‘It’s still really, really raw’: Port Arthur massacre film Nitram premieres in Hobart to half-empty cinema

The controversial film's first Tasmanian screening was described as like going to a funeral'. How will it be received in a town that won't speak the killer's name?

There were no posters advertising the Tasmanian premiere of Nitram at the independent State Cinema, which took place on Thursday night.

Justin Kurzel's new film dramatising the lead-up to 1996's Port Arthur massacre, opened to a quiet, small crowd in the mass shooter's home town of Hobart. Its trailers were not included in any other scheduling, and the film's opening lagged two weeks behind its national release.