Tyrannosaur

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Select Reviews and Other Features

3/4 stars - Toronto Star
3/4 stars - The Globe and Mail
4/5 stars - Toronto Sun
4/5 stars - Metro
"You can't deny the intensity" - NOW Magazine
"One of the very best movies of the year!" - Exclaim!

"Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur: The light in the darkness" - The Globe and Mail
"Director Interview: Paddy Considine" - NOW Magazine
"Considine wins 'Tyrannosaur' battle" - Toronto Sun
"Colman's got the chops" - Metro
"Brit director goes dark with Tyrannosaur" - Canadian Press

Awards and Festival Screenings

BAFTA
Nominated - Best Debut Director and Producer (Paddy Considine and David Scrimshaw)

British Independent Film Awards - 7 Nominations
Best British Independent Film - WINNER
Best Director (Paddy Considine)
Best Debut Director (Considine) - WINNER
Best Actor (Peter Mullan)
Best Actress (Olivia Colman) - WINNER
Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Marsan)
Best Achievement in Production

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Nominated: Best International Film

Toronto International Film Festival 2011 - Official Selection

Stockholm Film Festival 2011- Official Selection
Winner: Best First Feature for Paddy Considine

Chicago International Film Festival - Official Selection
Winner: Silver Hugo for Best Actress for Olivia Colman

Sundance 2011 - Official Selection
Winner: World Cinema awards for Best Acting to both Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman
Winner: World Cinema Directing Award to  Paddy Considine

 Nantucket 2011 - Official Selection
Winnier: Best Writer/Director

 Munich 2011 - Official Selection
Winner: Cinevision award for Outstanding Debut Feature

Voices Russia 2011 - Official Selection
Winnier: Grand Prix
Winner: Best Performance award for Olivia Colman

Dinard 2011 - Official Selection
Winner: Golden Hitchcock Award for Best Film
Winnier: Allianz Award for Best Screenplay

Rotterdam 2011 - Official Selection

New Directors New Films New York 2011 - Official Selection

Los Angeles Film Festival 2011 - Official Selection

Karlovy Vary 2011- Official Selection

Philadelhia Film Festival 2011 - Official Selection

Renowned actor Paddy Considine's first feature behind the camera is a tour de force propelled by the sheer intensity of its performances and storytelling.

Joseph (Peter Mullan), a tormented, self-destructive man plagued by violence, finds hope of redemption in Hannah (Olivia Colman), a Christian charity-shop worker he meets one day while fleeing an altercation. Initially derisive of her faith and presumed idyllic existence, Joseph nonetheless returns to the shop and soon realizes that Hannah's life is anything but placid. As a relationship develops, they come to understand the deep pain in each other's lives.

An unconventional love story, Tyrannosaur transcends its bleak circumstances through Joseph and Hannah's vigorous impulse toward redemption. Shouldering the weight of burdened lives with great humanity and a deep understanding of our capacity to heal, Mullan and Colman deliver two of the most outstanding performances of the year. Considine's portrait of these two lost souls, bloody but unbowed, is a devastating and profoundly beautiful experience.