Ghost Trail

Hamid (Adam Bessa, superb) is part of a secretive group of Syrian exiles who pursue fugitive leaders of the Syrian regime, perpetrators of atrocities against the populace who have managed to slip into Europe under false identities. Hamid is determined to track down the war criminal who tortured him. As he was blindfolded throughout his ordeal, he is reliant on his memories of the man’s voice and his scent – so he must get uncomfortably close to verify the identification. With all the tension of the very best espionage thrillers, Ghost Trail is all the more effective given its connection to recent and ongoing world events. An astonishingly assured and meticulously executed debut feature by Jonathan Millet, this is a tense thriller not to be missed.