The Lost King

Director: Stephen Frears

Year: 2017

The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish ghillie, the queen had at last found a replacement. But her intense and controversial relationship with the Munshi led to a near revolt in the royal household.<br /> A tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen, a relationship that survived the best attempts to destroy it.<br /> Based on the book 'Victoria &amp; Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closet Confidant' by Shrabani Basu.<br /> Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - Special Presentations

Director: Stephen Frears

Year: 2016

Based on the true story of the eponymous New York heiress who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The film celebrates the human spirit, the power of music and the passion of amateurs everywhere.<br /> The voice Florence Foster Jenkins heard in her head was divine, but to the rest of the world it was hilariously awful. At private recitals, her devoted 'husband' and manager, St Clair Bayfield, managed to protect Florence from the truth. But when Florence decided to give her first public concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, St Clair realised he had perhaps bitten off more than he could chew.<br /> Belfast Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

Director: Stephen Frears

Year: 2015

The true story of the meteoric rise and fall of one of the most celebrated and controversial sportsmen, Lance Armstrong. <br /> Following a gruelling battle with cancer, he returned to his cycling career in 1999 with his sights set firmly on winning the Tour de France. With the help of the infamous Italian physician Michele Ferrari and team director Johan Bruyneel, he developed the most sophisticated doping program in the history of the sport allowing Armstrong and his American teammates to dominate the world of cycling, winning the Tour an unprecedented seven times. However, not everyone believed the fairytale... Sunday Times journalist David Walsh soon began to question whether the ‘world’s greatest athlete’ was ‘clean’. <br /> Toronto International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere