Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.
Acting
Ahmed's twitchy charisma carries every frame.
Direction
Creevy squeezes thriller tension from council estate mundanity.
Director
Eran Creevy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 18 days on a £100,000 budget, with Creevy funding it through UK Film Council's Microwave scheme for first-time directors.
Released the same year as 'Fish Tank' and 'Hunger', part of a brutal 2008-2010 wave of British social realism that made stars of Ahmed, Fassbender, and Jarvis.
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