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| Emma de Caunes joins the jury for the 26th British Film Festival in Dinard Photo: Richard Mowe |
Actress Emma de Caunes (daughter of former Eurotrash host Antoine de Caunes) will join president Jean Rochefort as a member of this year’s jury at the 26th edition of Dinard British Film Festival, it was announced today (13 Sept).
Among the other jurors at the event from 30 September until 4 October will be actress Melanie Doutey, Virginia Efra, Amara Karan, Alexandra Lamy, actor Bernard Lecoq and producer Bertrand Favre with a few names still to be confirmed. Among the awards to be deliberated will be the top accolade the Golden Hitchcock.
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| A Long Way Down, directed by Pascal Chaumeil and starring Pierce Brosnan, will be presented as a tribute to the director in the opening slot at the Dinard British Film Festival |
The opening film will be A Long Way Down, directed by Pascal Chaumeil and starring Pierce Brosnan, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots and Toni Collette. It will be presented as a tribute to the director who died earlier this year in Paris after a battle with cancer. He was 54. DinaAlthough an established director in France, Chaumeil only recently directed his English-language debut, adapted from Nick Hornby’s novel.
The Festival will cast a special focus on British author, screenwriter and playwright Hanif Kureishi, one of the most renowned figures of the new “school” of British writers with an immigrant background, for a master- class with director Roger Michell and the screening of many of the films he scripted.
The rest of the line-up comprises:
- 45 Years (Andrew Haigh) starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay which won two Silver Bears at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- Birthday (Roger Michell) with Anna Maxwell Martin, Stephen Mangan.
- Breaking The Bank (Vadim Jean) with Kelsey Grammer, John Michael Higgins, Tamsin Greig.
- Bypass (Duane Hopkins) with George MacKay, Benjamin Dilloway, Charlotte Spencer.
- Dough (John Goldschmidt) with Jonathan Pryce, Philip Davis, Ian Hart.
- The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson (Julien Temple)
- Gold (Nial Heery) with James Nesbitt, David Wilmot, Kerry Condon, Maisie Williams...
- Hide And Seek (Johanna Coates) with Josh O’Connor, Hannah Arterton, Rea Mole, Daniel Metz, Joe Banks.
- Lapse of Honour (Rayna Campbell) with Tom Collins, Gary McDonald, Lady Leshurr.
- The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) with Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Wishaw.
- The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies (Roger Michell) with Jason Watkins, Shaun Parkes, Ben Caplan.
- Mr. Holmes (Bill Condon) with Ian MacKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker.
- Norfolk (Martin Radich) with Denis Menochet, Eileen Davies, Barry Keoghan.
- Orthodox (David Leon) with Stephen Graham, Christopher Fairbanks, Michael Smiley.
- Still (Simon Blake) with Aidan Gillen, Jonathan Slinger, Elodie Yung.
- The Survivalist (Stephen Fingleton) with Mia Goth, Martin McCann, Andrew Simpson...
- Love Is Blind (Dan Hodgson) with Will Best, Sophie Allen, Ace Mahbaz.
- Hector (Jake Gavin) with Peter Mullan, Keith Allen, Natalie Gavin
