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October 2026
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Daily Programme
Exhibitions
Frieze × ICA Artists' Film Programme 2026
Frieze and the ICA collaborate to present a programme of artists’ film and moving image, coinciding with Frieze London 2026.
Exhibitions
Autumn Knight: I Can't Complain
I Can’t Complain
is a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Autumn Knight. Featuring a new commission alongside recent work, this is the first major presentation of her work in the UK.
Films
Cotton Queen
12:20 PM
A new feature debut from Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani explores the legacy of colonialism and the fight for self-determination through the tender eyes of a teenage girl.
Films
BFI London Film Festival 2026
Josephine
1:30 PM
Winner of the Grand Jury Dramatic Prize at Sundance, this suspenseful and devastating film follows a child trying to navigate life after witnessing a sexual assault.
Films
Nadja
2:20 PM
In 1993, invited by David Lynch to come up with a low-budget genre movie, Michael Almereyda (
Tesla
,
Experimenter
,
Hamlet
) came up with a moody, postmodern reimagining of the Dracula myth which draws inspiration from
Dracula’s Daughter
(1936) and André Breton’s surrealist novel
Nadja
.
Films
BFI London Film Festival 2026
Experimenta Special PresentationShab-Nameh: Women of Iran’s Forgotten Left
4:15 PM
Following a screening of her short
Ghazal-e Sorkh
, Jarman Award–winning artist Maryam Tafakory presents this live film performance, which explores erased histories of women’s political resistance in Iran.
Films
Naza
4:30 PM
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Films
BFI London Film Festival 2026
Cadences of Resistance
6:20 PM
Resisting the enduring legacies of colonial violence and honoring those who continue to gather, speak and dream, these films transform acts of remembrance into radical forms of reclamation, solidarity and world-making.
Films
Case 137
6:30 PM
Set against the backdrop of mass protests in Paris,
Case 137
follows Stéphanie, a meticulous internal affairs investigator working on the case of a teenager severely wounded by police fire. As she searches for the truth her inquiry collides with institutional resistance and pressure mounts as the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.
Live
In the Round: Alabaster DePlume – Both Sides
7:30 PM
London-based saxophonist, singer, composer and poet Alabaster DePlume brings a special residency to the ICA, with a fresh band each night.
Films
BFI London Film Festival 2026
Act 3
8:40 PM
The latest in Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s series of cinematic essays is a rich and thought-provoking journey through ageing, legacy and the intersection between artistic and personal relationships.
Films
By Design
8:45 PM
A woman (Juliette Lewis) swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair in a surreal, deadpan comedy from director Amanda Kramer.
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