Iconic Directors

Ken Loach 


We were particularly inspired by Ken Loach, who directed the award winning social realism film 'I, Daniel Blake' focusing on the theme of unemployment.

He is known for his naturalistic, social realist directing style and his socialism approach in his films. Ken Loach uses a socially critical style in which he brings up current social and economical problems, branding him an iconic social realism director. Other issues that Loach has covered in his independent films are topics such as poverty ('Poor Cow', 1967) and labour rights (The Navigators', 2001). During his early years, Loach's films were less successful and recieved criticism and some political censorship. However as his films got accepted more, he began to create more and become more well known for showing the harshest sides of society. 

Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold is another iconic social realism director and directed the BAFTA winning 'Fish Tank' film which we have taken lots of inspiration from in our own work.

At the Cannes Film Festival in 2012, she stated that she would "hate my film to be chosen because I was a woman". This feminist idea comes through in 'Fish Tank'. I agree with this statement which inspired the idea of the feminist protest in our film.



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