Cinesite created invisible visual effects for Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's unflinching war drama Warfare, which follows a platoon of American Navy SEALS over a 36-hour period during the Iraq war in 2006.

Alex Garland’s unflinching drama Warfare follows a platoon of American Navy SEALS over a 36-hour period during the Iraq war in 2006. Ambushed on a reconnaissance mission, the film follows their experiences trapped in an Iraqi house and awaiting rescue alongside their critically injured comrades as insurgents press in around them.

Written and directed by Iraq veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare is produced by DNA Films and distributed by A24. In 1 hour and 35 minutes of unflinching and intense action, Warfare lays bare the nature of war with brutal realism; Cinesite’s creation of 200 invisible visual effects shots made that possible.

Cinesite’s Simon Stanley-Clamp oversaw the visual effects for the film, and was on set throughout filming at Bovingdon Airfield in Hertfordshire, UK, where a set of around 15-20 full and partially built houses was meticulously constructed.