Picnic at Hanging Rock / A Conversation with... Natalie Dormer

Australia, 1894: The wealthy and mysterious widow Hester Appleyard buys a house on a secluded estate. A few years later, she has turned the big old building into a girls' school, where she reigns over obedience and decency as its headmistress. Whispers and squabbles only live on behind closed doors. On Valentine's Day, the young women go on a picnic trip close to the so-called Hanging Rock, in a picturesque forest environment. When suddenly inexplicable things begin to occur... GAME OF THRONES actress Natalie Dormer shines in the role of the inscrutable headmistress. Based on the novel by Joan Lindsay, ZFF is screening the first episode of this gloomy and mysterious 6-part miniseries. (Out of competition) Picnic at Hanging Rock is a FremantleMedia Australia production for Foxtel. The series is made with key production investment from Screen Australia. The series was shot in Victoria, Australia, with the significant assistance of the Victorian Government through Film Victoria.