Stars come out for pre-Cannes Film Festival lunch

A host of British stars have joined together to toast one another before next week’s Cannes Film Festival, among them Harry Potter actors Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and Timothy Spall, who joined the London’s BFI Southbank send-off lunch for those heading to the festival to represent the best in British film this year.

As we previously reported, Spall will be in attendance in support of his film Mr. Turner.  Staunton and Nighy will be supporting their Cannes film premiere of Pride, which also stars Jessie Cave. You can view the pictures from the lunch below, taken by BFI’s photographer, Theo Wood:

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