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Snowtown has been awing audiences around the globe in its film festival travels, amassing awards along the way, including (twelve, to be precise). IFC has picked up the indie darling, and has announced a March 2 Us release date for the Australian-lensed shocker, changed the name to The Snowtown Murders, and has just released a powerful trailer to get the point across.

The Snowtown Murders is from director Justin Kurzel, and stars Lucas Pittaway, Bob Adraens, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard, and Anthony Groves. The story is an adaptation of the book by Andrew McGarry.

Synopsis (courtesy IFC):

“When 16 year-old Jamie is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins. As the relationship grows so does Jamie’s suspicions, until he finds his world threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of his newfound father figure, John Bunting: Australia’s most notorious serial killer.”...

Catch the trailer for Snowtown, also known as The Snow Town Murders, starring Daniel Henshall and Lucas Pittaway. IFC Midnight distributes the thriller which opens March 2nd in limited areas, and includes Craig Coyne, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard and Anthony Groves. Justin Kurzel directs the winner of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival's Fipresci Prize (Special Mention) from the script by Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw. Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris) is raising her three boys in Adelaide's poor northern suburbs. After her latest boyfriend displays pedophilic tendencies, she takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead winds up welcoming an even more vicious predator into her home. John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) is the moral compass among a circle of friends who hold self-appointed neighborhood watch meetings at the kitchen table. Fueled by cigarettes and beer they cast judgments on those living around them. Bunting enlists...

Catch the trailer for Snowtown, also known as The Snow Town Murders, starring Daniel Henshall and Lucas Pittaway. IFC Midnight distributes the thriller which opens March 2nd in limited areas, and includes Craig Coyne, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard and Anthony Groves. Justin Kurzel directs the winner of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival's Fipresci Prize (Special Mention) from the script by Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw. Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris) is raising her three boys in Adelaide's poor northern suburbs. After her latest boyfriend displays pedophilic tendencies, she takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead winds up welcoming an even more vicious predator into her home. John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) is the moral compass among a circle of friends who hold self-appointed neighborhood watch meetings at the kitchen table. Fueled by cigarettes and beer they cast judgments on those living around them. Bunting enlists...

Catch the trailer for Snowtown, also known as The Snow Town Murders, starring Daniel Henshall and Lucas Pittaway. IFC Midnight distributes the thriller which opens March 2nd in limited areas, and includes Craig Coyne, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard and Anthony Groves. Justin Kurzel directs the winner of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival's Fipresci Prize (Special Mention) from the script by Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw. Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris) is raising her three boys in Adelaide's poor northern suburbs. After her latest boyfriend displays pedophilic tendencies, she takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead winds up welcoming an even more vicious predator into her home. John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) is the moral compass among a circle of friends who hold self-appointed neighborhood watch meetings at the kitchen table. Fueled by cigarettes and beer they cast judgments on those living around them. Bunting enlists...