LEAVE NO TRACE (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ben Foster (Hell or High Water), Thomasin McKenzie (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies), Jeff Kober (Multiple), Dale Dickey (Winter’s Bone), Dana Millican (Killer Bud), Alyssa Lynn (film debut), Isaiah Stone (American Honey), Ayanna Berkshire (Extraordinary Measures)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), director, writer; Anne Rosellini (Winter’s Bone), writer, producer; Anne Harrison (The Danish Girl) and Linda Reisman (Affliction), producers; Dickon Hinchliffe (Out of the Furnace), composer; Michael McDonough (Starred Up), cinematographer; Jane Rizzo (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Will (Foster) and his teenage daughter Tom (McKenzie) have been living off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon, but when they are found by the authorities, they are placed into social services. Unable to adapt to their new surroundings, both father and daughter set off on a harrowing journey back to their wild homeland…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The director behind the Oscar-nominated Winter’s Bone – one of Jennifer Lawrence’s first breakout roles – now brings us a story of nature told in a very down-to-earth and heartfelt way.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH JUNE 2018

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