Mel Giles

“Children Uprooted” - which launched on World Refugee Day – tells the true story of Aboud Kaplo, a young, self-taught musician and former refugee who realised his dream of becoming a concert violinist, even after being driven from his home during the war in Syria. According to the UNICEF 2020 Humanitarian Action for Children report, around the world more than 30 million children have been displaced by conflict. Nearly nine years of war in the Syrian Arab Republic have left nearly 5 million children in need and more than 2.5 million children living as refugees outside of the country.

Production Company: Stink Films

Director: Judith Veenendaal

Executive Producer: Katie Lambert Executive Producer: Martha McGuirk

Producer: Mel Giles

DOP: David Foulkes

Production Assist: Nellie Heron-Anstead

Agency: VaynerMedia London

Client: Unicef Project Manager: Meri Feir

Art Director: Lianne Rivett

Agency Producer: Andrea Ogunbadejo

Casting Directors: Lane Casting, Grace Hudson, Hannah Ashby Ward

1st AD: Clara Paris

2nd AD: Charlotte Miller

Steadicam: Sacha Naceri

Focus Puller: Luke Jefferson

Clapper Loader: Jonny Trehrn

Gaffer: Alex Gibbon

Electrician: Orlando De Silva

Electrician: George Bently

Playback: Owen Davies

Production Designer: Alexandra Toomey

Art Dept Assistant: Katerina Michail

Art Dept Assistant: Eliora Darmon

Stylist: Rebekah Roy

Stylist Assistant: Jane Ashton

Stylist Assistant: Maya Owolade

Make Up: Jess Summers

Runner: Tara Sadeghi

Runner: Sarah Soldan

Violin Specialist: Emma Fry

Edit: Kapsalon

Editor: Brian Ent

Post Production: Black Kite

Post Producers: Tamara Mennell + Amy Richardson Color: Richard Fearon

VFX Lead: Guillaume Weiss.

Sound Design: Grand Central

Sound Designer and Mix: Aaron Taffel

Music Composition: 5 Missions More

Music Consultant: Tom Simpson

Composer: Nico Willems

Cast: Finlay Torees Lyons, Yassin Zeroual, Sammi Zeroual, Narayan Goreya, Tommy Tejan, Therese Collins, Hanane Spiers, Moshen Ghaffari, Eleanor Rose-Fusaro, Micheal Kuffour, Italia Humphries, Susan Mason, Derek Selby, Mike Ray, Des Barron, Ruth Shaw, Paul Hedley, Charlie Wong, Sweta Gupta, Valerie Lucas, Svetlana Karabut, Thomas Eros, Chris Chisem, Mei Lam, Amie Everest, Barbara Newton

Huge Thanks to PANAVISION, PANALUX and Talent Talks