Wednesday 24th January 6.30 for 7.00pm - workshop

An Evening with Ken Loach - whose latest film The Wind That Shakes The Barley -
was awarded the Palme D'or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

The workshop will be divided into two halves:

• the first half will consist of an interview between Ken Loach and Clyde Jeavons, in which clips of some of Ken's films will be shown
• the second half will be in the form of a question and answer session.

This will be the opportunity for anyone in the audience to approach Ken and seek his advice on any number of topics with which his wealth of experience has equipped him. This promises to be a very interesting evening, and should be of particular interest to film students and all those involved in the making of films, as well as the general public. This is an opportunity not to be missed!

KEN LOACH Director and writer and one of the UK's most respected film makers, Ken Loach began his directing career with the BBC where the controversial Cathy Come Home (1966) helped to consolidate his reputation for social issue drama. His second feature film Kes (1969) about an alienated young working class lad who finds a sense of personal achievement in learning to train and fly a kestrel was both a commercial and critical success. Ken Loach's career spans more than 40 years and 60 films including feature films and numerous dramas and documentaries for television. Ken Loach's latest film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, which won the Palme D'or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, is the most recent of many films to have earned Loach an award. He is undoubtedly Britain's foremost political filmmaker.