Wicker

Living on the outskirts of a small coastal village, a lonely fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) has had enough of the people around her and their constant mockery. She turns to the local wicker weaver (Peter Dinklage) and asks him to make her a husband. When the mysterious creation (Alexander Skarsgård) comes to life and proves to be everything she could have wished for, his arrival upends the village, stirring jealousy, desire and chaos. Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer's playful and offbeat love story takes a mischievous look at sex, marriage and the absurd rules that govern our lives.

Wicker was shot and produced in Hungary, and members of the Hungarian crew will join us for the film's first screening. The screening is presented in collaboration with The Royal Budapest Film Company.

Sundance Film Festival 2026 – World Premiere
Melbourne International Film Festival 2026 – Bright Horizons Award, Nominee

Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson are a writer-director duo who made their feature debut with Save Yourselves! (2020), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Fischer's previous short films include Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone (2017), co-directed with Rachel Wolther, while Wilson has made several award-winning shorts that have screened on platforms including MoMA and Sundance TV. Wicker is their second feature, combining their distinctive humour and fairytale-like sensibility to explore social norms, relationships and individual freedom.

Save Yourselves! (2020)
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone (2017)

Original title: Wicker
Directors: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson
Cast: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E. Grant
Cinematography: Lol Crawley
Screenwriter: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson
Producers: Michael Bloom, Lia Buman, Tom Carver, Olivia Colman, Andrea Cornwell, Tim Headington, Ryan Heller, Oliver Kassman, Justin Lothrop, David Michôd, Ed Sinclair, Brent Stiefel, Brad Zimmerman
Executive Producers: Jasmine Daghighian, Neil Shah, Max Silva, Ian Stratford, Lina Stroud, Jennifer Westin
Editor: Sofi Marshall
Music: Anna Meredith
Production Designer: Renátó Cseh
Colour: Colour
Run Time: 105 mins