Line of Control

In 1993 Kashmir, a teenager searching for his missing best friend is forced by an Indian Army captain to collect identification cards from a valley of corpses, becoming an outcast in his own village while fearing his friend may be among the dead.

Score: 8/10

Director / Writer: Travis Hodgkins (based on The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed)

Starring: Rudi Dharmalingam, Nitin Ganatra, Nikhil Singh Rai, Serdar Altan, Anastasia Jairath

Genre: war film, international, drama, indie

Runtime: 117 Minutes

Release: 2026

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"Line of Control" is well acted, well scored and shot with greens so bright they’re almost technicolor.

“I Heard Your Footsteps…”

Travis Hodgkins’s Line of Control (2026) is an emotional, beautifully produced wartime thriller that will leave the audience with a better idea of the true cost of freedom. Set in the ‘90s leading up to the Kashmir conflict and insurgency, Line of Control is the story of a boy (newcomer Nikhil Singh Rai) and his group of school friends, deciding how best to direct their own journeys into adulthood. Through the lives of the Famous 4 and their loved ones, the audience is led through a hard lesson of war ruining lives, and the deals we make to protect others and the lies we tell to protect ourselves.