Nitram

62nd TIFF: Greek Premiere

Nitram lives with his mother and father in suburban Australia in the mid-1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration, never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen. However, when that relationship meets a tragic end and Nitram’s loneliness and anger grow, he begins a slow descent that leads to disaster.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Justin Kurzel

Script: Shaun Grant

Cinematography: Germain McMicking

Editing: Nick Fenton

Sound: Steve Single

Music: Jed Kurzel

Actors: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Anthony LaPaglia, Phoebe Taylor, Sean Keenan

Production: Good Thing Productions

Producers: Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell, Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant

Co-production: Melbourne International Film Festival

Costumes: Alice Babidge

Production Design: Alice Babidge

Make Up: Fiona Rees-Jones

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Australia

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 112'

Distribution in Greece: Spentzos Films

Contact: Wild Bunch International

Justin Kurzel

Justin Kurzel’s first feature film Snowtown premiered at Adelaide Film Festival in 2011, winning the Audience Award. The film screened in over 15 international festivals including Toronto in 2011 and International Critics Week in Cannes in 2012 where it was awarded Special Distinction of the President. In 2014, Justin directed a feature adaptation of Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard where it was in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. In 2016 he directed the blockbuster adaptation of Assassins Creed starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, and Charlotte Rampling. True History of the Kelly Gang, a feature film based on the novel by Peter Carey, premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival Gala Section.