This Is England, the fifth feature film from award-winning writer/director SHANE MEADOWS (Dead Man’s Shoes, A Room for Romeo Brass, Twentyfourseven) will be screening at various cinemas in the UK from this Friday April 27th (see below for full list).

Warp Films' second feature length tells the story of Shaun, a 12-year-old kid growing up in the north of England. Set during the summer holidays of 1983, it follows his rites of passage from a shaggy haired ruffian grieving the loss of his father into a shaven headed thug whose anger and pain are embraced by the local skinhead fraternity.

There's a preview at the BFI tonight (a precursor to a Shane Meadows Season at the NFT) or for those not lucky enough to have tickets there's full screening details below.

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"One of the most valuable and important British Films of the Year."
The Observer

Winner of at the British Independent Film Awards

"The best British film of the year"
Total Film

"This is brilliant"
The Observer

Little White Lies magazine have also dedicated an issue to the film.