The Selfish Giant

Α contemporary fable about 13-year-old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighborhood, the two boys meet Kitten, a local scrapdealer – the Selfish Giant. They begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. Swifty has a natural gift with horses, while Arbor emulates Kitten – keen to impress him and make some money. However, Kitten favors Swifty, leaving Arbor feeling hurt and excluded, driving a wedge between the boys. Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, resembling Kitten more and more. Tensions build, leading to a tragic event which will transform them all.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Script: Clio Barnard

Cinematography: Mike Eley

Editing: Nick Fenton

Sound: Tim Barker

Music: Harry Escott

Actors: Conner Chapman (Arbor), Shaun Thomas (Swifty),Sean Gilder (Kitten)

Production: Moonspun Films, UK T. +44 20 8960 2035tracy@moonspunfilms.com www.moonspunfilms.com

Producers: Τracy O’Riordan

Co-production: BFI & Film4 [UK]

Costumes: Matthew Price

Production Design: Helen Scott

Format: DCP Color

Production Country: UK

Production Year: 2013

Duration: 93

Distribution in Greece: StraDa Films (Τάκης Βερέμης)T. +30 210 959 0120F. +30 210 958 2216info@stradaent.grwww.stradafilms.gr

Contact: Protagonist Pictures, UKT. +44 20 7734 9000info@protagonistpictures.comwww.protagonistspictures.com

Awards
Label Europa Cinemas (Directors’Fortnight) – Cannes IFF 2013

Clio Barnard

She is currently adapting Rose Tremain’s bestselling novel Trespass. Her second feature, The Selfish Giant, premiered as part of Cannes Director’s Fortnight 2013 and won the Europa Cinema Label’s Best European Film. The Arbor, her first feature-length documentary film about Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar, received huge critical success on its release in 2010, and numerous awards.