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Tuesday, 17 December
Daily Programme
Films
The Universal Theory
4:10 PM
1962. Against the towering landscape of the post-war Swiss Alps, a gifted young physicist meets an elusive pianist – one who knows things about him that he’s never told another living soul. Before long his curiosity traps him inside a mind-bending web of murder and mystery.
Films
Grand Theft Hamlet
4:15 PM
As the 2021 UK national lockdown drags on, increasingly isolated theatre actors Sam and Mark spend their days in the online world of Grand Theft Auto. When they have an idea to stage a full production of Hamlet within the game.
Films
The Female Closet + discussion with Nicole Eisenman and Andrew Durbin
6:15 PM
Barbara Hammer's The Female Closet , combines rare footage, interviews, and rich visual documentation to survey the lives of three variously closeted and not-so-closeted artists from different segments of the 20th century. Followed by a conversation between artist Nicole Eisenman and writer Andrew Durbin.
Films
In Focus: Payal Kapadia
All We Imagine as Light
6:30 PM
Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s stunning sophomore feature – which follows ICA Distribution project A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) – is a profound meditation on urban migration and dislocation.
Films
Jean-Luc Godard: Scénario(s)
Numéro deux + Comment ça va
8:00 PM
This double bill brings together two of Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville's most intriguing works from the 1970s. Marking the filmmakers first long-form experiment with video, Numéro deux is a raw exploration of French family life in the 1970s, while Comment ça va incisively investigates the nature of audio-visual communication.
Films
The Bibi Files
8:45 PM
Using never-seen-before interrogation footage, this investigation of Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle provides an unflinching gaze into the private world behind the headlines. 
Exhibitions
Jean-Luc Godard: Scénario(s)
A unique exploration of the final creative work of cinema’s great innovator, Jean-Luc Godard. Appearing in exhibition format, Scénario(s) will see Godard’s last two films, including the UK premiere of his final work, Scénarios (2024), installed in the ICA's upper galleries alongside his extensive creative notebooks, offering a rare glimpse into the artist’s reflective process, blurring the lines between film, visual art, and philosophy.