BOOKWORM
MAIN SCREEN
FRIDAY 23 AUGUST - 12.45 PM
Director: Ant Timpson.
With: Elijah Wood, Nell Fisher, Michael Smiley, Morganna O’Reilly.
New Zealand 2024. 103 mins.
EUROPEAN PREMIERE - Precocious eleven-year-old Mildred escapes her humdrum existence, reading literary adventures with a long-dreamed quest to capture proof of a local mythological beast known as The Canterbury Panther. When an unusual accident occurs, Mildred’s long-absent father, Strawn Wise, a washed-up magician, comes to look after the daughter he’s never met. Agreeing to take her on an ill-advised camping trip to find the beast, it becomes the ultimate test in family bonding, leading the duo on a string of increasingly absurd and treacherous escapades. BOOKWORM gloriously reunites the COME TO DADDY team of star Elijah Wood and director Ant Timpson.
FrightFest features horror, fantasy, science fiction and thriller films with an overall 18 rating. Therefore, all films will feature an assortment of the following: supernatural/alien threats, strong language, upsetting scenes, violence, gore, blood, suicide, monstrous menace, tobacco products, creature mayhem, psychological intimidation, sexual imagery, death, child endangerment, maiming, religious profanity, abusive behaviour, bullying, nudity, drug use, strobe lighting and racial stereotyping.