Native Title: Bookworm
Director: Ant Timpson
Screenwriter: Ant Timpson
Distributor: Photon Films
Genres: Family, Adventure, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Release Date: 2024
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes ( 104 minutes )
🌟 CAST
Nell Fisher – Mildred
Elijah Wood – Strawn
📝 SYNOPSIS
Bookworm follows 11-year-old Mildred, a young girl obsessed with cryptids, who embarks on an adventure to find a mysterious creature in New Zealand's wilderness. After a freak accident leaves her mother in a coma, she is placed in the care of her estranged father, Strawn, a washed-up magician. Together, they venture into the wild, where Mildred's vast book knowledge becomes their only guide in the search for a panther that could change their lives.