British director Andrea Arnold just won the Jury Prize at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival for her film "Fish Tank", which was also in contention for the coveted Palm d'Or.

“Fish Tank” tells the story of 15-year-old Mia whose life is turned on its head when her mother brings home a new boyfriend.

Arnold casts the same unflinching, unprejudiced gaze and touches on the themes of her Oscar-winning short “Wasp” to create an original and unsettling tale for our age.

Anyone who saw ‘Wasp’ will recognise the world of ‘Fish Tank’. It’s the unpredictable world of a young working-class mother with two young daughters who live together on an estate in the Thames estuary, a part of south-east England that Arnold indulges so strongly that it’s hard to imagine anything beyond it.

For this story the director turns her gaze on a similar family’s eldest daughter, Mia (Katie Jarvis). Aggressive with most people she meets – she headbutts another teenager in the film’s opening minutes – but she has a world of dreams into which Arnold invites us: Mia loves to dance, to hip hop and R&B, and she practices whenever she’s alone

Featuring such tracks as UK R&B singer Jay Sean's hit single, 'Ride It'. The film also boasts a fresh, exciting and talented ensemble cast.

Following his acclaimed central performance in "Hunger" Michael Fassbender (who also starred in ”300,” and Quentin Tarantino's - “Inglourious Basterds“) stars opposite talented newcomer Katie Jarvis. Gritty, sassy and brutal “Fish Tank” also stars BAFTA-nominated Kierston Wareing (Ken Loach’s “It’s a Free World“), Harry Treadaway (”Control,” “Brothers of the Head“) and 12 year old Rebecca Griffiths making her film debut.

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