Shadow Company

Director: Nick Bicanic & Jason Bourque
Cast: Robert Young Pelton, Peter Singer, Cobus Claassens, Neall Ellis, Alan Bell, Frances Stonor Saunders, Slavko Ilic, Madelaine Drohan, Stephen J. Cannell, James Ashcroft
www.shadowcompanythemovie.com

Screening Times

screening in: Documentary Competition

2:00 PM, Sunday March 12th - Austin Convention Ctr
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11:15 AM, Tuesday March 14th - Austin Convention Ctr
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7:15 PM, Saturday March 18th - Alamo S. Lamar 1
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Documentary Feature

    World Premiere

Synopsis:
Thousands of private soldiers operate in Iraq alone... and many more around the world.These individuals, known as private security contractors, are changing the face of modern warfare everyday while their world has remained mystery to those at home. Shadow Company is the groundbreakinginvestigative feature-length documentary that reveals the origins and destinationsof these modern-day mercenaries.

Director's Bio:
Nick Bicanic founded and ran Deltabravo Ltd, a Multimedia Design and Strategy company in London. He later co-founded Purpose Films, a Vancouver/Los Angeles based media production company. Shadow Company is Nick's first feature length work of any genre.Over the past seven years, Jason Bourque has directed and produced over 60 commercials, short films, and music videos for Much Music, MuchMore Music, CBC, BRAVO! and Country Music Television.