Credits

Written & Directed by	Fawaz Al-Matrouk
Produced by	Josh Clavir
	Cat Youell
	Brad Crowe
Co-Producer	Evan J. Cholfin
Director of Photography	Sean Conaty
Production Designer	Katie Byron
Costume Designer	Prasanna Iyengar
Editors	Zachary Dehm
	Ryan Frost
	Fawaz Al-Matrouk
Sound	Chris Whetstone
Original Score by	Leah Curtis
Visual Effects by	Michael Ashton
CAST
Malek	Michael Benyaer
Noor	Rajia Baroudi
Ali	Merik Tadros
Haider	Paul Yousefian
Ahmed	Andrew Yousefian
Soldier	Michel Bayan
Officer	Zackary Morad
Doctor	Charles Anteby
Volunteers	Anan Mallik
	Hugh Mun
Corpses	Mir Weiss Najibi
	Ralph Lopez
Arrested Neighbour	Asad Durrani
Neighbour’s Mother	Lisa Franks
Neighbour’s Brother	Mohammad Alkazemi
Interrogated Man	Mohammad E. Shariff
Maid	Jennifer Taing
Soldiers	Junes Zahdi
	Ralph Lopez
	Cardo Blas
	Rich Prugh
Girl at Hospital	Nina Yessayan
Hospital Extras	Mohammed Alkazemi
	Milex Almalel
	Faisal Al-Matrouk
	Brian Behaein
	Rebecca Eskreis
	Guy Flint
	Reza Ghasemi
	Dispesh Jain
	Julia Macri
	Ali Mansuri
	Amir Noorani
	Reza Shahdoust
	Mohammad E. Shariff
	Vachan Sharma
	Adarsh Shekhar
	Kaveh Taherian
	Raymond Trinidad
	Kamal Askari Yahyavi
	Saeid Askari Yahyavi
	Rima Yessayan
	Cat Youell
Parrot	Joey
PRODUCTION
1st Assistant Director	John Dion
2nd Assistant Director	Kaveh Taherian
	Isaiah Inderrieden
2nd 2nd Assistant Director	Tony Bushman
	Matt Grismondi
Script Supervisor	Carmen Tabanyi
Casting Director	Cleo Valente
Location Scout	Jesse Rivard
1st Assistant Camera	Chloe Weaver
2nd Assistant Camera	Marcus Del Negro
Additional Assistant Camera	Brian Udoff
Steadicam Op	Dave Baldwin
RED Digital Technician	Chris Hall
	Phan Tran
Gaffer	Andrew Brinkhaus
Best Boy Electric	Fady Hadid
	Matt Boeka
Electric	Josh Compton
	Stephen Ringer
	Ana Shepherd
	Adam Watson
Key Grip	Lance Allen
Best Boy Grip	Katie Wincor
Grip	Greg Bowyer
	Kyla Fenning
	Matt Grismondi
	James Hellyer
	Mike Koerbel
	Dan Marino
	Ali Mansuri
	Martina Nagel
	Adam Richman
Light Balloon Operator	Todd Wimett
Art Director	Henry Alvarado
Set Dresser	Rebecca Eskreis
Makeup Artist	Anastasia Hufnail
Military Vehicle Driver	Stan Serr
Production Sound Mixer	Chris Whetstone
Boom Operator	Sue Palmer
	Kari Barber
VFX Supervisor	Michael Ashton
VFX Consultant	Randy Little
Stunt Coordinator	Bill Leaman
Animal Wrangler	Laureen Mitchell
Set Photographer	Rich Prugh
Studio Teacher	Guy Flint
Art Production Assistants	Julianne Dome
	Monica Sender
	Stephanie Wooten
	Cynthia Fox
Production Assistant	Mohammed Alkazemi
	Christopher J. Kosek
	Ali Mansuri
	Sevak Orhanian
	Tom Austin
Casting Assistant	Mary Despe
KUWAIT UNIT
Production Manager	Faisal Al-Matrouk
1st Assistant Camera	Ali Younis
1st Assistant Director	Abdullah Al-Matrouk
Sound	Abdullah Mubarak
	Latif Al-Fadheli
Location Supervisor	Abdulaziz Almobailish
Camera PA	Mohammad Al-Qattan
	Mohammed Majeed
Kuwait Consultants	Esam Al-Kazemi
	Fadi Al-Matrouk
	Fahad Al-Saqabi
POST-PRODUCTION
Post Production Supervisor	Dennis Castello
Sound Design	Chris Whetstone
Effects Editor	Kari Barber
Foley Artist	Karina Becker
Re-Record Mixer	Valen Hernandez
Visual Effects Artist	Michael Ashton
Digital Intermediate by LightIRON Digital
Digital Intermediate Colorist	Ian Vertovec
Digital Intermediate Supervisor	Paul Geffre
Executive Post Producer	Katie Fellion
Post Production Consultant	Michael Cioni
Finishing Editor	Matthew Blackshear
Chief Engineer	Chris Peariso
Administration	Peter Cioni
	Oscar Velasquez
	Dana Osterman
MUSIC
Conductor	Leah Curtis
Vocals	Lisbeth Scott
Violin	Armen Anassian
	Nancy Roth
Viola	Lynn Grants
Cello	Mary Anne Steinberger
Percussion	M. B. Gordy
Duduk	Chris Bleth
Oud	Dean Parks
Music Consultant & Contractor	Alan Steinberger
Scoring Assistant	Karim Elmahmoudi
Music Editor	Dave Lawrence
Music Scoring Mixer	John Rodd
Music Recording Engineer	Charlie Paakkari
Sr. Director / Manager	Paula Salvatore
Studio Assistant	Danny Gillick
Thanks to	Katrina Schiller
	Dr. Lisa Urkevich
Original score recorded at Capitol Studio A, Hollywood USA
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Faisal Al-Matrouk	Barry Clavir
Mona Al-Kazemi	Marlene DeGenova
Julia Macri	Ben Clavir
Malek Al-Kazemi	Ali Al-Saffar
Nadia Ahmed	Trent Kent
Esam Al-Kazemi	Randal Kleiser
Amal Baggar	Christopher J. Kosek
Damon Bowden	Jacek Laskus, asc
Ron DeGenova	Joe Milligan
Ali Derek	Carl Nersesian
John Dion	Noel Nosseck
Bruce Doering	Carlos Osorio
Gary Freedman	John Ridpath
Stephen Goepel	Kim Robertson
Brenda Goodman	Eric Rodriguez
Randy Gunter	Hilde Susan Jaegtnes
Adam Habib	Caitlin Thomson
Rich Hyland	Brian Wahlquist
Ali Jack	Joe Wallenstein
Michael Keenan	Brian Zager
OUR VENDORS AND LOCATIONS
AeroLight	Indie Rentals
Al-Anwar Islamic Fashion	Kino Flo
Basher Films	Loyola Marymount University
Castex Rentals	Motion Picture Costume Co.
Cine Power & Light	Omega Cinema Props
Cinema Vehicle Services	Panther Dollies and Cranes
Clairmont Camera	Sets in the City
El Toro Field	SMS Generators
Fiesta Feast	Stella Pacific
Five-Star Military Vehicles	Truman van Dyke
Green Sets	Universal Studios
Hand Prop Room	Warner Brothers
Huntington State Beach	Wooden Nickel Lighting
Student produced at the University of Southern California
No animals were harmed during the production of this film
Faculty Mentor	Amanda Pope
Industry Mentor	Ridley Scott
Special Faculty Advisors	Michael Taylor
	Pen Densham
	John Watson
	Helaine Head
	Nina Foch
	James Egan
ASC Mentor	Steven Poster, ASC
Edited on Avid
Shot on RED
Color by Light Iron
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