'71 stars Jack O'Connell and is directed by Yann Demange, making his feature film debut after directing several TV series. The film is set during The Troubles in 1970s Belfast and won the Golden Athena for Best Picture at the 2014 Athens International Film Festival, with Demange receiving a special mention from the jury. It was also nominated for several other awards, including Best First Feature and European Discovery of the Year for Demange.

2. ABOUT ‘71
'71 stars Jack O'Connell (Starred Up, Skins)
alongside Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer,
Sean Harris, Martin McCann, Charlie Murphy,
Sam Reid, Killian Scott, David Wilmot, Jack
Lowden and Jim Sturgeon.
Written by Gregory Burke (Black Watch), ‘71 is
Demange’s feature debut after directing TV
series including the award-winning Top Boy
for Channel 4. Robin Gutch of Warp Films and
Angus Lamont of Crab Apple are
producers.

3. YANN DEMANGE
Yann Demange is the director of the film ’71
and has worked on TV series top boy, criminal
justice and dead set but the strange thing
about this is that he has only ever worked on
TV series and one short film so it very strange
for him to have directed the film ‘71

4. AWARDS
Athens International Film Festival 2014
Won
Golden Athena Best Picture
Yann Demange
Berlin International Film Festival 2014
Won
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention Competition
Yann Demange
Nominated
Best First Feature Award Yann Demange
Nominated
Golden Berlin Bear Yann Demange
European Film Awards 2014
Nominated
European Discovery of the Year Yann Demange