{"id":46,"date":"2013-07-02T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/?p=46"},"modified":"2013-07-02T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T13:53:48","slug":"kent-filmmaker-in-cannes-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2013\/07\/02\/kent-filmmaker-in-cannes-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Filmmaker in Cannes Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

A film by Clio Barnard<\/a>, Reader in Film, was chosen as one of only two films to represent the UK in the Directors\u2019 Fortnight line-up at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Titled \u2018The Selfish Giant\u2019, the film is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde\u2019s famous short story of the same name. Now set in a housing estate in Bradford, it tells the tale of two outcast teenage boys who get caught up in the world of copper theft.<\/p>\n

The film received critical acclaim with Edouard Waintop, Artistic Director of the 2013 Festival, commenting: “I saw it in London and wept afterwards\u2026I still can\u2019t talk about it without tears coming to my eyes.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Considered the world\u2019s most important film festival, Cannes aims to draw attention to and raise the profile of films, as well as celebrating cinema at an international level.<\/p>\n

Clio\u2019s film was also voted the 13th<\/sup> Most Exciting Movie at Cannes by Empire magazine!<\/p>\n

Further information, including news coverage about The Selfish Giant, can be seen here:<\/p>\n