The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Strangerland director Kim Farrant has signed with The Gersh Agency. The former actor is making her feature debut at Sundance with the drama, which stars Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes as a couple whose teenage children suddenly disappear from their remote Australian desert town. Hugo Weaving also stars as a local cop leading the search. The film will compete in the festival’s World Cinema Dramatic category. Farrant’s directing resume includes the 2007 documentary Naked on the Inside, which was nominated for a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, and the short films Bombshell and Between Me.
