Film-maker Martin McDonagh calls no campaign ‘rightwing swine’ for using scene in voice ad

Response comes after Fair Australia shared clip from Seven Psychopaths with face of Anthony Albanese superimposed over gun-toting thug

Oscar-winning film-maker Martin McDonagh has said he “definitely wasn’t aware” that Australia’s official no campaign was using a scene from his film Seven Psychopaths in the lead-up to the Indigenous voice referendum, alleging it “appears to be deliberate copyright infringement by a bunch of rightwing swine”.

McDonagh told Guardian Australia on Friday he had “contacted my agents and producer to have them desist”.