Ken Loach

A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Briana Shann

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.

Dir. Ken Loach · With David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Frédéric Pierrot

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Mcgowan

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay

Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, George Moss

Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Paul Brannigan, Siobhan Reilly, John Henshaw

In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Dir. Michael Cimino, Luc Dardenne, Atom Egoyan, Chen Kaige, Manoel de Oliveira, Bille August, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Walter Salles, Tsai Ming-liang, Theo Angelopoulos, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Olivier Assayas, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Takeshi Kitano, Roman Polanski, Gus Van Sant, Abbas Kiarostami, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Jane Campion, Raymond Depardon, Amos Gitai, Nanni Moretti, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Elia Suleiman, Aki Kaurismäki, Raúl Ruiz, Lars von Trier, Wong Kar-Wai, Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Youssef Chahine, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Zhang Yimou · With Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Pegah Ahangarani

Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Jack McGee

Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the desperation of immigrants, Angie builds a successful business extremely quickly.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Kierston Wareing, Juliet Ellis, Lesław Żurek

A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Shamshad Akhtar

A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor -- the ex-footballer Eric Cantona.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Éric Cantona, Steve Evets, Stephanie Bishop

An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.

Dir. Ken Loach, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Samira Makhmalbaf, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Amos Gitai, Shōhei Imamura, Sean Penn, Mira Nair, Danis Tanović, Youssef Chahine, Claude Lelouch · With Ernest Borgnine, Maryam Karimi, Emmanuelle Laborit

A private security contractor in Iraq rejects the official explanation of his friend's death and decides to investigate.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Mark Womack, John Bishop, Andrea Lowe