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To celebrate the January 31 DVD release of hard-hitting British drama Zebra Crossing, we’re giving away 5 lucky winners a copy of the award-winning film on DVD.

Set amongst the backdrop of the towering, concrete-clad estates of South London, award winning UK drama Zebra Crossing marks the directorial debut from Sam Holland and stars Lee Turnbull (Shameless).

Justin is looking for a way out. In a brutal world where gangland violence, drug dealing and street fighting is a way of life, getting out of the game was never going to be easy, especially with mates like Tommy, Sean and Billy. But as Justin finds hope from an unlikely source, Tommy’s drug debts spiral out of control, dragging everyone into a world where only survival matters. Blending the surreal with the very real, Zebra Crossing is a powerful, disturbing, adrenaline-packed journey. This fast paced and at times utterly terrifying story is...

Zebra Crossing

Stars: Lee Turnbull, Greg Wakeham, Aaron White, Kyle Treslove | Written and Directed by Sam Holland

Zebra Crossing is the first feature from writer and director Sam Holland. Shot in stylish black and white, the film revolves around Justin (Turnbull), a young man living in a broken home in South London. His mother is absent, his father neglectful and his confidante sister bedridden. Justin’s days are spent in the company of his friends, a group of delinquent criminals, led by the unhinged and aggressive Tommy (Wakeham). Justin is torn between a loyalty to his friends and a desire to better himself and to escape the life of prejudice, drugs, violence and crime his companions are choosing for him.

Being a first feature, we can perhaps forgive Holland for a few contrivances and clumsy creative choices, for example the overwritten and portentous narration that occurs sporadically throughout the film.

A low-budget Brit thriller that's been sweeping up awards on the independent film circuit this year, Zebra Crossing comes careering into our cinemas early next year. It's a black-and-white, fiercely visceral ride in the company of four friends through South London's meaner streets.One of the four, Justin (Lee Turnbull), is looking for an escape from the gangland violence, drug dealing and despair that surrounds him. His mates, though - the controlling Tommy (Greg Wakeham) in particular - have other ideas. And, as this clip suggests, Tommy may just be a couple of cans short of a six-pack... Set a short bottle toss from the enflamed estates of Harry Brown, this looks like another violently uncompromising slab of social realism to have South London estate agents weeping into their Minis. If the gongs and buzz are anything to go by, Zebra Crossing is definitely one to seek out in the new year.