Our cinemas are closed for renovations from 13–20 August, reopening 21 August.
During this time, the ICA will be open 12-8pm daily.
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July 2026
Saturday, 18 July
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Daily Programme
Films
Rosebush Pruning
12:00 PM
The latest film from Karim Aïnouz is an outrageous satire on the absurdity of the patriarchal family.
Exhibitions
Elisa Giardina Papa:
She Flickered In and Out of History
A new video and mixed-media installation by Elisa Giardina Papa exploring the geological, mythological and political temporalities of the Mediterranean through a historical and speculative story of a vanished island.
Films
Time to Play
Films by Jacques Rozier
Shorts Programme
2:00 PM
This programme brings together four shorts by Jacques Rozier from 1958's Rivera-set
Blue Jeans
to 1983's unique reflection on the state of contemporary filmmaking
Lettre de la Sierra Morena
Talks & Events
Artist Talk: Elisa Giardina Papa in conversation with Erika Balsom
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Artist Elisa Giardina Papa speaks with film scholar Erika Balsom about her ICA installation, moderated by curator Andrea-Nitsche-Krupp.
Films
Caronte
4:00 PM
The River Douro in Porto is the area of Portuguese maritime territory with the highest number of suicides by jumping. Gastão has dedicated his life to recovering these bodies, not to try to save them, but to return them to their families, who can only move on once they have been recovered.
Films
Jean-Luc Godard:
Unmade and Abandoned
History + Q&A
4:00 PM
A double bill of powerful features by Jean-Pierre Melville and Jean-Luc Godard that explore war, occupation, resistance and possible reconciliation. Accompanied by two sublime shorts, one co-directed by Simone Bitton and Godard’s nephew, Paul Grivas, who worked closely with his uncle from 2003 onwards. With an introduction by Paul Grivas, followed by discussion/Q&A.
Films
The Girls (4K Restoration)
5:20 PM
Sumitra Peries' groundbreaking Sri Lankan film offers a tender and transporting journey through young dreams and first loves.
Films
Off-Circuit
UK PREMIERE The Day She Returns
8:30 PM
A subtle meditation on memory and performance, Hong Sangsoo's latest film unfolds through a series of increasingly intimate conversations, as he continues his exploration of the boundaries between lived experience and artistic creation.
Films
Synthetic Sincerity
8:45 PM
The Synthetic Sincerity Lab based at the University of Southern England are trying to create authentic AI characters as part of a new research project. The head of the lab Professor SonG, licences the films of Marc Isaacs' to better understand what his AI characters are lacking and, in turn, agrees the Filmmaker can document their working process.
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