independent storytelling. We are doing this because we believe stories from towns like Runcorn deserve to be told with honesty, depth and dignity.
Why We Need Your Help
Independent films rarely receive traditional funding, especially when they are rooted in working-class communities outside the major film centres. This project is being created through passion, collaboration, and grassroots support. Your contribution will help cover essential production costs including: • camera and sound equipment • locations and permits • insurance and safety • food and travel for cast and crew Every contribution, no matter the size, helps bring this film closer to the screen.
Why This Story Matters
Many people grow up in environments where emotions are buried and difficult conversations are avoided. No Gentle Goodnight explores the consequences of that silence. Through the relationship between a father and son, the film asks:
• What happens when we never say what we feel?
• How do men learn to speak honestly about pain and love?
• Can broken relationships ever be repaired?
These are deeply human questions, and they resonate far beyond one town.
Be Part of the Film By supporting this project, you become part of its story.
You are helping create a film that:
• champions independent filmmaking
• supports Northern creative voices
• tells a story about family, identity and place
If you cannot donate, sharing the campaign can make a huge difference. Every share helps this story reach someone new.
Why We Need You
Crowdfunding will help us cover essential production costs:
Camera and sound equipment
Locations and permits
Insurance
Feeding our cast and crew
Every contribution helps us bring this story to life exactly the way it deserves to be told.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made