Hell’s Army

Dir. Richard Rowley
Midnight Films
2026
91 m
Not yet rated

SYNOPSIS

Katya, a dissident Russian journalist, chases the world’s most feared mercenary army across the globe.

Her team faces death threats and three of her colleagues are murdered as they race to unmask a new model of violence that is transforming the world for all of us.

Following Katya across three continents, the film goes deeper and deeper into the gray world of mercenaries, exposing secrets that powerful people have killed to keep hidden. It is only after all that risk and sacrifice that her chilling realization can hit home: the villain she’d been chasing for years is dead, but the army he created marches on — under other banners and in the service of other masters.

CREDITS

Director

Richard Rowley

Production Company

Midnight Films

Producer

Richard Butler

Producer

Atanas Georgiev

Producer

Caitlin McNally

Producer

Richard Rowley

Executive Producer

Odessa Rae

Executive Producer

Richard Rowley

Executive Producer

Rebecca Teitel

Executive Producer

Scott Norville

Editor

Atanas Georgiev

Cinematography

James Butler, Tim Grucza, Scott Munro, Richard Rowley, Denis Sinyakov

Music

Brian McOmber

FILM LOCATIONS

World Map
[Bangui, Central African Republic]
[Syria]
[Kyiv, Ukraine]
[Northern Cyprus]
[Kigali, Rwanda]

AWARDS + REVIEWS

CPH:DOX
2026

Official Selection

Sheffield DocFest
2026

Official Selection

DC/DOX Film Festival
2026

Official Selection

Beldocs
2026

Official Selection

Ekko Filmmagasinet
2026

"A gripping docuthriller... Both beautiful and effective."

ScreenDaily
2026

"This is filmmaking that sounds the gravest of warnings."

Business Doc Europe
2026

"An absorbing and provocative documentary"

Deadline
2026

"Intrepid Journalists Investigate Brutal Wagner Group, Russia’s Merciless Mercenary Army"

Variety
2026

"...an ‘authoritarian turn in our global culture’"

The Hollywood Reporter
2026

"Inside Wagner: The Documentary That Chased the World’s Most Feared Mercenary Army"

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