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

Genre

Action Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Millhouse Films Ltd

david@millhousefilms.co.uk

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www.kandaharbreak.com

Sales Company

Centre Media

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