About this event
What to expect
The Russell Hobbs British Film Festival, presented by Palace, will be screening at Palace Regent Cinemas in Ballarat. This year's sensational lineup showcases British brilliance at its best with hotly anticipated new releases, documentaries and retrospectives.
Festival highlights include Opening Night selection 'My Duchess' from acclaimed director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) starring Dame Joan Collins as Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor.
This year's Festival Centrepiece is 'Prima Facie'. Cynthia Erivo commands the courtroom in this gripping legal drama that follows a brilliant barrister forced to confront the justice system she once fiercely defended, adapted from Suzie Miller's award-winning play.
Directed by Anton Corbijn (Control), mystery thriller 'A Talent for Murder' stars Academy Award® winner Dame Helen Mirren as Patricia Highsmith, the legendary author behind The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Closing the festival is the Australian Premiere of the highly anticipated biographical drama 'Elsinore' directed by Australian Simon Stone and starring an unforgettable Andrew Scott as the legendary actor Ian Charleson as he embarks on his final role in London's National Theatre production of Hamlet.