In his startling directorial debut, Steve McQueen focuses on a prison guard, two inmates, and the hunger strike led by Irish Republican Army militant Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) to tell a devastating story of political warfare and human dignity pushed to their uttermost limits. Winner of the Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer at the **BAFTA Awards.** Winner of a FIPRESCI Prize at the **Cannes Film Festival.** Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. *"Shockingly immediate and philosophically reflective, Hunger is an indelibly moving tribute to what makes us human." - Peter Travers, **Rolling Stone***