The 25th Dinard Biritish Film Festival in France with Catherine Deneuve as president revealed its winners on October 11 at the Closing Ceremony. Frank, directed by Lenny Abrahamson with a star cast including Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal, took home the Special Jury Prize. The Jury was headed by award winning French actress Catherine Deneuve. She took Frank's head with her after the Ceremony.

Every October since 1990 the Brittany town of Dinard, known to many as the Cannes of the north, holds an annual film festival dedicated to the best in British cinema. This year, to celebrate their 25th anniversary, the festival will feature six films shot on Britain's neighbouring island (that'd be Ireland).

Ireland's representative in the official competition was Lenny Abrahamson's piognant comedic drama Frank that has been competiting with the Belfast set '71, starring Jack O'Connell, Hong Khaou's beautiful and touching Lilting, Daniel Wolfe's Catch Me Daddy, Guy Myhill's The Goob, and Lone Scherfig's The Riot Club.

In addition to the six competition films the festival featured preview screenings, as well as retrospectives and tributes to the great names of British cinema. Special sessions has been also organised, where French films co-produced by the British and shot in the UK have been shown.

Four Irish Film Board funded films were screening as previews at the festival. The Tomm Moore directed Song of the Sea will feature as part of the Young Cinema programme, with John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, John Boorman's Queen and Country, and Stephen Bradley's Noble, the story of Christina Noble.