While the 87-year-old Ken Loach is still with us, the legendary director has indicated The Old Oak, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival, will be his last work. Following a pub owner in a dilated mining town, the film tells the story of tensions rising when Syrian refugees join the community. While the film is still seeking U.S. distribution, it’ll arrive in the U.K. at the end of September and now the first trailer has arrived.
Here’s the synopsis: “The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. Tj Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more...
Here’s the synopsis: “The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. Tj Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more...
- 7/5/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
StudioCanal has debuted the trailer for Ken Loach and Paul Laverty’s ”The Old Oak.’
The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once-thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. Tj Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice.
In an unlikely friendship, Tj meets a curious young Syrian Yara (Ebla Mari) with her camera. Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.
The film sees BAFTA-winning director Loach returns to...
The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once-thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. Tj Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice.
In an unlikely friendship, Tj meets a curious young Syrian Yara (Ebla Mari) with her camera. Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.
The film sees BAFTA-winning director Loach returns to...
- 7/5/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"When you eat together, you stick together." Studiocanal UK has revealed an official UK trailer for the latest Ken Loach feature film titled The Old Oak, which still doesn't have US date set yet. The film premiered in May at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the main competition, but it didn't win any awards in the end. It's yet another social realist drama from Ken Loach, this time focusing on refugees and racist locals. The film is about the future of the last remaining pub, The Old Oak in a village of the Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available thus making it an ideal location for the Syrian refugees, who arrive in town to find upset locals unhappy by their arrival. Dave Turner stars as Tj, the owner of The Old Oak pub who befriends a young Syrian woman,...
- 7/4/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In “The Old Oak,” which played in Competition in Cannes, Ken Loach portrays a village in the North-East of England where the indigenous white community comes into conflict with Syrian refugees – a conflict fuelled by the despair, deprivation and decline of the rust-belt region. Such conditions can be a seed-bed for far right groups, the director tells Variety.
Such issues have not been explored sufficiently in film and television, Loach says, and he draws a parallel with the portrayal of the rise of Nazism in Germany in the mass media.
“We have endless programs about the Second World War, about the horrors of Nazism and fascism, about the racism, about the Holocaust. Quite properly, we have endless programs about that, but what they refuse to point out is that that arose from alienation, anger, feeling cheated, and finding scapegoats. And that’s how we ended up with Hitler, and that...
Such issues have not been explored sufficiently in film and television, Loach says, and he draws a parallel with the portrayal of the rise of Nazism in Germany in the mass media.
“We have endless programs about the Second World War, about the horrors of Nazism and fascism, about the racism, about the Holocaust. Quite properly, we have endless programs about that, but what they refuse to point out is that that arose from alienation, anger, feeling cheated, and finding scapegoats. And that’s how we ended up with Hitler, and that...
- 5/28/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Old Oak is about the rehousing of a group of Syrian refugees in a run-down former mining town
It’s June 2022, a week of rail workers’ strikes are under way and refugees are in the news whether arriving from Ukraine or via boats across the channel despite the threat of transportation to Rwanda. Ken Loach and his old compadres, writer Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien, could not have chosen a more pertinent time for shooting their latest film, The Old Oak, which premieres at the Cannes film festival this month.
The story is set in an anonymous former mining town decades after the pit closures. Shops are boarded up, money is scarce, divisions over the 1984 miners’ strike linger. There is still a pub, the eponymous Old Oak, run by a former miner, Tj Ballantyne, played by Dave Turner, but it is on its last legs, kept afloat by...
It’s June 2022, a week of rail workers’ strikes are under way and refugees are in the news whether arriving from Ukraine or via boats across the channel despite the threat of transportation to Rwanda. Ken Loach and his old compadres, writer Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien, could not have chosen a more pertinent time for shooting their latest film, The Old Oak, which premieres at the Cannes film festival this month.
The story is set in an anonymous former mining town decades after the pit closures. Shops are boarded up, money is scarce, divisions over the 1984 miners’ strike linger. There is still a pub, the eponymous Old Oak, run by a former miner, Tj Ballantyne, played by Dave Turner, but it is on its last legs, kept afloat by...
