Grants & Awards

About the Film:

Set in the East African country of Uganda, CHILDREN OF WAR is a film that chronicles the daily struggle towards rehabilitation and reconciliation by a group of recently escaped child soldiers of the Lord’s Resistance Army, one of the world’s longest running and most brutal guerilla militias.

About the Filmmakers:

Filmmaker and producer Bryan Single was raised in the Southern American state of Tennessee. His creative exploration and expression began in still photography while walking through Nepal, South America and sub-saharan Africa. It later developed at California Institute of the Arts and in the office of film director Michael Mann. Working as a documentary cinematographer, Bryan has captured the lives of exiles and outlaws living in the margins of America in the documentary Welcome to Slab City, filmed Amazon-swimmer Martin Strel in Big River Man and equine-photographer Robert Vavra for Such is the Real Nature of Horses, and recently, worked on Students of Consequence, a film which focuses on the development of DNA technology in battling wildlife poaching in East Africa. Bryan’s transition into documentary producing and directing began with Shadows of the Sun, a short which follows a day in the life of a Spanish matador, and now continues with Children of War.

Festival & Award Highlights:

Artivist International Film Festival 2009 – Best Feature: Child’s Advocacy
Festival du Film et Forum International Sur Les Droits Humains 2010 – Award in Honor of Sergio Vieira de Mello