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FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
25 April 2020 – 25 April 2021
The ICA’s annual film festival returns with a programme of screenings, discussions and workshops which revolve around the theme of spectatorship.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
Workshop: The New Avant-Garde in Contemporary Spanish Cinema
Wed, 1 July
Directors Eloy Enciso, Natalia Marín and Javier Fernández Vázquez discuss and explore current trends in Spanish cinema.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE Un Film Dramatique + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
A powerful exercise in collectivity, co-directed by filmmaker Éric Baudelaire alongside a class of 20 middle schoolers.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE The Earth Is Blue as an Orange + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Irina Tsilyk’s first feature tracks a Ukrainian single mother and her family as they film their lives against a backdrop of conflict.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE The Cloud in Her Room + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Zheng Lu Xinyuan mixes reality, fiction and experimental reveries into a powerful reflection on love and impermanence.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE Oroslan + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
A Slovenian minority group in a remote Hungarian village grapples with grief and mortality
following the death of an elderly villager.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE IWOW: I Walk on Water + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Centred on 125th and Lexington in East Harlem, Khalik Allah’s monumental new diary film is a rich and deeply personal work.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE Immortal + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Ksenia Okhapina’s observational study of a Russian industrial town that started life as a Soviet-era labour camp.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE From Tomorrow on, I Will + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
The daily routine of a lonely nightwatchman becomes a prism through which Ivan Marković and Wu Linfeng explore Beijing.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE Endless Night + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
A man returns to his Galician home to unearth hidden stories of post-Franco Spain in Eloy Enciso’s powerful feature.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE Air Conditioner + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Angolan filmmaker Fradique expands the possibilities of the cinema of the real with his journey
into the heart of Luanda.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE A Storm Was Coming + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Javier Fernández Vázquez’s solo debut feature interrogates the complex relationship between Spain and Equatorial Guinea, its former colony.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
Symposium: how to think
Wed, 1 July
Connecting with FRAMES of REPRESENTATION’s theme of spectatorship, artists, thinkers and healers address radical equality and contemporary oppressions.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
Soviet Cycles: A Round-table Discussion on Spectatorship and Censorship
Wed, 1 July
Directors Ksenia Okhapkina, Matjaž Ivanišin and Iryna Tsilyk, whose work features in FRAMES of REPRESENTATION, discuss their filmmaking practices.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
PROGRESSIO
Wed, 1 July
Supporting filmmakers while fostering wide-ranging discussions around the cinema of the real, PROGRESSIO returns with an expanded programme for 2020.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
In Conversation with Éric Baudelaire
Wed, 1 July
Filmmaker Éric Baudelaire is joined by scholar Erika Balsom for a discussion preceding the screening of Un Film Dramatique. 
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
FoR Shorts #2: Apiyemiyekî? + Aggregate States of Matters + Sun Dog + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Striking new works from Europe and Latin America feature in the second selection of short films in FRAMES of REPRESENTATION.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
FoR Shorts #1: Reynard + Seven Years in May + Tender + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
The first in FRAMES of REPRESENTATION’s two short film programmes features new works from Portugal, Brazil and France.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
Artist’s Talk: Khalik Allah
Wed, 1 July
New York-based director and photographer Khalik Allah discusses his photography practice in conversation with Shanida Scotland of The Guardian.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE Los conductos + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Los conductos traces a restless man’s journey while simultaneously reflecting on the political and social landscape of Colombia.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE Panquiaco + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
Panamanian filmmaker Ana Elena Tejera’s Panquiaco offers an unflinching reflection on the concept of home.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
UK PREMIERE Piedra sola + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
A devotional journey into the heart of the Argentinian Puna, a bare landscape shaped by myths and ancestral forces.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020
LONDON PREMIERE La vida en común + Q&A
Wed, 1 July
A group of boys hunt for a puma that has been stalking their village in Ezequiel Yanco’s evocative study of rural Argentina.