Ken Loach

Faithful to his deeply political and human-centered cinema, Ken Loach captures, with his characteristic moral clarity, a world struggling to rediscover the meaning of solidarity. — In a declining British town, where the mines have fallen silent and hope has run dry, a local pub remains as the last refuge - a gathering place, a lingering trace of community. When refugees from Syria arrive, the already wounded town is tested by fear, poverty, and suspicion. — Official Selection | Cannes Film Festival | 2023 Nominated for Outstanding British Film of the Year | BAFTA Awards | 2024

More political and humanist than ever, the tireless Ken Loach is looking for human worth behind the coldness of bureaucracy, statistics and numbers and rightfully wins the second Palme d’Or of his career in Cannes. — Daniel Blake is a 60-year-old carpenter from Newcastle. After a heart attack, he's going to need for the first time the help of the state to survive, but the convoluted bureaucracy is leading him nowhere. He crosses paths with a single mother with similar problems and, finding unexpected friendship and warmth in each other, they join forces and try to fight back. — Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | 2016 Audience Award | Locarno Film Festival | 2016 Audience Award | San Sebastián Film Festival | 2016