From the Sky

From the Sky (2014)

A peaceful father and troubled son struggle to live a nomadic life in their region of the Middle East. As US Predator drones patrol overhead, the men are forced to make difficult decisions when two militants visit their camp.

Date of release
2014-04-30
Runtime
18m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ian Ebright

Casting

Interesting facts

From the Sky is a 2014 short film written and directed by Ian Ebright, who also produced it with Jess Grant. The independently produced drama features an Arab father and son traveling through a region that often experiences drone strikes. The film premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 30, 2014 and was released on the video-sharing website Vimeo on October 21, 2014.

Production

From the Sky was written, produced, and directed by Ian Ebright, who studied at the Seattle Film Institute and followed news coverage about drone strikes in Asia and the Middle East. He collaborated with Muslims and American advisers on the Middle East and developed an Arabic-language screenplay for the film's production. He used Kickstarter to raise two-thirds of what would be a final budget of $30,000.

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