Project Detail

3 Hours

Synopsis

An afternoon football game unexpectedly turns into a gruesome bloodbath in this revenge tale based on an actual 2007 crime. Militants gun down a group of children playing in an otherwise quiet Baghdad suburb, causing the entire community to turn on itself. Akram, the brother of one young victim, seeks vengeance.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 mins
Format
4K Digital
Director
Regan Hall
Producer
Hossam Allam
Co-Producer
Hossam Allam
Editor
Lewis Albrow
Screenwriter
Sam Snape
Director of Photography
Leo Bund
Sound
Arturo Vaquero
Composer
Bari Parrott
Principal cast
Mohammed Jawad, Rafat Basel, Naseem Baha, Diana Adel

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Production Status

Production Company

Progression Media

Unit 5, 21-24 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5BN
UK

T +44 (0)796 885 5597

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