BWFF: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Part of the Third Annual Birks Wilderness Film Festival.

This screening will start with a short from filmmaker Sunčana Brkulj: Butterfly.
No dialogue, Croatia / Denmark, 2024, 8 mins
"We take the idea of a butterfly that flaps its wings and everything changes, and that’s exactly what happens in this painting-turned-cinema. A butterfly arrives and upsets all the daily harmony of these beings who live around a fountain in a garden."

Hunt for the Wilderpeople:
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences and survive as a family.

This event is supported by the Heartland Film Society.