Paul Laverty

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

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

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

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

Dir. Icíar Bollaín · With Luis Tosar, Gael García Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri

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

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

Alma’s family has been producing quality olive oil in the Baix Maestrat area of Spain’s Castellón for generations. Yet changing pressures in the industry have made their traditional practices economically untenable, and the family is now in the mass-production poultry business. Alma’s grandfather has not spoken in years. Sadness envelopes him, and he no longer wants to eat. His sons—Alma’s father and uncle—are impatient with him, but Alma understands her grandfather. She realizes he has been grieving for a thousand-year-old olive tree that the family has uprooted and sold to pay some debts. (A sadly common reality in Castellón at present.) Unable to bear the idea that her grandfather could die without seeing this terrible wrong corrected, Alma undertakes a quixotic mission to locate the tree and return it to the family orchard, so that her grandfather may have peace in his final days.

Dir. Icíar Bollaín · With Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs

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