WMD
WMD, a thriller based on real events, follows an ordinary MI6 Desk Officer in 2002 who stumbles upon forged documents in the principal evidence being compiled to invade Iraq and attempts to uncover their source.
WMD has recently been nominated for this year’s BIFA awards and was recently nominated for Best UK Feature Debut at The East End Film Festival.
It was also part of the official selection at The Notting Hill Film Festival and is still the first narrative feature film worldwide to tackle the ‘Weapons Of Mass Destruction’ controversy.
WMD is the debut feature of writer/director David Holroyd who was short-listed for the first Film London Microwave award.
The film is produced by Christine Hartland and Holroyd and executive produced by Mark Watson-Mitchell. International film production, finance and sales outfit Independent is handling all rights worldwide.
Written after extensive research and conversations with individuals involved in the actual Weapons of Mass destruction controversy and in various intelligence services, making the film even entailed Holroyd’s small crew being detained by detectives in Rome accused of working for MI6.
When a British Consulate representative aided their release, he too had questions about where we'd got all their facts.
Shot in London, Rome, Berlin and Washington DC, often using guerilla techniques to shoot in airports, on planes and in other busy public places, the film was also deliberately shot on genuine surveillance and CCTV cameras and cast with experienced but little known actors, so as to enhance the sense of authenticity.