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Yahoo
4 days ago
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Ken Loach Joins Edinburgh Film Festival Speaker Lineup Alongside Kevin Macdonald, Nia DaCosta
This year's edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival will host British filmmaker Ken Loach and his longtime creative collaborators, writer Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O'Brien. The trio will discuss the acclaimed films they have created together over the years including Palme d'Or winners The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016), on Aug. 20. The group will then introduce a special retrospective screening on 35mm print of the The Wind That Shakes The Barley, starring Cillian Murphy, the fest confirmed. More from The Hollywood Reporter Tina Fey and Charlie Brooker Set for Edinburgh TV Festival Taika Waititi Tackling 'Judge Dredd' Movie in Hot Package Hitting Hollywood (Exclusive) Joanna Bacon, British Actress Known for 'Love Actually' and 'Breeders,' Dies at 72 EIFF's In Conversation strand also features a range of other major filmmaking talent who will discuss their creative careers to date, including director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void, One to One: John & Yoko) speaking with his brother, producer Andrew Macdonald (Trainspotting, Civil War, 28 Years Later). Kevin Macdonald will also present a screening of The Cranes are Flying (1957). Nia DaCosta will discuss her acclaimed work, which spans independent film, horror sequels and major studio comic book adaptations, including The Marvels, Candyman, and upcoming film 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. She'll introduce a special 4K restoration of Doug Liman's 90s black comedy Go, EIFF said. Among the line-up for this year's speakers is also director-producer duo Ben Wheatley and Andy Starke (Kill List, Bulk, Sightseers) as well as Andrea Arnold, best known for her 2024 Cannes outing Bird. Jeremy Thomas (Eureka, 13 Assassins, Sexy Beast) will also be in attendance in the Scottish capital to discuss his career, which includes collaborations with Nicolas Roeg, Takeshi Miike and Jonathan Glazer, in a conversation with filmmaker Mark Cousins (A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, The Story of Film, The Storms of Jeremy Thomas). Thomas will introduce a special 35mm screening of Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing (1980), one of his earliest films. Edinburgh International Film Festival will run from 14-20 August 2025. Said CEO and festival director Paul Ridd: 'It is a great honour for us to welcome Ken Loach, Paul Laverty and Rebecca O'Brien for what promises to be a lively and fascinating discussion of their work together, with two Palme D'Ors to their names and a body of work that includes ferociously powerful films produced across decades.' 'We are also delighted to be presenting one of their major films The Wind That Shakes the Barley from a 35mm print. It is a genuine thrill to be able to add this formidable trio to a roster of speakers at EIFF in a programme of In Conversation events which already includes Jeremy Thomas, Nia Da Costa, Andrew and Kevin Macdonald, Andrea Arnold and Ben Wheatley.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Industrial site used in film to be demolished
Plans to demolish more than a dozen industrial buildings that feature in an award-winning film have been given the green light. South Tyneside Council's planning department has approved an application for 14 units on land off Church Bank in Jarrow, near the River Don. It was used as a filming location in the 2016 film I, Daniel Blake, from director Ken Loach, which went on to win the Palme d'Or - the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival. The site was once linked to timber importers and sawmillers M H Southern, until they moved to the Felling area of Gateshead. Planning documents submitted to the council said demolition was taking place "to facilitate the future redevelopment" of the vacant site, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. They added work was expected to start this month and would conclude by the beginning of August. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Cannes crowns Brit director Ken Loach Ken Loach inspired by return to the North East South Tyneside Council
BBC News
08-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Jarrow industrial site used in film I, Daniel Blake to be demolished
Plans to demolish more than a dozen industrial buildings that feature in an award-winning film have been given the green Tyneside Council's planning department has approved an application for 14 units on land off Church Bank in Jarrow, near the River was used as a filming location in the 2016 film I, Daniel Blake, from director Ken Loach, which went on to win the Palme d'Or - the highest award at the Cannes Film site was once linked to timber importers and sawmillers M H Southern, until they moved to the Felling area of Gateshead. Planning documents submitted to the council said demolition was taking place "to facilitate the future redevelopment" of the vacant site, according to the Local Democracy Reporting added work was expected to start this month and would conclude by the beginning of August. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
The National
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
Pro-Palestine takeover to protest Scottish arts centre policy
