Hunting Pignut

2016 Canadian film

Hunting Pignut

Directed by| Martine Blue
Written by| Martine Blue
Produced by| Heidi Wagner
Starring| Taylor Hickson
Joel Thomas Hynes
Cinematography| Stéphanie Weber Biron
Edited by| Martine Blue
Music by| Simon Miminis
Dani Bailey
Distributed by| A71 Entertainment

Release date

* September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) (Atlantic Film Festival)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| English

Hunting Pignut is a 2016 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Martine Blue.[1] The film stars Taylor Hickson as Bernice, a young girl who sets off on her own in pursuit of Pignut (Joel Thomas Hynes) after he crashes her father's funeral and steals the ashes.[2]

The film premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2016,[1] before going into general release in 2017. Hickson won the Rising Star Award at Whistler, and was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Actress.[3] At the Arizona International Film Festival in 2017, the film won the award for Best First Feature.[4]

Dani Bailey received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for the song "Rid the Dark".[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Whistler Film Festival 2016: Hunting Pignut". The Georgia Straight, November 23, 2016.
2. ^ "Hunting Pignut paints a 'genial and balanced' portrait". National Post, September 14, 2017.
3. ^ "Grand Theatre to show Indie film with Taylor Hickson". Kelowna Daily Courier, September 15, 2017.
4. ^ "N.L. director Martine Blue picks up film fest award for ‘Hunting Pignut’". Gander Beacon, May 2, 2017.
5. ^ "Newfoundland singer-songwriter Dani Bailey nominated for Canadian Screen Award". The Telegram, January 17, 2018.

## External links

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* Hunting Pignut at IMDb
* Hunting Pignut at Library and Archives Canada

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