The production filmed an Australian and international crew from all corners of the globe, with people coming from Australia, Cyprus, Turkey, Germany, Morocco, England, Greece and South Africa.
The story is inspired by true events, including the confession [later retracted] of a prominent Turkish actor, who detailed on live Turkish television how as a 19 year old conscript in 1974, he had killed ten unarmed people on the orders of his superiors.
This film was filmed on location at the House of Hadjigeorkakis Kornessios (1779), a
landmark Ottoman Era residence which was home to the 'Dragoman of
Cyprus', the chief tax collector in Cyprus during Ottoman rule. The House
has been restored to its former glory and serves as a museum
administered by the Department of Antiquities.
The opening scenes were shot near the Archbishop's Palace - a religious, national and political monument in the heart of Lefkosia that is closely associated with modern Cypriot history. This was the scene of much of the fighting during the struggle for independence from British rule in 1956, as well as during the 1974 military coup and subsequent Turkish invasion of the North.
This film won Audience Award at the first public screening of the film at the 2011 Adelaide Film Festival.