Organised by Art Workers for Palestine Scotland, the event at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow – running from Tuesday to Saturday – will feature events, workshops and screenings that showcase Palestinian art and culture and interrogate 'the complicity of Scottish cultural institutions' in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The takeover will be held in the public courtyard in what was described as a response to the CCA board's recent refusal to adopt a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) policy or endorse the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). The PACBI advocates for a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions. Earlier this year, an open letter signed by more than 800 artists, workers and audiences urged the CCA to take action to endorse PACBI and align policy with its public values, but the board has reportedly refused. READ MORE: What happens if Palestine Action is banned under terrorism laws? A spokesperson for Art Workers for Palestine Scotland said: 'The board's decision not to endorse PACBI reveals a disturbing trend of institutional complicity. 'We cannot stand by as our cultural spaces are used to sanitise genocide. This takeover is a community-led act of transformation reclaiming CCA as a space of justice, resistance and Palestinian cultural life. 'We are here to show the depth and breadth of solidarity with Palestine in Glasgow and beyond. Through this takeover, we centre Palestinian voices and culture while holding our institutions to account. 'Another CCA is possible and urgently necessary.' The CCA has been approached for comment. Art Workers for Palestine Scotland also recently called out the Glasgow Film Theatre's (GFT) decision not to endorse BDS and PACBI. Glasgow Film said this was in order to retain "independent decision making" and uphold its "commitment to Cinema For All". Three members of the GFT board resigned, raising concerns about the processes leading to the decision. READ MORE: The proscription of Palestine Action has frightening implications Art Workers for Palestine Scotland said: "It will go down in history that, given the opportunity to stand with the Palestinian people following months of genocide and starvation at the hands of a colonial oppressor, the GFT chose complicity, cowardice and blatant disregard for human life." Earlier this year, front-of-house and cleaning staff at the GFT staged a boycott on handling any goods connected to the BDS movement, which resulted in Coca-Cola products no longer being served. Campaign group Art Workers for Palestine Scotland then published an open letter to the GFT calling for the cinema to adhere to the BDS movement and endorse PACBI. The letter was signed by more than 1400 people and included the likes of Ghassan Abu-Sittah, the rector of the University of Glasgow, and filmmaker Ken Loach.
The National
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
Pro-Palestine takeover planned to protest Scottish arts centre policy
Organised by Art Workers for Palestine Scotland, the event at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow – running from Tuesday to Saturday – will feature events, workshops and screenings that showcase Palestinian art and culture and interrogate 'the complicity of Scottish cultural institutions' in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The takeover will be held in the public courtyard in response to the CCA Board's recent refusal to adopt a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) policy or endorse the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). The PACBI advocates for a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions. Earlier this year, an open letter signed by more than 800 artists, workers and audiences who urged the CCA to take action to endorse PACBI and align policy with its public values, but the board has reportedly refused. READ MORE: What happens if Palestine Action is banned under terrorism laws? A spokesperson for Art Workers for Palestine Scotland said: 'The board's decision not to endorse PACBI reveals a disturbing trend of institutional complicity. 'We cannot stand by as our cultural spaces are used to sanitise genocide. This takeover is a community-led act of transformation reclaiming CCA as a space of justice, resistance and Palestinian cultural life. 'We are here to show the depth and breadth of solidarity with Palestine in Glasgow and beyond. Through this takeover, we centre Palestinian voices and culture while holding our institutions to account. 'Another CCA is possible and urgently necessary.' The CCA has been approached for comment. Art Workers for Palestine Scotland also recently called out the Glasgow Film Theatre's (GFT) decision not to endorse BDS and PACBI. Glasgow Film said this was in order to retain "independent decision making" and uphold its "commitment to Cinema For All". Three members of the GFT board resigned, raising concerns about the processes leading to the decision. READ MORE: The proscription of Palestine Action has frightening implications Art Workers for Palestine Scotland said: "It will go down in history that, given the opportunity to stand with the Palestinian people following months of genocide and starvation at the hands of a colonial oppressor, the GFT chose complicity, cowardice and blatant disregard for human life." Earlier this year, front-of-house and cleaning staff at the GFT staged a boycott on handling any goods connected to the BDS movement, which resulted in Coca-Cola products no longer being served. Campaign group Art Workers for Palestine Scotland then published an open letter to the GFT calling for the cinema to adhere to the BDS movement and endorse PACBI. The letter was signed by more than 1400 people and included the likes of Ghassan Abu-Sittah, rector of the University of Glasgow and filmmaker Ken Loach.
