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I Daniel blake
production
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it was exhibited at film festivals like cannes, denver, locarno , san sebastian stockholm and vancouver
it won the palme d'or at cannes, a bafta a london film critics award, evening standard british film awards and empire awards best british film
social context
it addresses a contemporary british socil issues such as poverty, the wlefare system and the work capability assesment
the film portrays a group of traditionally underrepresented characters in newcastle struggling in poverty to gain benefits and support, it conveys a clear left wing political message and criticises specific government policies, such as the 'austerity programme'
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the film had a budget less than 3 million, the film was mainly shot on location, reducing productions costs, as a genre convention
unlike other films with big production budgets, the film was not distributed by one of the big six
the bfi agreed to paert fund the films production as culturally it explored important socio-political issues but also awarded a grantt for distribution
the BBC is likely to have invested in the film as the narrative fulfills one of its public service broadcasting commitments
cultural
culturally, independent british social realism has always had low production values that has been recognised, and expected by the target audience. comercially the primary distribution for this type of genre film has been independent.
this in turn means that limited distribution is not nevessarily an economic problem for films like it that may initially make a loss at the box office. the film will make money slowly over time through distribution on alternative platforms such as DVDs and streaming or downloading via digital media
i daniel blake is an indepencent film directed by ken loach, it was released in october 2016