Ken Loach

Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a...

In 2017, with the support of an extraordinary grassroots movement, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn came close to becoming prime minister....

Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over...

The creators of Debtocracy, analyze the shifting of state assets to private hands. They travel round the world gathering data on privatization and...

This documentary looks at the life of Jordi Dauder through an interview with the actor a few weeks before his death. From her interventions and...

Part music documentary, part unflinching character study, part a punk version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ - I Get Knocked Down is the funny,...

This film sketches a very personal and decidedly political portrait of the Iron Lady who left the greatest mark on the UK, alongside Queen Elizabeth...

The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.

A hstory of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight selection.

Documentary looking at the making-of and real-life stories behind the award-winning conspiracy thriller starring Oscar-winner Frances McDormand and...

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

An abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film about cinema, which explores the testimonials...

Documentary about Ken Loach and Rosa Ayala, a janitor who worked as an extra in the picture 'Bread and Roses'

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as...

Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes...

An account of the life and work of the legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey into the greatest...

A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.

In 2017 Tyneside Cinema turned 80.

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

A feature length documentary about the real state of the British film industry in relation to UK structures past, present and currently for the...

July, 1936. The terrible Spanish Civil War begins. When the streets are taken by the working class, the social revolution begins as well. The public...

A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in...

Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper...

A documentary film in which Dr Bob Gill, a General Practitioner and NHS campaigner, takes us through the story of the NHS and exposes the plans to...

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most...

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements,...

Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István...

The documentary, filmed in England in autumn 2020, sheds light on the genesis and background of the social drama.

A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over the years. It describe his approach to allowing...

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline,...

A documentary on the making of Kes, produced by the Criterion Collection.

In the post-pandemic future of covid-19, will the centrality be the financial casino and the accumulation of wealth by an elite or a quality life for...

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,...

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

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...

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...

A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.

Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive...

Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive...

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

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...

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...

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...

In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization, their lives will never be the same. When the...

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...

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...

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and...

In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British...

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

Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge,...

In this fascinating adventure of the England of the 1750s, the huge Frenchman Black Jack (Jean Franval) miraculously survives a hanging by the...

Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no...

A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life and consider their daughter to be...

A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison....

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian...

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...

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...

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

George Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke's estate, a role he takes seriously. His position gives him a certain status, but he has an uneasy...

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

Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin, his wife and child and emigrate to West Berlin, where the...

How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

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

A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

The obsessive supporters of Everton FC forsake wives, families and God to follow their beloved team. Meanwhile, the club and its players try to live...

The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.

Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad...

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a...

George Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke's estate, a role he takes seriously. His position gives him a certain status, but he has an uneasy...

Shortly after Margaret Thatcher's election as prime minister, Ken Loach returned to documentary, convinced that the long gestation of feature films...

McLibel is a documentary film directed by Franny Armstrong for Spanner Films about the McLibel case. The film was first completed, as a 52 minute...

After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to...

In this fascinating adventure of the England of the 1750s, the huge Frenchman Black Jack (Jean Franval) miraculously survives a hanging by the...

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

Ken's Loach's first production for The Wednesday Play is a story of a group of criminals planning a robbery, with the unwitting aid of a wealthy,...

Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.

Ken Loach's censored production for the Central Office of Information.

Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is...

When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.

Ken Loach's production for Save The Children, withheld from public view until 2011.

Wilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay discrepancies, the workers of the factory vote to go on strike,...

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

Ken Loach production, shown as one segment of BBC2's arts programme 'Full House'.

Ken Loach production, shown as one segment of BBC2's arts programme 'Full House'.

Ken Loach documentary; made for Central Television in 1988, but rejected, and not shown until the following year, when it was taken up by Channel 4....

Ken Loach documentary on the end of the 1984 - '85 miners' strike.

Ken Loach documentary, pushing for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.

Ken Loach documentary for Channel 4's Dispatches, investigating false claims of fraud and corruption during the miners' strike of '84/'85 that reared...

Ken Loach documentary on Bath Football Club.

Ken Loach documentary, contrasting the 1982 Labour and Conservative Party conferences.

Shortly after Margaret Thatcher's election as prime minister, Ken Loach returned to documentary, convinced that the long gestation of feature films...

A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

Ken Loach spent two days on the Jeremy Corbyn Labour leadership campaign trail in the summer of 2016. He documented people sharing their personal...

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...

A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.

Ken Loach documentary; made for Central Television in 1988, but rejected, and not shown until the following year, when it was taken up by Channel 4....

Fewer families were born, lived, and died in the same place. People, especially young ones, were ready for a new life, as far removed from the old...

How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

Ken Loach spent two days on the Jeremy Corbyn Labour leadership campaign trail in the summer of 2016. He documented people sharing their personal...

The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

Ken Loach spent two days on the Jeremy Corbyn Labour leadership campaign trail in the summer of 2016. He documented people sharing their personal...

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some...

Aurora is a Portuguese warehouse picker working in Scotland. Trapped between the confines of her workplace and the solitude of her flatshare, she...

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...

A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison....

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...