Ricky Tomlinson

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

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

Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.

Dir. Debbie Isitt · With Martin Freeman, Ashley Jensen, Marc Wootton

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.

Dir. Ronny Yu · With Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.

Dir. Jimmy McGovern · With Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Barbara Flynn