| Hunting Pignut | |
| Director: | Martine Blue |
| Producer: | Heidi Wagner |
| Starring: | Taylor Hickson Joel Thomas Hynes |
| Music: | Simon Miminis Dani Bailey |
| Cinematography: | Stéphanie Weber Biron |
| Editing: | Martine Blue |
| Distributor: | A71 Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 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]