Production Companies: StudioCanal , BBC Film , Tiger Aspect , Arts Council of England , Working Title Films , Universal Pictures , WT² Productions .
Overview: County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
, BBC Film 
, Tiger Aspect 
, Arts Council of England , Working Title Films 
, Universal Pictures 
, WT² Productions .
