Key Case Study Information

'Living With Crime'- British Film Case Studies 

FISHTANK (2009)

Director: Andrea Arnold  
Producer: Nick Laws, Kees Kasander. Executive: Christine Langan 
& David M. Thompson
Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan 
Film Editor: Nicolas Chaudeurge 
Key Characters: Mia (Katie Jarvis), Conor (Michael Fassbender), Joanne (Kierston Wareing)
Budget: 1.8 million
Challenges:  poverty, violence, survival 



THE SELFISH GIANT (2013)  

Director: Clio Barnard 
Producer: Tracy O'Riordan
Cinematographer: Mike Eley
Film Editor: Nick Fenton 
Key Characters: Arbor (Conner Chapmen), Swifty( Shaun Thomas), Kitten (Shaun Gilder)
Budget: £1.4 million 
Challenges: poverty, exploitation, violence, survival, discrimination 



MY BROTHER THE DEVIL (2012)

Director: Sally El Housani 
Producer:
Cinematographer:  David Raedeker 
Film Editor: Iain Kitching 
Key Characters: Rashid (James Floyd), Mo (Fady Elsayed), Sayyid (Said Taghmaoui)
Budget: £650,000
Challenges: discrimination, poverty, survival, violence 



71 (2014)

Director: Yann Demange 
Producer: Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch 
Cinematographer: Tat Radcliffe 
Film Editor: Chris Wyatt 
Key Characters: Gary Hook(Jack O'Connell), Thommo (Jack Lowden)
Budget: 8.1 million 
Challenges: survival, discrimination, violence