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NITRAM

• Director: Justin Kurzel
• AUSTRALIA / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 112’ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Shaun Grant
• Director of Photography: Germain McMicking
• Editing: Nick Fenton
• Music: Jed Kurzel
• Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Anthony Lapaglia, Essie Davis, Phoebe Taylor, Sean Keenan, Ethan Cook
• Producer: Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell, Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant
• Production Co.: Good Thing Productions
• World Sales: Wild Bunch
• Turkish Rights: Bir Film

2021 Cannes Best Actor (Caleb Landry Jones)
2021 Sitges Best Director, Best Actor
2021 AACTA (Australian Cinema-TV Academy) Best Film, Best Direction, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing

Nitram, the latest feature by Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth, and True History of the Kelly Gang) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and brought its lead Caleb Landry-Jones the Best Actor award. The film chronicles the days ahead of the Port Arthur Massacre, one of the most violent shootings in the history of Australia, for the first time from the point of view of its perpetrator, to convey its anti-arming message. Nitram lives with his mother and father, and leads a life of isolation and frustration. He unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress. However, when that friendship meets its tragic end, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most nihilistic and heinous of acts.

Scenes depicting sexuality/violence in this film might be disturbing for some viewers.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.