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Ken Loach and Steve Evets discuss working with Eric Cantona. Looking For Eric: interview

noreply@blogger.com (ajkerkagojbd) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:09:00 -0700

For over forty years British director Ken Loach has been crafting film and television drama that puts the spotlight on pressing social issues. His latest work, Looking For Eric, finds him in unusually light-hearted mood although this story of a football-obsessed postman (Steve Evets) on the verge of a nervous breakdown also deals with the recent proliferation of violent teenage gangs. Manchester United's favourite son, Eric Cantona, is the man who steps up to help the beleaguered postie, also named Eric, when his step-sons are roped into this culture of drugs and violence (albeit appearing through a haze of pot smoke…).

Steve Evets (centre) and his fellow Man Utd-supporting postmen.

In a trippy turn of real-life events, it was Cantona who made the call to Loach with an idea about a crazed fan whose life falls apart as his obsession grows, but this would only be the springboard for a much deeper examination of the way community spirit helps one man overcome his personal hardships. Loach teamed up with frequent collaborators, writer Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O'Brien, and developed the story to that end. Cantona would of course play himself, but it was important to the director that the rest of the cast be genuine Mancunians. Steve Evets (recently seen in Summer) fit the bill and was also praised by Loach for what he calls his ability to be "funny, but not in a way that he's playing comedy." Loach and Evets chat to BBC Film Network about striking the balance between comedy and social commentary, working on the streets of Manchester and what Eric Cantona is really like.

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noreply@blogger.com (ajkerkagojbd) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:04:00 -0700

We look forward to another stellar year of the world's longest continually running film festival, which takes place in Edinburgh from 17th - 28th June.

The Edinburgh International Film Festival returns to its new slot in June, away from the meleé of the International Festival and Fringe events which follow in August. In its 63rd incarnation, EIFF remains one of the best places to view independent cinema from original voices, unencumbered by the obsession for recognised 'auteurs' which afflicts some of the better known European festivals. It's also undoubtedly the best festival to catch British films and this year's programme sees a host of new releases from established UK talent and rising stars. Alongside the feature films there will also be a comprehensive selection of some of the most exciting recent shorts and documentaries, and a welcome new addition is the Cinematic TV strand, an overdue appreciation of the extraordinary television now being produced in the US and UK, which will offer the chance to see how well it works on the big screen.

Film Network will also be supporting the Trailblazers and Directors' Lab initiatives from the UKFC and Skillset, which will be operating during the festival, as well as the annual McLaren Animation Awards. There will also be a unmissable restrospective of the work of B-Movie maestro Roger Corman, for those who tire of the festival's loftier aspirations.

See below for more details about some of the highlights to look out for, and return to Film Network after the festival has finished for more interviews and articles from the event itself.

Le Donk

Shane Meadows is a self-declared big fan of Edinburgh Film Festival, where his previous film Somers Town received its UK premiere in 2008. His latest project is getting its World Premiere this time around, concerning an ageing but ambitious roadie called Le Donk (Paddy Considine) who attempts to make a star out of Nottingham's latest rap prodigy, Scorz-Ayz-Ee.

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