Project Detail

One Bullet

Synopsis

A real war story is not the story of men at war. A haunting encounter with a boy injured by a random bullet sends director Carol Dysinger to investigate what happened to him, who fired the shot, who is responsible? During her fifteen years following the war in Afghanistan, she often finds herself behind the curtains of an Afghan home where Bibi Hajji maintains her extended family – struggling with her grief and her remaining sons' anger and pain at the loss of their brother. ONE BULLET evolves from a procedural to an excavation of human loss and the redemption of female friendship. How do we deal with guilt and injury across vast social, cultural and religious divides? Ask two tough old broads drinking tea.
Official Selection Galway Film Fleadh 2023 - World Cinema Competition -European premiere - Winner Best International Documentary

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Features
Running time
92 min
Format
Digital video
Director
Carol Dysinger
Producer
Carol Dysinger, Su Kim, Ashim Bhalla, Jesper Jack
Co-Producer
Carmen Chaplin, Tamana Ayazi
Executive Producer
Tony Maher, Jeff Wolk
Editor
Steen Johannessen
Screenwriter
Carol Dysinger, Steen Johannessen
Director of Photography
Carol Dysinger, Kirsten Johnson, A.S.C.
Sound
Bob DeMaa, Sam Creagher
Composer
Jeff Elmassian, David Chapman, Benjamin Roberts

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

UK, Denmark co-production

Kwanon Films Limited (UK), OnSight (UK), House of Real (DK)

Kwanon Films Limited

71-75 Shelton Street
London
WC2H 9JQ

Sales Company

First Hand Films

Esther van Messel
+41 44 312 20 60/ +49 30 285 290 88

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