The Irish thriller Bring Them Down starring Barry Keoghan has won Best Picture at the Texas film festival Fantastic Fest.
Described in the festival's programme as a "beautifully crafted and assured character piece", Bring Them Down won Best Picture in the main competition of the annual Austin-based Fantastic Fest.
The Dublin-based production company Tailored Films is among the producers of the film, and co-founder Ruth Treacy told RTÉ Entertainment of the win: "We are over the moon with this win. It's amazing to see Irish cinema, particularly a film with a lot of Irish language in it, celebrated on such a big stage."
The debut feature of writer-director Christopher Andrews, Bring Them Down is billed as "a suspenseful thriller that observes the escalating tensions of two farming families in the west of Ireland, whose actions have increasingly devastating consequences".
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month.
Starring alongside Keoghan in Bring Them Down are Christopher Abbott, Colm Meaney, Nora-Jane Noone, Paul Ready, and Susan Lynch.
Both Keoghan and co-star Abbott are among the executive producers.
As well as Tailored Films, Bring Them Down has been made in association with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, and RTÉ, among others.
A release date for Bring Them Down is yet to be announced.
