Gun Related

It’s life brings death

Director / Rich Devaney
Writer / Tommy Guiffre, Alan R. Milligan and Rich Devaney
Genre / Drama
Language / English
Running time / 107 min

A man drives into Virginia, pulls into a gun shop and buys a bag full handguns. He gets back in his car and drives towards New York City. It’s a normal day in the life of gun trafficking and the beginning of one guns journey.

To Miguel, a junky, the gun is a source of money. But to the wife who loses her husband in the armed robbery it brings an irreparable loss. For Brian, a father whose daughter is molested, the gun is vengeance. But the panic of the inexperienced killer moves the gun into the hands of Michael. Michael is a quiet, introverted eleven year old, who’s only escape from the escalating abuse of school bullies is suicide.

In the heart of this story is Murphy, a seasoned cop who unknowingly chases the link between these tragedies. When he sees the gun turn on the young boy he’s befriended, it’s too great a loss for him to bear.

Gun Related is a chain of life changing events, where everyday people and circumstance meet a deadly weapon.

Something about America

United we sit!

Director / TBA
Writer / Alan R. Milligan and Rich Devaney
Genre / Youth / Drama
Language / Norwegian / English
Running time / 97 min

Something about America is a 13 year old boy’s discovery of himself, his roots and standing up for what is right.

Its 1991, and the world is turning on its axis. The Cold War has ended, Madonna is topping the charts, and Anders is watching the US blow Iraq to bits live on CNN! But Nowhere, Norway is as far away from the centre of action as it gets. And hiking trips with brown cheese aren’t subduing the hunger to be elsewhere. And Elsewhere for Anders is the USA.

Anders lives outside Oslo with his grandparents. He never knew his father but imagines that he is alive and well somewhere in America. School for Anders isn’t easy either. After being booed off stage by his classmates for passionately defending the US, Anders finds himself an outcast, leaving him with only his two best friends: Hans and Buli.

The three buddies dream of being in America and jump at the opportunity to join the US Air Force Baseball team. Life couldn’t be better! At practice, the Coach is tough - but fair - and in him Anders finds the father he dreamt of. And in Anders, the Coach finds the best natural pitching arm he has ever seen. But when Anders discovers the lengths the Coach will push for his team to win, he must decide who he is and what he stands for.

Based on a true story.

Transparency

The business of giving is taking

Director / TBA
Writer / Alan R. Milligan and Rich Devaney
Genre / Thriller
Language / Norwegian / English
Running time / 122 min

Thomas Guldbrandsen (29) is a passionate and ambitious aid worker who has recently returned home to Oslo with his wife Anne to work for an aid organization. Thomas’ father-in-law Steffen Gunderson sponsors the non-government organization called ProAID. ProAID is a symbol of Nordic utopia; idealistic, organized, and high-tech. Their mission: professionalizing foreign aid development.

On his first assignment in Tanzania, Thomas befriends Seyyid, who reveals the local corruption and the recent tragedy of his village. As Thomas investigates the matter, he stumbles on a web of lies and deceit originating from ProAID.

Stan, a former accountant from the aid organization who was fired for “alcoholism”, shows Thomas the money trail. As the web untangles a young renegade journalist, Gordon, shows him the final evidence and means to expose the corruption.

Thomas discoveries and actions will lead to a chain of events that challenge ‘the Utopia’ and also his relationship to his father-in-law and wife.

What was once volunteer NGO’s (non government-organizations), have now become large multinationals in a trillion dollar industry. NGO’s are often unknown, unregulated, and fighting to get the next big donation.

‘Transparency’ is a social thriller dramatizing foreign aid corruption, and revealing the weapon against it.

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