Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake selected for New York festival

Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or-winning film I, Daniel Blake has been chosen for the New York Film Festival. The British director’s movie about a struggling unemployed man was one of 25 announced for the festival’s main line-up.

I, Daniel Blake stars Dave Johns as Daniel, who finds himself unable to work after a heart attack.

When he applies for benefits he encounters a labyrinth of bureaucracy but finds a comrade in Katie (Hayley Squires).