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Gravity qualifies as British because it was filmed at Pinewood and Shepperton studios outside London, and was produced by David Heyman. The stunning special effects were also the work of a British firm.

Yet it is undeniably a Hollywood spectacle, financed by Warner Bros and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The director, Alfonso Cuaron, is Mexican.

By contrast, The Selfish Giant was filmed on a shoestring budget. Its unknown leads play Arbor and Swifty, two boys excluded from school and drawn into the dangerous world of metal theft.

Gravity vs The Selfish Giant

Gravity

Budget: $100m (£62m)

Cast: Sandra Bullock and George Clooney

Supporting cast: Ed Harris

Setting: deep space

Quote: "Acting isn't mine. You're like a tiny piece in this big, corporate mechanism that needs chemistry and divine intervention." (Sandra Bullock)

The Selfish Giant

Budget: £1.4m

Cast: Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas

Supporting cast: a horse

Setting: Buttershaw Estate, Bradford

Quote: "I'm not going to change just because I'm doing a bit of filming." (Shaun Thomas)