- 5/14/2023
- by Duncan Campbell
- The Guardian - Film News
International sales companies will be unveiling some of their new projects for the next couple of weeks and the Wild Bunch folks are back in the Ken Loach business once again serving up working class/social realism cinema with another times are changing portrait – we often think of his cinema as the English counterpart to the Dardenne Bros (who happen to be co-producers on the project with their Films Du Fleuve label).
Screen Daily reports that production on Loach’s The Old Oak will begin next month – making this a sure bet for a showing in Cannes 2023. Dave Turner (Sorry We Missed You) stars along with newcomer Ebla Mari.…...
Screen Daily reports that production on Loach’s The Old Oak will begin next month – making this a sure bet for a showing in Cannes 2023. Dave Turner (Sorry We Missed You) stars along with newcomer Ebla Mari.…...
- 5/2/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Around the release of Jimmy’s Hall in 2014, Ken Loach announced his retirement, but thankfully it was short-lived as he returned with I, Daniel Blake, which went on to win the Palme d’Or, and Sorry We Missed You. Now, the British director, who turns 86 next month, has unveiled his next project which begins shooting soon.
Screen Daily reports the film is titled The Old Oak, scripted by Loach’s longtime collaborator Paul Laverty and led by Dave Turner (Sorry We Missed You) alongside newcomer Ebla Mari, with cinematographer Robbie Ryan on board. Check out the synopsis below via Wild Bunch International, who will be handling sales at Cannes:
The Old Oak is the story of a village in the Northeast of England, where the mine closed, and people feel deserted by the system. Many young ones have left and what was once a thriving, proud community struggles to keep old values alive.
Screen Daily reports the film is titled The Old Oak, scripted by Loach’s longtime collaborator Paul Laverty and led by Dave Turner (Sorry We Missed You) alongside newcomer Ebla Mari, with cinematographer Robbie Ryan on board. Check out the synopsis below via Wild Bunch International, who will be handling sales at Cannes:
The Old Oak is the story of a village in the Northeast of England, where the mine closed, and people feel deserted by the system. Many young ones have left and what was once a thriving, proud community struggles to keep old values alive.
- 5/2/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Paris-based sales is also handing 14 titles due to premiere in Official Selection or one of the parallel sections.
Wild Bunch International (Wbi) will launch sales on Ken Loach’s new feature The Old Oak during Cannes and has released fresh details about the project.
The production sees Loach return to northeast England, where he shot 2016 Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and Sorry We Missed You, which also world premiered in Competition in Cannes in 2019.
It is set in a former coal-mining village that has never fully recovered from the closure of the mines. Its once-thriving, proud community struggles...
Wild Bunch International (Wbi) will launch sales on Ken Loach’s new feature The Old Oak during Cannes and has released fresh details about the project.
The production sees Loach return to northeast England, where he shot 2016 Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and Sorry We Missed You, which also world premiered in Competition in Cannes in 2019.
It is set in a former coal-mining village that has never fully recovered from the closure of the mines. Its once-thriving, proud community struggles...
- 5/2/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Canadian actor Jahmil French, best know for his role as Dave Turner on Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died at the age of 29. His cause of death is currently unknown. “It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of dear friend and client Jahmil French,” his agent wrote in an email. […]
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- 3/7/2021
- by Demi Tsatsaronis
- Uinterview
Jahmil French, who played Dave Turner on “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” died on Monday, his agent Gabrielle Kachman confirmed to Variety. He was 29.
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French,” she said in a statement. “He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.”
A cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Producer Joshua Safran tweeted about French’s death on Tuesday morning. “I can confirm my good friend, co-worker, and all around inspiration, Jahmil French, passed away yesterday,” he wrote. “Right now we’re all just processing this devastating news.”
Safran worked with French on the short-lived Netflix series “Soundtrack,” a musical drama set in Los...
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French,” she said in a statement. “He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.”
A cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Producer Joshua Safran tweeted about French’s death on Tuesday morning. “I can confirm my good friend, co-worker, and all around inspiration, Jahmil French, passed away yesterday,” he wrote. “Right now we’re all just processing this devastating news.”
