Kes
United Kingdom, 1969, 112 minutes, Color, English; Turkish captioned
1971 BAFTA Awards; Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Best Supporting Actor 1971 Writer’s Guild of Great Britain; Best British Screenplay 1970 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; Crystal Globe
Director: Ken Loach
Screenplay: Barry Hines, Ken Loach, Tony Garnett
Cinematography: Chris Menges
Editing: Roy Watts
Music: John Cameron
Producer: Tony Garnett
Production: Kestrel Films, Woodfall Film Productions
Cast: David Bradley, Brian Glover, Freddie Fletcher, Colin Welland, Lynne Perrie
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher Mr. Farthing and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence, until tragedy strikes.