Bugger Brexit, make an entry to the British Film Festival, now showing at the Palace – that’s the Palace Central, Palace Verona and Palace Norton Street, not Buckingham.

This princely fest is a right royal feast from FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS – a kind of Full Monty meets Brassed Off set on the Cornwall Coast – to FARMING, a frankly unbelievable story of racism raised from the incredulous because it is based on a true story.

You certainly wont want to miss Ken Loach’s new gem about couriers and the gig economy, SORRY WE MISSED YOU.

You’ll be sorry to miss any of these first release pictures, and what’s more there’s a chance to revisit some absolute classics.

In this year’s MINI British Film Festival, we screen a selection of highlights from Helen Mirren’s career and pay tribute to the remarkable and versatile talents of a captivating woman who embodies strength and grace no matter the character she plays. MIRROR ON MIRREN features some hidden gems from Helen Mirren’s back catalogue, including: THE AGE OF CONSENT (1969), SAVAGE MESSIAH (1972), O’LUCKY MAN (1973), THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE (1994), CALENDAR GIRLS (2003) and THE QUEEN (2006) for which Mirren won an Academy Award for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II.
Mirren stars in the closing night film, THE GOOD LIAR, co-starring Ian McKellen.

Other retrospective titles in the programme include the newly restored version of Nicolas Roeg’s eerie 1973 masterpiece DON’T LOOK NOW, adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier and starring a gorgeous Julie Christie and handsome Donald Sutherland; and the 1949 British black comedy KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS in restored 4K to celebrate its 70th anniversary.

For more information, visit www.britishfilmfestival.com.au