Project Detail

Hunger

Synopsis

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.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of film: Features
Running time: 96 mins
Director: Steve McQueen
Producer: Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch
Editor: Joe Walker
Screenwriter: Enda Walsh, Steve McQueen
Director of Photography: Sean Bobbitt BSC
Production Designer: Tom McCullagh
Music: Leo Abrahams, David Holmes
Principal cast: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham

Genre

Human Rights Northern Irish Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Blast! Films

Unit C, Imperial Works
Perren Street
London NW5 3ED

Sales Company

Icon Entertainment International

Charlotte Building
17 Gresse Street
London
W1T 1QL
UK

T +44 (0)20 7927 6900

http://www.iconmovies.co.uk/

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

A two-channel video projection shown on both sides of two screens placed one next to the other. Opening with footage of a burning sun, the work unfolds exploring images from the musical drama The Jazz Singer (1927), starring the famous singer Al Jolson. The film is known as the first "talkie" in the history of cinema that uses synchronised dialogue. (IFFR)<br /> Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023

Experimental

Blitz

Director: Steve McQueen

Year: 2024

World War II London. George, a 9-year-old boy is sent by his mother Rita to the English countryside for his safety. George, defiant and determined to return home to Rita and his grandfather Gerald in East London, sets out on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son. <br /> Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - World premiere<br /> Official Selection New York Film Festival 2024 - North American premiere

Drama

Alex Wheatle