ENTERTAINMENT
Queen at Sea + Juliette Binoche Q&A: London visitor guide
BFI Southbank presents Queen at Sea with a Q&A advertised with Juliette Binoche and director Lance Hammer on 17 September. The film deals with dementia, family care and difficult questions about consent.
The essentials, in one place
Choose your date, check your ticket and plan the journey.
- Date
- 17 Sept 2026
- Venue
- BFI Southbank South Bank
- What time does it start?
- Start time not confirmed here London local time. A door opening time is not a stage time.
- Tickets
- Ticketed; check BFI Availability and prices can change.
Access, line-up and the journey home
- Access
- Certificate 15; digital; film 121 minutes plus Q&A
- Finish and running time
- A finish time has not been confirmed here. Check the venue programme before arranging your journey home.
- Return journey
- Use your actual departure date and time in the journey planner, especially if you expect to leave after midnight.
- Date
- 17 September 2026
- Director
- Lance Hammer
- Film
- UK–USA · 2026 · 121 minutes
- Format
- Digital
- Certificate
- 15
- Extra
- Juliette Binoche + Lance Hammer Q&A
The film’s central dilemma
Juliette Binoche plays a daughter who becomes concerned about her stepfather’s relationship with her mother, who has advanced dementia. Lance Hammer’s drama examines a family’s uncertainty about care, intimacy and consent. The credited cast also includes Tom Courtenay, Anna Calder-Marshall and Florence Hunt.
Why the preview is distinctive
The scheduled conversation with Binoche and Hammer creates an opportunity to hear about performance and filmmaking after a demanding story. Their appearance is advertised by BFI; as with any guest event, recheck the current notice before travelling rather than treating an earlier listing as an attendance guarantee.
Allow enough time
The film runs 121 minutes and screens digitally. The Q&A is additional and no reliable total event length is reproduced here. Keep the later part of your evening flexible. If you need to catch a particular train, compare its last departure against the confirmed start and ask BFI about the expected discussion length.
Audience and content considerations
The certificate is 15. The themes may be distressing for some viewers, especially those with personal experience of dementia or caring relationships. Read BFI’s linked content advice before choosing it for another person; a famous cast does not make this an uncomplicated social-night selection.
Before you book
Open the direct BFI event page, select the performance and read the final ticket summary. The public information checked here does not establish a reliable start time or current ticket price. Neither a preview listing nor a booking button guarantees remaining seats. Save the time and auditorium printed on your confirmation; do not use the film runtime as the duration of the entire visit.
Build a South Bank visit
BFI Southbank is the destination, not the separate BFI IMAX cinema. Waterloo is a useful arrival point; Embankment and Charing Cross are alternatives across the river. Choose the route that works from your actual starting point and check TfL before leaving. Keep a pre-screening meal nearby and make any longer riverside walk an optional extra, particularly in rain.
Accessibility and planning
Use BFI’s access information and contact the box office before booking if you need a wheelchair space, companion arrangement or an accessible screening format. A film having English subtitles does not by itself confirm descriptive subtitles or audio description. Check the particular performance, protect time for arrival and keep a return-travel alternative.
After the preview
The special 17 September Q&A and any later ordinary screenings are different bookings. Follow the direct BFI page for other performances instead of assuming that the guests or event format will repeat.
