The Element Pictures-produced September Says and Belfast actor Lalor Roddy's performance in the John McGahern adaptation That They May Face the Rising Sun have been honoured at the Dinard British and Irish Film Festival in France.
The feature debut of actor-turned-director Ariane Labed, September Says won the award for Best Film at the festival in Brittany at the weekend.
Filmed in Ireland and adapted by Labed from the Daisy Johnson novel Sisters, September Says is the story of two sisters whose family holiday in Ireland takes a series of surreal turns.
The film stars Pascale Kann, Mia Tharia, and Rakhee Thakrar alongside Irish actors Niamh Moriarty and Charlie Reid.
September Says will screen at the BFI London Film Festival this weekend.
Directed by Pat Collins and also starring Barry Ward, Anna Bederke, Seán McGinley, John Olohan, Phillip Dolan, and Brendan Conroy, That They May Face the Rising Sun was released to acclaim earlier this year.
Adapted by director Collins and co-screenwriter Eamon Little, it follows "a year in the life of a rural, lakeside community in Ireland in the 1970s" with Roddy playing the role of Patrick Ryan.
Both September Says and That They May Face the Rising Sun were supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland.
Among the jury members at the festival was Colm Bairéad, the director of the Oscar-nominated An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl).
The Dinard British and Irish Film Festival winners:
Jury Prizes
Hitchcock d'Or Ciné+ OCS for Best Film
September Says by Ariane Labed
Hitchcock for Best Performance
Lalor Roddy in That They May Face the Rising Sun by Pat Collins
Special Jury Prize
Unicorns by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
Audience Awards
Public Prize Hitchcock, Feature Film
Unicorns by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
Public Prize Hitchcock, Best Short
Legacy by Harry Hadden-Paton
Other Awards
Talent of Tomorrow Prize
Paul & Paulette Take a Bath by Jethro Massey
