The Selfish Giant Presentation

THE SELFISH GIANT

Institutions

■ Production Companies – The British Film Institute Film4 Moonspun Films■ Distributed by Film4

■ BUDGET - £1.4 million

Production

■Director – Clio Barnard■Writer – Clio Barnard■Shooting Locations – Bradford, West Yorkshire,

England■Visual Effect Company – One of Us

Marketing

Trailer Released – 18th September 2013Uploaded by – Film4Number of Views – 74,573

The Selfish Giant Section on ‘The Guardian’ website.

Small Billboards on the London Underground

Advertisements in Magazines

Reviews■IMDb rating- 7.3/10■The Guardian 5* – “an outstanding new film, a

contemporary reworking of the story by Oscar Wilde.”

■Rodger Bert 3.5*/4 – “’The Selfish Giant’ is easy to admire but difficult to recommend, because its vision of friendship, poverty and desperation is so stark.”

■Rotten Tomatoes 8/10 – “Starkly emotional and beautifully directed, The Selfish Giant uses a lovely script and some powerful performances to present some of the best that modern British cinema has to offer.”

Distribution

■ Release date UK – 25th October 2013■ Box Office - $943,209 USD■ Available to be streamed on YouTube.■ Only shown in 35 different cinemas.

Awards – 12 Wins, 17 Nominations■Won British Independent Film

Award for Best Technical Achievement

■Won London Critics Circle Film Awards for British Film of the Year