Ken Loach Talks Challenges & Resonance Of ‘Land And Freedom’ As Spanish Civil War Drama Returns To Cannes & Mystery Of 1995 Prize U-Turn

EXCLUSIVE: Bafta and Palme d’Or-winning director Ken Loach and producer Rebecca O’Brien are due to hit Cannes today for a Cinéma de Plage screening of a remastered 4K version of Spanish Civil War drama Land and Freedom which originally premiered at the festival in competition in 1995.

Tonight’s screening falls just two months shy of the 90th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War on July 17, 1936, in which some 500,000 would die, and as many more would flee the country.

Talking to Deadline ahead of the screening, Loach says the conflict still resonates with the Left to this day as the first international fight against fascism.

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