Win a pair of tickets to The Patrol – Screening and Q&A at The Ritzy, Brixton, 6.30pm on Friday 28 February
The first British film about the war in Afghanistan, ‘The Patrol’, opens at the Brixton Ritzy on 28th February. The run will be kicked off with a special Q&A with members of the cast and crew following a screening of the film and we have a pair of tickets to the event.
SYNOPSIS
Written and directed by Tom Petch, ex-Army, The Patrol takes a piercing look at the conflict in Afghanistan through the eyes of a British Army patrol who, alongside the Afghan Army, are fighting the Taliban, an invisible, deadly enemy. When a Special Forces Operation prompts a Taliban counter attack in Helmand Province the unit's three day patrol hits double figures. Faced with low ammunition, injury and rising tensions under the command of a captain who is out of touch with his men, the exhausted, disillusioned soldiers question their role in the war.
ABOUT THE FILM
As the very first British feature film about the conflict in Afghanistan, The Patrol asks important questions about a war which has claimed the lives of 440 British servicemen and women to date, exceeding the Iraq war death toll. With the scheduled withdrawal of all NATO troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 these questions could not be more pertinent. Examining the gritty realities of warfare, The Patrol uses fictional characters to explore the war in a way never seen before. Feature Film of the Festival. Raindance 2013
The Q&A will be with:
Tom Petch (writer/director)
Stu Bentley (director of photography)
Luke Deverill (editor)
Tom Stuart (producer)
Nicholas Beveney (cast)
To be in with a chance of winning, please email [email protected] with the subject 'Patrol Q+A'
THE PATROL IS OUT NOW