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Ken Loach
Kenneth Charles Loach is a retired English filmmaker. His socially critical directing style and socialist views are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty, homelessness, and labour rights.
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entertainment · English retired filmmaker (born 1936) · film director · screenwriter · television director · director · also Ken Loach, Kenneth Loach, Kenneth Charles Loach, Loach
Born 17 June 1936 · Q55238
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From the beginning, Israel and its supporters have attacked their critics as anti-semites or racists. It is a tactic to undermine rational debate. To be crystal clear: as a film maker you will receive a warm welcome in Edinburgh. You are not censored or rejected. The opposition was to the Festival
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2026· 23 entries
“From the beginning, Israel and its supporters have attacked their critics as anti-semites or racists. It is a tactic to undermine rational debate. To be crystal clear: as a film maker you will receive a warm welcome in Edinburgh. You are not censored or rejected. The opposition was to the Festival”
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The Guardian: ‘They lost a historic opportunity’: Ken Loach laments Your Party infighting
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Yahoo: Sixteen Films Entrusts Ken Loach Classics To Trio Of Longtime Partners In Landmark Deals
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Yahoo: Ken Loach Returns To Cannes With ‘Land And Freedom’ In Cinéma De Plage Lineup Alongside ‘Top Gun’ & ‘All The President’s Men’
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The Guardian: Ken Loach revisits I, Daniel Blake: ‘We were asking if food banks are tolerable. Now they’re an institution’
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2024· 3 entries
The Guardian: Ken Loach and Mike Leigh resign as patrons of London cinema over Israeli film festival screening
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San Diego Union-Tribune: Movie Review: Ken Loach, longtime chronicler of social ills, seeks a hopeful note in ‘The Old Oak’
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The Guardian: Ken Loach speaks out in support of Jonathan Glazer’s ‘occupation’ Oscar speech
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2017· 2 entries
To campaign against what it sees to be politically motivated allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party
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Speaking at the Co-operative Ways Forward conference in Manchester, Loach emphasised the role of the co-operative movement in Jeremy Corbyn's agenda, saying that "co-ops embody the ideas of socialism, collective ownershi
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded European University Film Award for I, Daniel Blake (2016).
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Awarded Palme d'Or for I, Daniel Blake (2016).
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Loach, a social campaigner for most of his career, said the criteria for claiming benefits in the UK were "a Kafka-esque, Catch-22 situation designed to frustrate and humiliate the claimant to such an extent that they dr
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2014· 3 entries
Won Honorary Golden Bear (2014).
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But soon after restarted his career following the election of a Conservative government in the UK general election of 2015
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Was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Robert-Bresson Award (2012).
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Awarded Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema (2012).
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Awarded Jury Prize for The Angels' Share (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Annual award ACFK presented by Association of Czech Film Clubs (2010).
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (2009).
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Loach advocated support for the Palestine Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) along with his regular colleagues Paul Laverty (writer) and Rebecca O'Brien (producer)
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2007· 2 entries
Loach identified with Respect Renewal, the faction identified with George Galloway
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Loach was one of more than 100 artists and writers who signed an open letter calling on the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival "to honour calls for an international boycott of Israeli political and cultural i
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2006· 5 entries
Awarded Palme d'Or for The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006).
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Awarded BAFTA Fellowship (2006).
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And I, Daniel Blake in 2016), the Jury Prize a joint-record three times (Hidden Agenda in 1990, Raining Stones in 1993, and The Angels' Share in 2012), as well as the FIPRESCI Prize three times (Black Jack in 1979, Riff-
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The Capri Hollywood International Film Festival honoured him with the Capri Legend Award for his contribution to filmmaking
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The BAFTA for Outstanding British Film (I, Daniel Blake in 2016) and BIFA for Best British Independent Film (My Name is Joe in 1998 and Sweet Sixteen in 2002), the César Award for Best Foreign Film (Land and Freedom in 1
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded César Award for Best Film from the European Union for Ae Fond Kiss... (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
That the media tycoon Robert Maxwell had put pressure on Central Television's board (Central was the successor to the original production company Associated Television), of which he had become a director, to withdraw Qu
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Praemium Imperiale (2003).
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Loach received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University and received the 2003 Praemium Imperiale (lit
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Critics Award for Sweet Sixteen (2002).
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1998· 1 entry
And Paul Laverty won Best Screenplay for Sweet Sixteen in 2002
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded César Award for Best Foreign Film for Land and Freedom (1996).
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Konrad Wolf Prize (1995).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for Land and Freedom (1995).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Jury Prize for Raining Stones (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
And Land and Freedom in 1995), and the Belgian Film Critics Association Grand Prix (Raining Stones in 1993)
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for Riff-Raff (1991).
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And Land and Freedom in 1995) and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury twice (Land and Freedom in 1995 and Looking for Eric in 2009)
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Jury Prize for Hidden Agenda (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Loach directed a short documentary Time to go that called for the British Army to be withdrawn from Northern Ireland, which was broadcast in the BBC's Split Screen series
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1983· 1 entry
But Channel 4 decided against broadcasting the series following the complaints
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1980· 1 entry
And recorded much criticism of the union's leadership for conceding over the issues in the strike
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1976· 1 entry
“[On where he fits on the left] I would have thought if you want to align yourself to any left current, the one to follow would be the one that fought Stalinism at the outset, and that was the left opposition and [Leon] Trotsky. So I think that socialist current is the one I care to be identified with.”
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1945· 1 entry
“If you have a society where a large section believe they are not part of the political discourse, that is a situation for trouble. The Labour election of 1945 was a tremendous victory for democratic ownership of the economy. We need to remember and learn from the lessons.”
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-06-17.
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