Hunger

NOMINATED: BAFTA, BEST SCREENPLAY

FILM
( Feature )
Director Steve McQueen Starring Liam Cunningham, Michael Fassbender
Distributor Channel 4 Production Company Blast! Films

Enda Walsh
Theatre, Film and TV Nick Marston, +44 (0)20 7393 4450, nick@curtisbrown.co.uk
Theatre, Film and TV Camilla Young, +44 (0)20 7393 4450, camilla.young@curtisbrown.co.uk

Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the
highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands.
With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens
when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit.

Premiered at Un Certain Regard, Cannes (2008). Winner of Camera d'Or at the Cannes
Film Festival 2008; winner of the inaugural Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film
Festival 2008.; winner of the Fipresci International Critics' prize at the Cannes Film
Festival 2008; winner of the Heartbeat Award at the Dinard British Film Festival; winner
of the Spirit of Freedom Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival; nominated for six British
Film and TV Awards 2008, including Best Screenplay and Best Independent Film;
nominated for seven nominations at the British Independent Film Awards, including
Best Screenplay; nominated for BAFTA Outstanding British Film 2009; nominated for
Evening Standard Best Film Award 2009; nominated for Best Foreign Film at Film
Independent's Spirit awards; nominated for Best Film at South Bank Show awards
2008; Nominated for Best Screenplay at the Irish Film and Television Awards 2008