British veteran director Ken Loach used his appearance on the red carpet at the 77th Bafta Film Awards ceremony on Sunday to urge for a ceasefire in Gaza, where over 29,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks since 7 October. Loach, whose Syrian refugee drama The Old Oak was competing for the Outstanding British Film category, posed next to a sign that read: “Gaza: Stop the massacre”, which was held up by the film’s writer Paul Laverty. His film, Old Oak, tells the story of a struggling pub landlord in a former mining community in County Durham where tensions rise after Syrian refugees …