Ken Loach is ready to roll the cameras in Cork

THE award-winning film-maker, Ken Loach, is about to begin shooting his latest feature film, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, in a variety of locations around Cork and Kerry.

Ken Loach is ready to roll the cameras in Cork

Loach, who directed My Name Is Joe, Land And Freedom and Sweet Sixteen, reunites with his long-time collaborator, Paul Laverty (Carla's Song, Ae Fond Kiss, My Name is Joe) and producer Rebecca O'Brien for a tale set in Ireland in 1919 during the guerrilla war with the Black and Tans.

O'Brien, of Sixteen Films, confirmed that filming will begin in Cork on Monday, May 23.

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