EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has commenced in Shilo, Manitoba, on Rhombus Media’s Afghanistan-set war film that Elevation Pictures will distribute in Canada. WTFilms handles international sales.
Rhombus Media is producing in association with Buffalo Gal Pictures and Whizbang Films.
Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film and Music, Grand Technology Resources and Canadian educational rights holder Canada Company are financing the project.
Producers have released two first-look images to Screendaily (pictured). Paul Gross directs and stars alongside Rossif Sutherland, Christine Horne, Allan Hawco, Clark Johnson and Nabil Elouahabi.
Hyena Road is in the vein of Lone Survivor and The Hurt Locker and focuses on three men in three different wars who find themselves at the intersection of modern warfare where all is not as it seems.
“This story has been foremost on my mind since visiting our troops in Afghanistan back in 2010,” said Gross, who plays a veteran intelligence officer. “Their passion and commitment was truly inspiring, so I’m thrilled to finally be able to show their courage to the world.”
Principal photography runs through mid-October at Canadian Forces Base Shilo, Manitoba and will continue in Jordan in November.
Rhombus Media’s Niv Fichman produces with Gross and Buffalo Gal’s Phyllis Laing. Victor Loewy, Mirwais Alizai and Frank Siracusa serve as executive producers.
“Hyena Road offers a true and honest depiction of the conflict in my country,” said Alizai, president and CEO of UAE-based Grand Technology Resources, which has local offices in Afghanistan, Malaysia, and South Korea.
“I’m deeply excited to be part of a film that portrays the Afghan people not as victims or villains, but as equal partners in the road to peace.”
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