Ken Loach claims second Palme D'Or for film denouncing 'cruelty' of poverty

Veteran British director Ken Loach has won his second Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday for I, Daniel Blake - a stark and polemical portrayal of a disabled man's struggle with the benefits system in northern England.

The 79-year-old was presented the festival's top prize by actor Mel Gibson at a ceremony on the French Riviera. Accepting the award, the silver-haired Loach punched his fists in the air in victory and said that he hoped his social realist film would give out a message of hope.