BT-11. Eye in the Sky

United Kingdom, 102 min. , Feature Narrative

Eye in the Sky stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a U.K.-based military officer in command of a top-secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from ?capture? to ?kill.? But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of U.S. and British government over the moral, political and personal implications of modern warfare.

Also starring Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen and Phoebe Fox, the film is directed by Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) and written by Guy Hibbert (?Prime Suspect?). Producers are Ged Doherty, Colin Firth and David Lancaster.