(Wed 22nd - Thu 23rd May / 8pm / £5/4/3)
(Babycinema Wed 22nd May / 11am / £3)
(Scott Graham / 2013 / UK / 90 minutes / Certificate 15)

As bright as the sea-gleaming sparklers after which she was named, Shell’s eponymous heroine shines from the screen and has an effect on everyone she encounters – which is relatively few, considering the 17 year old finds herself in the remotest part of the Scottish highlands with her epileptic father, who it seems she wants to be with perhaps a little too intimately...

Stunning cinematography highlights the bleak and beautiful isolation, with newcomer Chloe Pirrie breathing life into an unforgettable character.

"A hushed and haunting coming-of-age drama, pungently played out in the remote Scottish highlands, where the wind boings off the microphone and passing lorries set the crockery rattling." - The Guardian

"Scott Graham's haunting, minimalist debut grips from the outset with startling photography and an attention-grabbing turn from newbie actress Chloe Pirrie." - Empire Magazine

"It's refreshing to see a British film in which place and character are so entwined." - Total Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpSCJA38ORY
http://www.vivaverve.com/shell