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Films
Institute of Contemporary Arts
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Weekly cinema releases
Rumours
6 – 18 December 2024
The latest film from Guy Maddin, Evan & Galen Johnson sees the leaders of seven wealthy democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
6 – 18 December 2024
The new film from acclaimed, BAFTA-winning director Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch), On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a compelling drama about community and sisterhood.
Grand Theft Hamlet
6 – 17 December 2024
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.
The Taste of Mango
29 November – 13 December 2024
In this hypnotic cinematic love letter that flows through time and generations, director Chloe Abrahams probes into what her mother and grandmother have long brushed aside, tenderly untangling painful knots in her family’s unspoken past.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
15 November – 22 December 2024
Johan Grimonprez’s film essay, anchored by the rhythm of American jazz, reveals disturbing truths about the decolonial struggle between global political powers.
Off-Circuit
UK PREMIERE
True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956
3 November – 22 December 2024
Set in 1953 at a psychiatric clinic in Blida, Algeria, and shot on location, the film follows Frantz Fanon, a young black psychiatrist, as he is appointed head doctor.
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Burning Man: Art on Fire
Wed, 11 December
An inspirational insight into the spectacular art at the center of this annual celebration, Burning Man: Art on Fire, directed by BAFTA winner Gerald Fox, follows the unpredictable journey of the artists who defy reason to bring their massive installations and sculptures to the punishing Nevada desert.
PREVIEW The Bibi Files
Thu, 12 December
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. 
Remembering Every Night
13 – 19 December 2024
Yui Kiyohara guides us through the Tokyo suburb of Tama New Town as she follows the lives of three women of different ages whose paths converge and intersect. 
PREVIEW Vermiglio + Q&A
Fri, 13 December
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.
The Universal Theory
13 – 19 December 2024
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.
The Bibi Files
13 – 18 December 2024
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. 
Jean-Luc Godard Scénario(s):
Film Programme
14 – 22 December 2024
A curated programme of works by Jean-Luc Godard, spanning six decades, further contextualising his legacy in both film and visual art. 
Ultra Violet Neon Planet
Sat, 14 December
A shared voice with no words. Ultra Violet Neon Planet is a film documenting the cultural origins of bleep, a subgenre of house and techno developed in Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford in the late 1980's.
Jean-Luc Godard: Scénario(s)
14 – 22 December 2024
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.
Nickel Boys
3 – 9 January 2025
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.
London Short Film Festival 2025
18 – 25 January 2025
With its annual celebration of emerging filmmakers and the art of short filmmaking, the London Short Film Festival (LSFF) returns for its 22nd edition, taking place 17th - 26th January 2025 across London’s most iconic screens and venues, alongside arts and community spaces and a community-hopping mobile cinema bus.
The Memory of Justice
Sat, 1 March 2025
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see a masterpiece of documentary cinema. Set against the backdrop of the Nuremberg Trials, The Memory of Justice (1976) raises urgent questions about violence, war, and justice that are still relevant today. Join us for a special screening, introduced by distinguished international lawyer Professor Philippe Sands Hon FBA.