Rupert Everett, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax to sit on jury for Dinard Festival of British and Irish Film

UK actors, filmmakers and writers Rupert Everett, Jennifer Saunders and Ruby Wax will be among the jury members of the Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film, which will take place from October 1-5 in Brittany, France.

They will be joined by UK documentary filmmaker Molly Dineen, French actors Rachida Brakni and Reda Kateb, and French journalist Claire Chazal.

Akinola Davies’ My Father’s Shadow and Dylan Southern’s The Thing With Feathers are among the five films playing in competition.

Davies’ My Father’s Shadow world premiered at Cannes in Un Certain Regard and marks his feature debut. The semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, with Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù in the leading role. Mubi will re