The latest film from Victor Kossakovsky (Gunda, Aquarela) is an epic, intimate, and poetic meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction — and offer hope for survival and a way forward. 

Johan Grimonprez’s film essay, anchored by the rhythm of American jazz, reveals disturbing truths about the decolonial struggle between global political powers.

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.

Curated by Umloda Ibrahim, For The Nile Is My Genesis offers poignant stories of reflection, joy and resilience by six Sudanese filmmakers. These films, which span a decade and a half, examine the complexities of identity, society, and home.

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.

In the past 50 years, pop has travelled around like an infection, accompanying revolutions, coups and the steady trudge of modern history – a balm for a spiritually lost world. Pop expands beyond its musical resonances as a constellation of social spaces, infiltrating the realm of politics and aesthetics.

Recipient of the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize winner at Venice Film Festival this year, the film is a richly compassionate, emotional and detailed drama of family secrets in the wartime Italian countryside.

Following their well-received improvised live film score to Häxan last year, INVITATION TO LOVE (Laura Groves, Fran Lobo, Hopping Corpse and Auclair) collaborate again to present Herk Harvey’s Carnival of Souls. They come together through a shared enjoyment of sound, weird and wonderful films and creative community. 

How do we respond to the daily rhythms that shape our lives and resonate within us? All life produces, and is governed by, rhythm. A heartbeat, a pattern, a flow. A programme of new UK and international documentary short film, curated by the LSFF Programme team.

Nickel Boys tells the story of Elwood Curtis, a young African-American boy sent to the Nickel Academy after he is falsely accused of a crime. There he meets Turner, and the two form a close friendship trying to survive the horrors of the school.