Berlin International Film Festival 2014

Tribute to Ken Loach, who will also receive an honorary Golden Bear.

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Looking For Eric Looking For Eric
Looking For Eric and Cathy Come Home
Cathy Come Home (Country: UK; Year: 1966; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Jeremy Sandford; Stars: Carol White, Ray Brooks, Winifred Dennis, Wally Patch, Adrienne Frame, Emmett Hennessy)
Gritty socio-economic analysis of homelessness in Sixties Britain.
The Gamekeeper (Country: UK; Year: 1980; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Barry Hines, Ken Loach; Stars: Phil Askham, Rita May, Andrew Grubb, Peter Steels, Michael Hinchcliffe, Philip Firth, Lee Hickin, Jackie Shinn, Paul Brian, Ted Beyer, Chick Barratt, Willoughby Gray, Mark Elwes, Tommy Edwards, Gary Roberts)
A year in the life of a gamekeeper.
Kes (Country: UK; Year: 1969; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Barry Hines, Ken Loach, Tony Garnett; Stars: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover)
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon.
Ladybird Ladybird (Country: UK; Year: 1994; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Rona Munro; Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas, Ray Winstone, Clare Perkins, Jason Stracey, Luke Brown, Lily Farrell, Scottie Moore, Linda Ross, Kim Hartley, Jimmy Batten, Sue Sawyer, Pamela Hunt)
A woman takes on Social Services in a bid to keep her kids.
Land And Freedom (Country: UK, Spain, Germany, Italy; Year: 1995; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Jim Allen; Stars: Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollaín, Tom Gilroy, Marc Martínez, Frédéric Pierrot, Andrés Aladren, Sergi Calleja, Raffaele Cantatore, Pascal Demolon, Paul Laverty, Josep Magem, Eoin McCarthy, Jürgen Müller, Víctor Roca)
A young man from Liverpool heads to Spain in the 1930s to join the fight against fascism.
My Name Is Joe My Name Is Joe
My Name Is Joe and Sweet Sixteen
Looking For Eric (Country: UK, France, Italy, Belgium; Year: 2009; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns, Stefan Gumbs, Lucy-Jo Hudson, Cole Williams, Dylan Williams), Official Site, Trailer
A lonely postman, struggling to cope, turns to his hero Eric Cantona for advice, and the footballer magically appears to inspire him.
My Name Is Joe (Country: France, Germany, Italy , Spain, UK; Year: 1998; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay, Anne-Marie Kennedy, David Hayman, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh, Scott Hannah, David Peacock, Gordon McMurray, James McHendry)
A man struggles to do the right thing after years on the bottle.
The Navigators (Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France; Year: 2001; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Rob Dawber; Stars: Dean Andrews, Tom Craig, Joe Duttine, Steve Huison, Venn Tracey, Juliet Bates, Angela Saville)
South Yorkshire railwaymen are faced with privatisation.
Raining Stones (Country: UK; Year: 1993; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Jim Allen; Stars: Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix, Ricky Tomlinson, Tom Hickey, Mike Fallon, Ronnie Ravey, Lee Brennan, Karen Henthorn, Christine Abbott, Geraldine Ward, William Ash, Matthew Clucas, Anna Jaskolka, Jonathan James)
A man on the breadline attempts to retain his dignity and provide for his family.
Sweet Sixteen (Sweet 16) (Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Martin Compston, William Ruane, Annmarie Fulton, Michelle Coulter, Michelle Abercromby, Gary McCormack, Tommy McKee)
Scottish teenager becomes drug dealer to give his mum, who is in jail, a proper home.
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