Other prize winners include ‘71, Catch Me Daddy and Lilting.

The 25th anniversary of Brittany’s Dinard British Film Festival gave its top prize, the Golden Hitchcock, to Guy Myhill’s The Goob. The prize comes with distribution assistance and direct support to the director, and promotion on the Cine + channels.

The jury was led by Catherine Deneuve and also included Emilia Fox, Jodie Whittaker, Kevin Macdonald, Penny Woolcock, Amira Casar, Rémy Bezançon, Jean-Pierre Daroussin, Suzanne Clément, Léa Drucker and Alexandre Mallet-Guy. A special mention went to Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank.

The Award for Best Cinematography, sponsored by Technicolor, went to Daniel Wolfe’s Catch Me Daddy, which also won the Allianz Award for best screenplay.

Hong Khaou’s Lilting won the Heartbeat Award Le Prix Coup de Coeur, awarded by l’association La Règle du Jeu.

The Audience Award, sponsored by Première, was awarded to Yann Demange’s ‘71.

The Best Short Film Award, chosen from submissions from NFTS and FEMIS students, went to Daisy Jacobs’ The Bigger Picture.

The festival opened with Sunshine on Leith and closed with One Chance. More than 30 British films screened across the five-day festival.

A special programme honoured the work of Michael Radford. Stephen Woolley was also honoured and discussed his work with Dinard audiences.

 

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