'' The Angels ' Share '' ( 2013 ) is centred on a young Scottish troublemaker who is given a final opportunity to stay out of jail . Newcomer Paul Brannigan , then 24 , from Glasgow , played the lead role . The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where Loach won the Jury Prize . '' Jimmy 's Hall '' ( 2014 ) was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival . Loach announced his retirement from film-making in 2014 but soon after restarted his career following the election of a Conservative government in the UK general election of 2015
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
Ken Loach