Gripping thriller Drones at London Film Festival
SYNOPSIS
In an expanse of desert just outside Las Vegas, a dozen trailers dot the stark landscape. Inside each air-conditioned trailer, two Air Force personnel pilot an unmanned aircraft over Afghanistan, half a world away. While surveilling a possible terrorist hideout, sophisticated new girl, Sue Lawson (Eloise Mumford), daughter of a well-respected and feared army general, and dogged, blue-collar airman (Matt O’Leary) find themselves at odds with their orders – and each other – as they face a range of complicated moral dilemmas when ordered to take out a suspected terrorist – especially because to do so would also mean killing many innocent men, women, and children.
Matt O’Leary (Fat Kid Rules the World, Eden) and Eloise Mumford (The River) star in a film based on the stage play by Matt Witten, and produced by Whitewater Films. Alongside Drones, Whitewater Films has also executive produced two films screening as part of this year’s London Film Festival – Afternoon Delight (directed by Jill Soloway) which centres on an unlikely bond between a disaffected LA housewife and a young stripper, and May in the Summer (directed by Amreeka), a comedy about the travails of a Christian Arab-American writer and her attempts to marry her Muslim boyfriend against her mother’s wishes. Drones cinematographer, Noah Rosenthal, also shot Cold Comes the Night starring Bryan Cranston and Alice Eve, which recently opened in London.
Cast and crew available for interview. Director/producer Rick Rosenthal and cinematographer, Noah Rosenthal, will be in London from 16 to 20 October. Press pack and image attached – more images available. Please let us know if you’d like to attend the screening on 13 October or any further information.