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The shooting of the feature Sentinel, directed by Tanel Toom (Truth and Justice), was completed in Tallinn in late autumn 2021. The former title of the film was Gateway 6. Kate Bosworth, Thomas Kretschmann, Lucien Laviscount, and Martin McCann perform in this English-language film. The sci-fi thriller is a co-production between Estonia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. By Maria Ulfsak Photos by Kristi Tüvi, Allfilm
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et in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four soldiers are manning Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. They wait for relief, or the enemy, whichever comes first. But as the empty weeks turn into months, paranoia descends that tests relationships to
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breaking point. Whilst their tour of duty ended 3 months ago, the relief crew still hasn’t shown up. Alone and uncertain as to their fate, the simmering tension amongst the crew only escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range – is it the help they have been waiting so long for, or something far more sinister? The screenwriter of the project is
