Project Detail

Kandahar Break

Synopsis

Kandahar, Afghanistan. 1999. A team of British mine clearance engineers are working for the Taliban government in the scorching deserts of Southern Afghanistan, clearing the vast minefields after decades of conflict. Amidst the draconian laws of this extremist regime, one of the team, Richard Lee, an ex-British Army bomb disposal expert, falls foul of corrupt local police chief Ashiq Khan, who then instigates a manhunt to find and kill the infidel. Now embroiled in a deadly game of intrigue and betrayal, Richard must escape on foot across the border into nearby Pakistan, but during his journey he is ambushed by a force of rebel guerrillas, enemies of the government, who agree to help him flee the vengeful Taliban.

Best Film at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, 2010. 
Best Feature and Best Actor at the Newport International Film Festival (Wales), 2009.
 

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
94 mins
Format
HD
Director
David Whitney 1st Feature
Producer
Keith Maher
Co-Producer
Keith Maher
Editor
Alastair Reid
Screenwriter
David Whitney
Director of Photography
Russell Nabb
Sound
Neil Haggerty
Composer
Mark Adair
Principal cast
Shaun Dooley, Dean Andrews, Rasheed Naz, Tatmain Ul Qulb, Hameed Sheikh

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Production Status

Production Company

Millhouse Films Ltd

david@millhousefilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Centre Media

2 Langley Lane
Vauxhall
London SW8 1TJ
UK

T +44 (0) 208 566 2388

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