Congratulations to the team behind The Nightingale, for its success at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
The film won the Special Jury Prize, which is considered the festival’s second place award, and Baykali Ganambarr was recognised with the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Actor.
Predominately shot in Tasmania, this landmark film explores our troubled past and showcases our unique heritage and landscapes to the rest of the world.
The Hodgman Liberal Government, through Screen Tasmania, is proud to have supported the film with $250,000, which injected $4.5 million into the local economy.
Two members of Tasmania’s Aboriginal community, Jim Everett and Theresa Sainty, were among more than 70 Tasmanians employed as cast and crew during the film’s production.
Once again, a huge congratulations to writer and director Jennifer Kent, Baykali Ganambarr and the rest of the cast and crew of The Nightingale.
The Nightingale
Causeway Films HQ Pty Ltd and Made Up Stories Pty Ltd
Writer/Director: Jennifer Kent
Producers: Kristina Ceyton, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Jennifer Kent
Australian Distributor: Transmission
US Sales: Endeavor Content
International Sales: FilmNation
Synopsis: Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman (Aisling Franciosi), chases a British officer (Sam Claflin) through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy (Baykali Ganambarr), who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Production Credit: The Nightingale is a Causeway Films and Made Up Stories production. Principal production investment from Screen Australia in association with Bron Creative. Financed with support from Screen Tasmania and South Australian Film Corporation