Shown: January 8, 2014 at 6pm
Director : Clio Bernard
Country : UK
Release Date : 2013
Duration : 87 mins
Language : English
Subtitles : No
NOMINEE : BEST BRITISH FILM AT 2014 BAFTAS
A contemporary fable – set in Yorkshire – about 13 year old Arbor (Conner Chapman) and his best friend Swifty (Shaun Thomas). Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighbourhood, the two boys meet Kitten (Sean Gilder), 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. Tensions build, leading to a tragic event, which transforms them all.
” ‘The Selfish Giant’ is a film of such power and beauty that there will be no escaping it – so long as you go to see it in the first place.” (David Thomson – The New Republic)