 The most popular British film festival in France, Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard this year celebrates its 20th anniversary with a powerful line up of British films.
Backed by the town and region of Dinard, with support from the UK Film Council, The British Council and the CNC (Centre National du Cinéma), the Dinard British Film Festival shows the best new British filmmaking, showcasing a wide array of films from both established and emerging filmmakers. Seven prizes are award at the end of the festival, including the Grand Jury Award and the Hitchcock d’Or (Audience) Award. See below for the list of films in competition.
Following on from the London preview screenings we arranged for Artistic Director Hussam Hindi in July, this year, in celebration of the Festival’s anniversary and in partnership with the British Council, Dinard looked at the significant contribution to the British film industry of 10 British directors, many of whom whom will attend this year’s festival to present one of their acclaimed titles (links go to the director's profile on britfilms.com). The British Council was delighted to co-present this section as we have supported most of the selected directors earlier in their careers, through our short film activities.
Andrea Arnold Fish Tank (2009)
John Crowley Boy A (2008)
Saul Dibb The Duchess (2008)
Ben Hopkins The Nine Lives Of Thomas Katz (2003)
Asif Kapadia The Warrior (2003)
James Marsh Man On Wire (2008)
Lynne Ramsay Ratcatcher (2000)
Christopher Smith Triangle (2009)
Edgar Wright Hot Fuzz (2007)
Pawel Pawlikowski From Moscow To Pietushki (1990), Dostoevsky’s Travels (1992), Serbian Epics (1992), Twockers (1998), Tripping With Zhirinovsk (1994).
Our cultural relations remit encourages the sharing of knowledge and ideas between the UK’s creative sector and its international counterparts, and to help foster long standing relationships. We continue to support the collaboration between la Femis and the National Film and Television School – and once again, the short film competition saw six short films (three from each school) competing for the British Council’s Entente Cordiale Award.
Shorts from NFTS (National Film & Television School):
Brixton 85 directed by Tom Green
Emma and Ben directed by Vanessa Stockley
The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive directed by Alberto Rodriguez *winner, Entente Cordiale Award*
Shorts from Fémis:
Cavalier Seul (The Memorial) directed by Vincent Mariette
Birds Get Vertigo Too directed by Sarah Cunningham
Accordez-moi (First Chords) directed by Mikaël Buch
The full list of British films screened at the Festival:
Crying With Laughter directed by Justin Molotnikov
In The Loop directed by Armando Iannucci
Jean Charles directed by Henrique Goldman
She, A Chinese directed by Xiaolu Guo
Sounds Like Teen Spirit directed by Jamie Jay Johnson*winner, Audience Prize*
White Lightnin’ directed by Dominic Murphy *winner, Grand Jury Prize*
An Englishman In New York directed by Richard Laxton
From Time To Time directed by Julian Fellowes
Lesbian Vampire Killers directed by Phil Claydon
An Education directed by Lone Scherfig
Barbara Hulanicki: Beyond Biba directed by Louis Price
Boogie Woogie directed by Duncan Ward
The Calling directed by Jan Dunn
Le Donk & Scorz-Ayz-Ee directed by Shane Meadows
Fifty Dead Men Walking directed by Kari Skogland
I Know You Know directed by Justin Kerrigan
John Boorman, A Portrait directed by Philippe Pilard
Ivul directed by Andrew Kötting
Kisses directed by Lance Daly
Moon directed by Duncan Jones *winner, Coup de Coeur*
Mugabe And The White African directed by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson
New Town Killers directed by Richard Jobson
Red Riding Trilogy directed by Julian Jarrold (Red Riding 1974), James Marsh (Red Riding 1980) And Anand Tucker (Red Riding 1983)
Shifty directed by Eran Creevy
Tony directed by Gerard Johnson
Triangle directed by Christopher Smith
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