Urchin

English; Turkish Subtitles

Director/Director

Harris Dickinson

Screenplay/Screenplay

Harris Dickinson

Director of Photography/Cinematography

Josée Deshaies

Editing/Editing

Rafael Torres Calderon

Cast/Cast

Frank Dillane, Megan Northam, Amr Waked, Shonagh Marie, Karyna Khymchuk

Producer/Producer

Scott O'Donnell, Archie Pearch

Production/Production

BBC Film, British Film Institute, Tricky Knot

World Rights/World Sales

Charades

Turkish Rights/Turkish Rights

ONE FILM

Synopsis:

Urchin is an extension of the British social realist tradition from the Free Cinema movement to the present day. The directorial debut of Harris Dickinson, who attracted attention with his performances in Babygirl and Triangle of Sorrow, is a film about social injustice and inequality of opportunity... A child who starts life at a disadvantage is unable to build a future for himself as an adult and lives day-to-day... We follow the story of a character who lacks self-confidence and self-discipline, who cannot get rid of addiction and who is torn between the street and prison because he cannot hold down a job. For his performance in this role, lead actor Frank Dillane won the Best Actor award in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Urchin is a part of the British tradition of social realist films deriving from the Free Cinema. The debut feature of Harris Dickinson, renowned actor of Babygirl and Triangle of Sadness, is a film about social injustice and inequality of opportunity: A child that makes a disadvantageous start to life continues to live day by day as an adult without being able to build himself a future. Lacking self-confidence and self-discipline, unable to overcome addiction and persisting in a job, the Urchin swings between the street and the prison. Frank Dillane won the Best Actor Prize at the A Certain Regard section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.