Friday, November 29, 2013

Berlin film festival to honour Ken Loach

British director Ken Loach poses during the photocall of "The Angel's Share" presented in competion at the 65th Cannes film festival on May 22, 2012 in Cannes The 64th Berlin film festival in February will award veteran British director Ken Loach an honorary Golden Bear prize for lifetime achievement and present a retrospective of his work, organisers said Friday. Festival director Dieter Kosslick said the event would pay tribute to Loach's brand of humanist cinema portraying the lives of working-class Britons and his outspoken political engagement. "Ken Loach is one of Europe's great directors. We are honouring Ken Loach as a director and greatly admire him for how he reflects on social injustices with humour in his films."








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