The Selfish Giant

1. UK release date?
October 25th  2013

2. Institutions behind the film’s production and distribution?

   Production Companies
   BFI Film Fund
    Film4
    Moonspun Films

Distributions
Cinéart
Pyramide Distribution                   
Sundance Selects
Front Row Filmed Entertainment           
Kurmaca Film      
Rialto Distribution           

3. What’s the film’s production budget?

1.4 million
 

4. Nationality of the film?

    UK

5. What kind of production is it?

   Independant, Low budget
 

6. Any connection with other films?

 No
 

7. Who’s the director?
    Clio Barnard
 

8. Any star names in the cast? What is the main cast?
    Conner Chapman

    Shaun Thomas

    Ralph Ineson

    Ian Burfield

 

9. What’s the film about?
Excluded from school, two boyhood friends begin working for a local scrap dealer, using a horse and cart to collect scrap metal. But as they vie for the dealer’s affections, their friendship begins to falter. A modern-day fable, The Selfish Giant is loosely inspired by the Oscar Wilde short story of the same name
 

10. Who will this film appeal to?
     15+, teenagers that may face similar topics.