Interference

A twisting thriller of two worthy and misguided protesters who conspire to carry out an extreme act of protest while inadvertently broadcasting their plans to an audience of unsuspecting listeners.

Two young anarchists, Tom and Katya, meet and fall in love both physically and ideologically at the 2012 London Occupy Protest. Disillusioned by what they consider the inactivity and hypocrisy of their fellow protestors they forge a pact to make a ‘real’ difference, whatever the cost.

Both are too proud, stubborn and trapped within a whirlpool of conflicting emotions to escape the forces that propel them towards committing an act of pointless violence.

Separated by geography, united by common purpose they use Katya’s father’s old amateur radio sets for communication in an attempt to evade the authorities. Meeting on air every day at midnight they plan to murder Mackenzie, the new head of economics at Oxford University, and ex-CEO of Goldman Sachs during the global banking crisis. His new role as educator of the world’s future financial leaders is objectionable to the point of murder for Katya.

Tom realizes too late that his infatuation with Katya has blinded him to the reality of the situation. He has a daughter, just like Mackenzie, he can’t go through with it.
However, Tom has unwittingly set up his radio incorrectly meaning their secret conversation is being broadcast on a local late night music only radio station. As their dramatic planning progresses their unintended audience revels in this deeply personal new ‘radio drama’; unfortunately, for Tom and Katya so too do the authorities.

But Katya is both smarter and more determined; she realizes they are under police surveillance but chooses not to confide in Tom. Their love has gone cold and his commitment is evidently wavering; she resolves to use him as a distraction. Tom is manipulated to commit the murder by promises of a loving shared future with her.

Before he gets the chance to kill he is arrested outside Mackenzie family home with Katya nowhere to be seen. Unimpressed with Toms shambling behaviour and the absence of Katya, Mackenzie decides to attend his inauguration ceremony in Oxford irrespective of the continued risk. The police are reluctant but he insists; as he cycles from his home to the train station he is followed by plain clothes officers in their unmarked car.

As he turns into a blind bend on a quiet country road Katya slams her borrowed car into Mackenzie killing him instantly. She sits behind the wheel too shocked to respond to the police officers demands that she unlock the door.

The officer is forced to smash the window to open the vehicle and drag her out

Both Tom and Katya are detained under the Terrorism Act 2006 to undergo interrogation as the police attempt to establish the motivations and forces that propelled the troubled pair to commit such an atrocious act.