Bookworm (2024)
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Director: Ant Timpson Run Time: 103 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2024
Starring: Elijah Wood, Michael Smiley, Morgana O'Reilly, Nell Fisher, Vanessa Stacey
Country: New Zealand
Language: English
About the film:
World Premiere, Fantasia International Film Festival.
Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding – a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
“Adorable, complex, and deliriously entertaining, (Ant) Timpson’s second feature is nothing short of a testament to giving yourself artistic whiplash with polar-opposite projects that need many of the same skills.”
–Alison Foreman, Indiewire
About the filmmakers:
Ant Timpson is a New Zealand film producer and director, best known for producing The ABCs of Death series, Turbo Kid, Deathgasm and The Greasy Strangler. He founded and hosts the 48Hours film contest.
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