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Clio Barnard

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Clio Barnard

11 films

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Clio Barnard is a British director of documentary and feature films. She won widespread critical acclaim and multiple awards for her debut, The Arbor, an experimental documentary about Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. In 2013 she was hailed as a significant new voice in British cinema for her film The Selfish Giant, which premiered in the Director's Fortnight section of the Cannes film festival.

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The Selfish Giant posterFirst watchThe Selfish Giant20137.2A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.View film

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Ali & Ava poster6.7Ali & Ava2022Dark River poster5.7Dark River2017

Filmography

11 films as director
  1. 2026I See Buildings Fall Like LightningDirector
  2. 2022Ali & AvaDirector
  3. 2017Dark RiverDirector
  4. 2013The Selfish GiantDirector
  5. 2010The ArborDirector
  6. 2006Dark GlassDirector
  7. 2004Road RaceDirector
  8. 1999Random Acts of IntimacyDirector
  9. 1997HeadcaseDirector
  10. 1995Hermaphrodite BikiniDirector
  11. 1991BedlamDirector