Safran worked with French on the short-lived Netflix series “Soundtrack,” a musical drama set in Los...
- 3/2/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Jahmil French, an actor best known for appearing in four seasons of the Canadian teen drama “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” has died at the age of 29.
In addition to “Degrassi,” French also co-starred on the Netflix musical series “Soundtrack” and the short-lived Pop TV series “Let’s Get Physical.” His death was confirmed on Twitter by “Soundtrack” creator Joshua Safran. No cause of death was made public.
“I can confirm my good friend, co-worker, and all around inspiration, Jahmil French, passed away yesterday,” Safran wrote. “Only posting because I see the story getting out there. I will have more to say about him later. Right now we’re all just processing this devastating news.”
French joined the cast of “Degrassi” as a series regular for in Season 9, playing Dave Turner. He remained aboard the young-adult soap until its penultimate season in 2014.
“So grateful for memories and deep convos with you, beautiful angel,...
In addition to “Degrassi,” French also co-starred on the Netflix musical series “Soundtrack” and the short-lived Pop TV series “Let’s Get Physical.” His death was confirmed on Twitter by “Soundtrack” creator Joshua Safran. No cause of death was made public.
“I can confirm my good friend, co-worker, and all around inspiration, Jahmil French, passed away yesterday,” Safran wrote. “Only posting because I see the story getting out there. I will have more to say about him later. Right now we’re all just processing this devastating news.”
French joined the cast of “Degrassi” as a series regular for in Season 9, playing Dave Turner. He remained aboard the young-adult soap until its penultimate season in 2014.
“So grateful for memories and deep convos with you, beautiful angel,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Jahmil French, known for his role as Dave Turner in the hit Canadian series Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died, his representative Gabrielle Kachman confirmed to Deadline. He was 29.
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French,” Kachman said in a statement. “He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.”
A cause of death was not revealed.
Soundtrack creator Joshua Safran first shared the news of French’s passing on Twitter.
“I can confirm my good friend, co-worker, and all around inspiration, Jahmil French, passed away yesterday,” Safran wrote. “Only posting because I see the story getting out there. I will have more to say about him later.
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French,” Kachman said in a statement. “He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.”
A cause of death was not revealed.
Soundtrack creator Joshua Safran first shared the news of French’s passing on Twitter.
“I can confirm my good friend, co-worker, and all around inspiration, Jahmil French, passed away yesterday,” Safran wrote. “Only posting because I see the story getting out there. I will have more to say about him later.
- 3/2/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jahmil French, best known for portraying Dave Turner for several seasons on Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died at age 29, TVLine has confirmed.
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French,” the actor’s rep said in a statement. “He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.”
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“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French,” the actor’s rep said in a statement. “He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.”
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- 3/2/2021
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Jahmil French, who starred as Dave Turner on Degrassi: The Next Generation, has passed away at the age of 29. The actor's death was confirmed by his rep on March 2. "It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French," the statement read. "He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time." Producer Joshua Safran also shared the heartbreaking news on social media. "I can confirm my good friend, co-worker, and all around inspiration, Jahmil French, passed away yesterday," he tweeted....
- 3/2/2021
- E! Online
Jahmil French, who played Dave Turner for several seasons on Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died. He was 29.
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French. He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time,” Gabrielle Kachman, French’s agent at The Gersh Agency, told THR in a statement.
There was no immediate cause of death for French,...
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French. He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time,” Gabrielle Kachman, French’s agent at The Gersh Agency, told THR in a statement.
There was no immediate cause of death for French,...
Jahmil French, who played Dave Turner for several seasons on Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died. He was 29.
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French. He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time,” Gabrielle Kachman, French’s agent at The Gersh Agency, told THR in a statement.
There was no immediate cause of death for French,...
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French. He will be remembered by many for his passion for the arts, his commitment to his craft, and his vibrant personality. I ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time,” Gabrielle Kachman, French’s agent at The Gersh Agency, told THR in a statement.
There was no immediate cause of death for French,...
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