Researching - My Brother The Devil

Researching my brother the devil

Who is the producer?

Produced by Rooks Nest Entertainment, Wild Horses Film Company

Who is the director?

Director Sally El Hosaini, who unlike many other ‘urban film’ directors actually lives on the Hackney estate that she’s written a film about

At which cinema can you see the film? Whats the competition this week?

Here are a few places available that are screening the film:

Empire - Leicester Square, Ritzy Cinema, Genesis Cinema, Hackney, Picturehouse, Peckham Multiplex, Cineworld – Wandsworth, Cineworld - Wood Green, Cineworld - West India Quay, ODEON Wimbledon, ODEON Greenwich, ODEON Lee Valley, Cineworld – Enfield, ODEON Kingston Upon Thames, Showcase Cinemas Newham, Cineworld – Feltham, Showcase Cinemas Bluewater

Has the film won any awards?

The film has received numerous International Film Festival awards in 2012 including:

Won Best European Film (Europa Cinemas Label Award) at Berlinale

Won Best Cinematography at Sundance Film Festival

Won CBA Worldview Sundance Impact Award at Sundance London

Won Best Newcomer - Sally El Hosaini at BFI London Film Festival

Won Grand Jury Award at Outfest

Won Best Actor - James Floyd at Milan Film Festival

Nominated Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival

Nominated Sutherland Trophy (Best First Film) at BFI London Film Festival

Nominated Best Newcomer - Fady Elsayed at BFI London Film Festival

Honorable Mention Outstanding First Feature, Frameline Film Festival

Other pending awards include:

BIFA Nominated Douglas Hickox award for Best Debut Film - Sally El Hosaini

BIFA Nominated Best Newcomer - James FloydWho stars in the film?

My Brother The Devil is a very promising debut by Sally El Hosaini — who’s from Welsh-Egyptian stock — with an eye-catching central performance by James Floyd, also of mixed British parentage.

What was the budget?

Ultimately it’s a low-budget film

What have the reviews been like?

The daily telegraph:

-         Tim Robey is pleased to find that My Brother the Devil, another film about gun crime in London’s East End, is eloquent and intensely cinematic.

The daily mail:

-         My Brother The Devil is a very promising debut by Sally El Hosaini — who’s from Welsh-Egyptian stock — with an eye-catching central performance by James Floyd, also of mixed British parentage.

Where was it filmed?

It tells the story of two Anglo-Egyptian teenage brothers growing up on a high-rise council estate in Hackney, East London.

What production companies were involved?

Rooks Nest Entertainment, Wild Horses Film Company

In which territories is it being released?

It is mainly being released around London as it is obviously the catchment area for the film seeing as it is based on life in the East end of London.