Project Detail

Lost Boys: Belfast's Missing Children

Synopsis

During the winter of 1969, young boys started to disappear from the streets of Belfast, never to be seen again. By 1974, as the Troubles were reaching a bloody and vicious peak, five boys in total had vanished within a five-mile radius. Fifty years later, as the disappearances remain unsolved and families continue to search for answers, filmmaker Des Henderson (How to Defuse a Bomb) reopens these largely forgotten cold-cases, unearthing disturbing revelations in secret state documents to tell an extraordinary tale of abuse, trauma and potential cover-up.
Official selection Belfast International Film Festival and Irish Film Institute Documentary Festival 2023 - World premiere

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Features
Running time
92 mins
Format
4K
Director
Des Henderson
Producer
Ed Stobart
Co-Producer
Chris Moore, Niamh Minihan
Executive Producer
Kevin Winters, Mark Wright, Peter Grimsdale
Editor
Declan McCann
Screenwriter
Des Henderson
Director of Photography
Brian Martin
Production Designer
Darren Dunwell
Sound
Richard Cree, Karen Imbusch
Principal cast
Robert Giles, Chris Moore, Martin Dillon, Colin Wallace, Brian Gemmel
Judy Wilson
Head of Production, Will Skidmore: Financial Controller,
Darren Brown
Arial Photography, Niamh Kelly: Production Co-ordinator

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Production Status

Production Company

Alleycats Films

Unit 2
Bay Road Business Park
Derry
BT48 7SE

Sales Company

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