Element Pictures are delighted that Essential Killing has been selected for the 35th Toronto International Film Festival, which is widely considered to be one of the top film festivals in the world. This follows on from last week’s announcement that the film will compete for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the forthcoming Venice Film Festival.

Other Element Pictures titles that have previously screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, include Garage, The Magdalene Sisters, The Wind That Shakes The Barley and Cracks to name but a few. The Festival takes places from September 9th – 19th 2010.

Essential Killing, directed by veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, and starring Vincent Gallo (ARIZONA DREAM, BUFFALL0 66) and Emmanuelle Seigner (THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY, LA VIE EN ROSE), will screen as part of the Masters programme inToronto which selects the latest films from the world’s most renowned and respected filmmakers.

Essential Killing is a provocative thriller that tells the story of an Afghan man, captured by American forces in Kabul, who finds himself transported to a nameless European country. He manages to escape into the vast frozen woodland, a world away from the desert home he knew. Forced into extreme survival mode, he must kill anyone who strays into his path.

The script was written by Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska, and produced by Skopia Film in co-production with Element Pictures. An Irish/Polish/Norwegian/Hungarian co-production, the film was partly funded by the Irish Film Board and was shot in Israel, Poland and Norway with the sound post-production in Ireland.

Irish audiences will get an opportunity to see Essential Killing in cinemas when it goes on theatrical release later this year through Element Pictures Distribution.

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