Looking for Eric for Cherry. The film was shot on location in Greater Manchester by Loach's company Sixteen Films. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. It had its UK premiere on 1 June in Lowry Outlet Mall in Salford Quays, attended by Eric Cantona, and was the gala presentation at the opening night of the Sydney Film Festival on 3 June. The film was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 12 June. The film was scheduled to be shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival, but five days before opening night Loach withdrew it
Looking for Grace characters depicted are flawed in all sorts of ways, but Brooks's evident sympathy for all of them shines through and the result is an offbeat road movie filled with surprises and revelations." Phillipa Hawker for The Sydney Morning Herald said ""Looking for Grace" is a film of surprising twists and revelations, but it's also a movie that withholds things. It is a work made up of a series of quiet discoveries - some of them involve understanding what it is we cannot know, or coming to terms with what remains mysterious about those close to us." Unicorn Films, Taylor Media