Film screening and discussion, part of the Reimagining Regional Policy Through Creative Engagement exhibition.

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I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Directed by Ken Loach
Sixteen Films

Set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, I, Daniel Blake is a powerful and unflinching drama that follows Daniel Blake (Dave Johns), a 59-year-old widower and carpenter recovering from a heart attack. Despite medical advice not to return to work, Daniel is denied Employment and Support Allowance and finds himself trapped in a bureaucratic welfare system that prioritises digital compliance over human need.

As he navigates mandatory online job searches and impersonal assessments, Daniel forms a friendship with Katie (Hayley Squires), a single mother struggling to provide for her children. Together, they confront the realities of modern poverty in the UK.

Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, the film is both a searing critique of the benefits system and a deeply humane portrait of dignity, solidarity, and resilience.

• Tickets: Free (Please book below)
• Doors From: 6.30PM
• Film Starts: 7:00PM (Approximately)
• 15+
• Unreserved Seating
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