I, Daniel Blake is a low budget social realist film, funded by the BFI and BBC.

Who invested in Daniel Blake?

Live Cinema UK provided audience engagement consultancy for E One and Organic Marketing’s national campaign for the 2016 smash hit I Daniel Blake, supported by significant investment from the BFI’s Distribution Fund, to release Ken Loach’s biggest ever opening at over 200 cinemas.

How much did it cost to make Daniel Blake?

It is very difficult to establish the exact production costs of ‘I, Daniel Blake’ although 16 Films Producer, Rebecca O’Brien, said it was a ‘modest amount’, even for a Ken Loach film. We know some of the funding it received (e.g. £300k from the BFI) and can estimate it to be around £2 million.