X + Y Dramatic Comedy | 2014 Preferring to hide in the safety of his own private world, Nathan struggles to connect with people, often pushing away those who want to be closest to him. Festivals & Awards Official Selection Special Presentation Toronto International Film Festival 2014 Official Selection Busan International Film Festival 2014 Official Selection Dinard Film Festival 2014 Official Selection London Film Festival 2014 Official Selection Rome Film Festival 2014, Winner Alice nella città strand the prize Official Selection Black Nights Film festival 2014, Winner Just Film Grand Prix prize Official Selection International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino, Winner Children’s Jury prize The Church Sweden Award - BUFF International FIlm Festival 2015 Young People’s Film Award -BUFF International FIlm Festival 2015 ECFA Award -BUFF International FIlm Festival 2015 Cast & Credits Director: Morgan Matthews Cast: Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins, Rafe Spall, Eddie Marsan Synopsis Preferring to hide in the safety of his own private world, Nathan struggles to connect with people, often pushing away those who want to be closest to him, including his mother, Julie. Without the ability to understand love or affection, Nathan finds the comfort and security he needs in numbers and mathematics. Mentored by his unconventional and anarchic teacher, Mr Humphreys, it becomes clear that Nathan’s talents are enough to win him a place on the British team competing at the highly revered International Mathematics Olympiad. Being part of a team and one which has a real chance of winning seems like it could change Nathan’s life forever. But when the team go to train in Taiwan, Nathan is faced with a multitude of unexpected challenges, not least the new and unfamiliar feelings he begins to experience for one of the Taiwanese competitors, the beautiful Zhang Mei. From England to Taipei and back again, this inspiring and life-affirming story follows the unconventional and hilarious relationship between student and teacher, whose roles are often reversed, and the unfathomable experience of first love - when you don’t even understand what love is.