Interview with Jessica Wethington, Producer and Adrian Belic

Although the Bahamas International Film Festival wrapped in December 2007, many of the films, and their filmmakers go on to attend film festival after film festival throughout the world in order to continue the promotion of their film. Enjoy this exclusive Bahamas Weekly interview with the producer of "A.W.O.L.", Jessica Wethington, and the director of "Beyond the Call", Adrian Belic.




Click to view the exclusive interview taken during the opening night opening night gala event at Cloisters One & Only Ocean Club...

Movie [A.W.O.L.] Synopsis: Vietnam. 1972. US Army Special Forces Major Cliff Marquette (David Morse) leads a squad ordered to investigate unusual reports and secure a remote jungle temple locals believe has mystical powers.

The Marines guarding the temple have withheld provisions for days from a Viet Cong prisoner. Despite severe mistreatment, the prisoner mysteriously shows no signs of suffering.

Marquette confronts the Marine in charge, Garris (John C. McGinley) for torturing a prisoner of war when suddenly enemy forces attack and mortar shells rock the temple.

An exceptionally heroic, but losing battle lands Marquette in the hands of a merciless Viet Cong torturer. His men are dead; his screams unheeded.

At the height of agony, Marquette's world is turned upside down. In an instant, he finds himself a stranger in the midst of an American life that apparently belongs to him an idyllic but unrecognizable life complete with a loving wife (Caroline Kristiahn) and two children hes never seen before.

Marquette struggles to take in what is happening to him. First is paranoia. Soon uncertainty and fear give way to relief and acceptance. But the twist of fate that delivered Marquette into this life from the hands of his enemy has granted him only a reprieve. The cruel pain of war is not over.

As the clock strikes midnight Marquette is back in Vietnam where his torture resumes a few minutes each night. Desperately trapped between two worlds, Marquette must endureunless, with the clock counting down, he can cheat fate.

Escaping will take his wits and it will require a gun.

Movie [Beyond the Call] Synopsis: In an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern-day knights, travel the world delivering life saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of war.

Ed Artis, Jim Laws and Walt Ratterman are self-styled Knights of Malta, and in 1995, they formed Knightsbridge International, a unique humanitarian aid organization, whose motto is "High Adventure and Service to Humanity." Artis explains: "We're not there to change anybody's politics, we're not in the God business, and we pay our own way." Their specialty is going where death from landmines, bullets, or bombs is as frequent as death from hunger, disease, or the elements. As Laws tells it simply, "We do what we can, when we can, because we can."

Their personal convictions and courage drive them to places such as Afghanistan, Albania, Chechnya, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Rwanda and the southern Philippines, often when few if any other humanitarian aid organizations are around. The camera follows Artis, Laws and Ratterman as they take us on a journey into the heart of humanity and the soul of courage.

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[TereruTsuki]

I so wanna watch this movie! I'm crazy about David Morse :D

[bplatz1]

Adrian Belic is out of this world. I was incredibly moved not only by his documentary Beyond the Call but the Q&A session after he showed us his film. I'm really rather speechless because I can't even begin to describe how blown away by his film and his attitude towards life.

[jordiortegatv]

ADRIAN BELIC IS THE BEST!! This documentary maestro ROCKS!

[TeetoPlastic]

Dude. He's not a douche bag. In person he's a very approachable guy. But yes his facial hair is rather silly.

[jaymarhonda]

Adrian Belic!?!?! I had no idea that he would head in this direction. I graduated from ETHS with this guy. Who would've thunk it?

[lopside0]

meet adrian belic, founder of crazy mustaches anonymous. Do people have to suppress laughter when they meet you? Do children point? Remember, the first step to getting help is admitting that you have a ridiculous mustache.

I think the next 11 steps all involve not being such a douche bag.