Project Detail

Tell Spring Not to Come This Year

Synopsis

Tell Spring Not to Come This Year follows one unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) over the course of their first year of deployment in Helmand without NATO support. It is an intimate film about the human side of combat, told from a largely unheard and misrepresented perspective, that explores the deep personal motivations, desires and struggles of a band of fighting men on the frontline. Without a NATO soldier in sight, and no narrative but their own, this is the war in Afghanistan, through the eyes of the Afghans who live it.
Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
87 mins
Director
Saeed Taji Farouky, Michael McEvoy
Producer
Saeed Taji Farouky, Elizabeth C. Jones, Michael McEvoy
Executive Producer
Andre Singer, Scott Brown, Robert Elliott, David Kennedy, Nick Quested
Editor
Gareth Keogh
Director of Photography
Saeed Taji Farouky
Composer
Joe Lewis

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Production Status

Production Company

UK, Afghanistan coproduction

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