The Hunter to screen at Toronto IFF!

Via press release from Madman Entertainment

THE HUNTER, from director Daniel Nettheim, will have its world premiere at the prestigious ‘Special Presentation’ section of the Toronto International Film Festival 2011.

Shot primarily in Tasmania in 2010/2011, THE HUNTER features an all-star cast including Academy Award® nominee Willem Dafoe (Spider-man, The English Patient, Platoon), Frances O’Connor (Blessed, Artificial Intelligence: AI, Mansfield Park) and Sam Neill (The Dish, Jurassic Park, The Piano).

The 36th Toronto International Film Festival will run from the 8 – 18 September and is one of the leading film festivals in the world.  Past selectees for Special Presentation include Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler.

View the sneak peek teaser trailer of THE HUNTER!

Director Daniel Nettheim expressed his delight at the film screening at Toronto “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”.

Producer Vincent Sheehan also shared his enthusiasm “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”.

Paul Wiegard, Managing Director of Madman Entertainment, was also thrilled “Madman is ecstatic the film is being introduced to industry and public audiences attending TIFF.  The stunningly beautiful Tasmanian landscape, international cast and exotic nature of the film will have broad appeal. Recent Australian films distributed by Madman such as Animal Kingdom and Snowtown also enjoyed a significant major film festival springboard that has led to remarkable local success and we anticipate the same for The Hunter.”

From the producers of ANIMAL KINGDOM and based  on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh (Sleeping Beauty, Mona Lisa Smile), The Hunter is 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.

The Hunter will hit Australian cinemas 6 October 2011