The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Promotional poster for The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Directed byMichael James Rowland
Written byMichael James Rowland
Nial Fulton
Produced byNial Fulton
StarringAdrian Dunbar
Ciarán McMenamin
Dan Wyllie
Don Hany
Chris Haywood
Bob Franklin
CinematographyMartin McGrath
Edited bySuresh Ayyar
Music byRoger Mason
Distributed byHopscotch Films
Release date
  • 29 December 2008 (2008-12-29) (Ireland)
Running time
60 minutes
CountriesAustralia
Ireland
LanguageEnglish

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, also titled Last Confessions of The Cannibal: The Strange Story of Alexander Pearce, is a 2008 Australian-Irish film directed by Michael James Rowland starring Irish actors Adrian Dunbar as Father Philip Conolly and Ciarán McMenamin as bushranger Alexander Pearce. The film was shot on location in Tasmania and Sydney. It was nominated for several awards, winning several, including Best Television Movie in the Inside Film Awards. Director Michael James Rowland was nominated in the Best Director (Telemovie) category in the 2009 Australian Directors' Guild Awards.