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Daniel Blake, 59, who has worked as a joiner most of his life in the North East of England needs help from the State for the first time ever following an illness.

He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one roomed homeless hostel in London is to accept a flat some 300 miles away.

Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy now played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.

Awards

• Winner of the Cannes 2016 top filmmaking prize, the 
• Winner of 2 ; Best Actor Dave Johns, and Most Promising Newcomer Hayley Squires. Nominated for 7: Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor & Most Promising Newcomer Dave Johns, Best Actress and Most Promising Newcomer Hayley Squires
• Nominated for 4 : European Film, European Director Ken Loach, European Screenwriter Paul Laverty, European Actor Dave Johns
• Winner Outstanding British Film at the  (BAFTA). Also nominated for Best Film, Director Ken Loach, Supporting Actress Hayley Squires and Original Screenplay Paul Laverty
• Winner of The Attenborough Award for British/Irish Film of the Year 
• Winner Best British Film and Best Male Newcomer Dave Johns at the