The father of murdered Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe has called for Australians to boycott The Stranger, a film based on the undercover police operation that led to the arrest of Morcombe’s killer, which is scheduled to premiere next month.
The film went on to win 11 categories at the 2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.
“When the film was first in development, the producers approached the family to make them aware of the film.
The Melbourne International film festival, which opens on 5 August, said it respected and acknowledged the grief, pain and hurt that the Morcombe family had expressed about the film.