Snowtown to screen at Cannes Critics’ Week

Justin Kurzel’s first feature Snowtown will screen at the 50th edition of the Critics’ Week in Cannes.

“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to launch Warp Films Australia’s first film to an international audience as part of Critics’ Week. We feel privileged that Snowtown has been included in such company,” said the film’s producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw.

The film, a psychological drama based on the ‘Bodies in Barrels’ murders that shocked Australia in the late 1990s, will screen as Les Crimes de Snowtown, alongside the following titles:

Las Acacias Pablo Giorgelli (Argentina/Spain)
Avé Konstantin Bojanov (Bulgaria/France)
17 fille Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin (France)
Sauna on Moon Zou Peng (China)
The Slut (Hanotenet) Hagar Ben Asher (Israel/Germany)
Take Shelter Jeff Nichols (USA)