Fish Tank (film)

Fish Tank
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrea Arnold
Written byAndrea Arnold
Produced by
  • Nick Laws
  • Kees Kasander
Starring
CinematographyRobbie Ryan
Edited byNicolas Chaudeurge
Music bySteel Pulse
Production
companies
Distributed byCurzon Artificial Eye
Release dates
  • 14 May 2009 (2009-05-14) (Cannes)
  • 11 September 2009 (2009-09-11) (United Kingdom)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[1]
Box office$5.9 million[2]

Fish Tank is a 2009 British drama film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. The film is about Mia, a volatile and socially isolated 15-year-old, and her relationship with her mother's new boyfriend. Fish Tank was critically acclaimed and won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It also won the 2010 BAFTA for Best British Film. It was ranked 65th on the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century list.[4]

The film was funded by BBC Films and the UK Film Council. It was theatrically released on 11 September 2009 by Curzon Film.

  1. ^ Fish Tank at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "Fish Tank (2010)". The Numbers. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Fish Tank". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  4. ^ Rigby, Sam (25 August 2016). "The 21st Century's 100 greatest films". BBC Culture. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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