Bron Creative, the LA and Vancouver-based company which produced Denzel Washington’s 'Fences' and Nate Parker’s 'The Birth of a Nation', will produce and co-finance the thriller with Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories.
“There are some directors, when they come knocking, you essentially go, 'I will play a horse in your movie.’ It doesn’t matter if it’s a small role.”
Jennifer Kent’s thriller 'The Nightingale' will have its world Premiere in competition at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
Jennifer Kent had a clear purpose when she started writing the screenplay of 'The Nightingale': To define the nature of violence and its impact on women, Aboriginal people and the land.
After its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' is due to make its local debut at the Adelaide Film Festival this October.
The outcry over Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' as the only female-directed film among the 21 in official competition at the Venice International Film Festival has not swayed the festival’s director.
The first reviews for Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' after the world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival were effusive - marred only by a disgusting comment from an Italian journalist.
Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' won the special jury prize at the Venice International Film Festival while the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer went to star Baykali Ganambarr.