The Selfish Giant is a 2013 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Clio Barnard.

Inspired by Oscar Wilde's short story of the same name, it stars Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas as two teenage boys who get caught up in the world of copper theft.

Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne, Ian Burfield, Steve Evets, Siobhan Finneran, Ralph Ineson, Rebecca Manley, Rhys McCoy, and Elliott Tittensor appear in supporting roles.

Arbor and Swifty are two teenage boys growing up in a poor and run down area of Bradford in West Yorkshire.

When the boys are suspended from school after a fight, they decide to earn money collecting and selling scrap metal.

The plan ends up backfiring; Arbor is refused entrance at the other dealer, and when he makes a deal with some men who offer to sell the scrap for him, they recognize it as stolen and keep the money.

Kitten finds out and physically intimidates Arbor into stealing a specific piece of high voltage electric power transmission wire to make up for his loss.

It's essentially a film about love, deep friendship and loyalty between the two boys, but it is played out in an adult world where something has gone fundamentally wrong, and children are often at the cutting edge of that.

[12] The Selfish Giant was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival[13] where it won the Europa Cinemas award.