Writer and director Andrea Arnold returns with coming of age drama Bird, and here’s the trailer for her new movie.

Over the course of the last two decades, writer and director Andrea Arnold has built up a terrific filmography.

She began her career with three short films, Milk, Dog and Wasp. Her 2006 feature directorial debut, the chilling psychological drama Red Road, about a CCTV operator in Glasgow who becomes obsessed with a man from her past, is a great example of how a low budget is no hinderance when you have a brilliant script. The film was the first in a planned trilogy called Advance Party, in which three directors use the same characters to tell different stories.

The next film, Donkeys, directed by Morag McKinnon, was released in 2010. Sadly, the third film, Copenhagen, which would have been directed by Mikkel Nørgaard, was stuck in development and never made.

Her next feature, Fish Tank, which saw newcomer Katie Jarvis act opposite Michael Fassbender, won the BAFTA for Best British Film in 2010 and even made it on the BBC’s list of the Greatest Films of the 21st Century. Since then, she’s gone from the period drama of Wuthering Heights to the expansive canvas of a road trip in American Honey and a bovine documentary called Cow.

Which brings us to now. She returns to her roots with coming of age drama Bird, the synopsis reads as follows:

12 year old Bailey (Nykiya Adams) lives with her single dad Bug (Barry Keoghan) and her brother Hunter (Jason Buda) in a squat in North Kent, in the UK. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.

Arnold wrote and directed the film. And you can watch the trailer below:

Bird will be released in UK cinemas on the 8th November. The film will then stream on Mubi.