Ken Loach receives Golden Honorary Bear at Berlinale 2014
British director Ken Loach received a lengthy standing ovation last night as the 64th Berlin International Film Festival awarded him the Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievements.
The award ceremony of the Golden Honorary Bear took place yesterday at 10.00 pm in the Berlinale Palast. Czech director Jiří Menzel gave the laudation. A screening of Loach’s 1993 feature Raining Stones (1993) followed the award ceremony.
Set near Manchester, Raining Stones tells the story of a man of great vitality who, as an unemployed father, struggles to maintain his dignity, and untiringly tries to raise money to buy a communion dress for his young daughter.
