Award of Merit – The Unchained Eagle (USA)

Title: The Unchained Eagle
Runtime: 14 min
Country: USA
Director: John Mollison 
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: March, 2022

Synopsis: He began the day as part of the largest aerial bombing campaign since WWII. He ended the day as a Prisoner of War of an angry enemy.

Years later, he was still a prisoner, this time of something more diabolical — PTSD.

“The Unchained Eagle is the story of Col Robert Certain and his amazing service to country and others… and his thoughtful triumph over the Disorder that happens under Trauma.