The Hunter, from director Daniel Nettheim (Rush, The Secret Life of Us), will have its world premiere at the prestigious ‘Special Presentation’ section of the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in September – lining up in the celebrated company of past selectees including Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler.
“I am thrilled to be presenting The Hunter to Toronto audiences, a story and landscape that is distinctly Australian and a film that I am very proud of”, Nettheim said.
Announcing the news this morning, Paul Wiegard, Managing Director of the film’s distributors Madman Entertainment, said: “Madman is ecstatic the film is being introduced to industry and public audiences attending the Toronto International Film Festival. The stunningly beautiful Tasmanian landscape, international cast and exotic nature of the film will have broad appeal.”
Equally thrilled is the film’s Producer Vincent Sheehan (Animal Kingdom, Little Fish). “It has been a long journey and quite an adventure making The Hunter, and selection for Toronto is certainly very exciting, but I am equally looking forward to our Australian release later this year”, Sheehan said.
Based on the novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is described as ‘a powerful psychological drama’ that tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger.
Still courtesy Madman Entertainment.
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