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The Old Oak, about tensions in a former mining village when refugees arrive, has touched a nerve more raw now than when filming began

The celebrated filmmaker behind ‘Kes’ and ‘I, Daniel Blake’ speaks to James Mottram about the culmination of his unofficial trilogy of films about modern Britain, his expulsion from the Labour Party, and who he’ll vote for come election time

The Old Oak is about the rehousing of a group of Syrian refugees in a run-down former mining town

The award-winning film-maker who is premiering The Old Oak at the Cannes film festival said ‘I’ll be nearly 90 and your facilities do decline’

The story of a widowed joiner and a young single mother has been written by Dave Johns, who played the title role in Ken Loach’s 2016 film

"The challenge with this thing was to do something positive at a time when things are pretty bleak."

The new film from double Palme d’Or winners focusses on a pair of young immigrants to Belgium who find themselves working in dangerous situations

Work on the new Ken Loach film is under way and here's a first look behind-the-scenes

The award-winning director is back in the North East shooting for his new venture - and it is set to be another moving drama