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June 2023

Events Current Programme

Screen Practices

28 April – 9 July 2023

The words Screen Practices in a rounded font with blockish centres, like tv screens, and yellow like subtitles from old movies

A monthly series foregrounding collective endeavour in the ICA Cinema, which becomes a space of experimentation, collaboration and exchange programmed over a weekend by an invited collective.

Celluloid Sunday: Madagascar Skin on 35mm

A white man with a landmass-shaped birthmark on his face stares out into the sky

The second feature by filmmaker Chris Newby centres upon the unlikely bond that develops between two strangers, starring John Hannah and Bernard Hill.

UK PREMIERE (Dis)Appear + Q&A

A person takes a photo of a woman's face transposed onto images of grassy ground

A special presentation in partnership with The British Academy of the documentary, focusing on the most recent Argentine dictatorship.

SAFAR Film Festival

21 June – 5 July 2023

An older woman sits in a chair in front of colourful hanging clothing. She is holding a piece of clothing made of red threads

The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema returns with releases from Palestine, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, plus its annual shorts programme exploring the festival theme A Journey Through Space and Time.

Sonic Cinema:
Answering the Sun + Q&A with Rainer Kohlberger

A yellow-orange circle surrounded by a glowing blue rim against a black background

A maximal, stroboscopic colour odyssey to the limits of human perception.

Events Current Programme

New releases available to stream for a fixed period

Return to Seoul

5 May – 8 June 2023

A young Korean woman reads a map while she stands on a quiet street of Seoul, under a clear umbrella

A woman visits Seoul for the first time since her adoption in Davy Chou’s acclaimed drama on self-discovery.

12 May – 10 June 2023

A black man stares at the camera, his eyes veiny and red, a single tear welling

Set on a construction site on the banks of the Nile, this political fable follows Maher, a brickmaker working on a mysterious mud sculpture against the backdrop of the 2019 coup in Sudan.

The Eight Mountains

12 May – 7 June 2023

Two bearded people in singlets and jeans sit atop a roof with a cloudy mountain peak in the background

A sweeping adaptation of Paolo Cognetti’s novel which charts the lifelong friendship of two boys in a secluded Alpine village.

Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV

19 May – 8 June 2023

Nam June Paik, a Korean man, holds a phone receiver while staring through the screen of an old TV with rounded edges

A portrait of the life and work of the pioneering ‘Godfather of Video Art’.

19 May – 7 June 2023

Beau, a white man with grey hair and wearing pyjamas, stares in horror off screen, his face covered in oddly shaped wounds

A man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster.

Master Gardener

26 May – 7 June 2023

A young black woman and an older white man stare off at each other in front of meticulously kept hedges

Paul Schrader’s latest follows a meticulous horticulturist who seems to be hiding a troubled past.

3x Lynch: Inland Empire (4K Restoration)

26 May – 11 June 2023

An actress sits on a red chair, back to the camera. She's watching people dance in a bright white light

David Lynch’s nightmarish vision of an actress losing her grip on reality is as striking as ever in this director-approved restoration.

3x Lynch: Eraserhead

28 May – 8 June 2023

A man in a suit with shocked hair stares, shocked, in black and white

David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature remains both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty.

2 – 15 June 2023

A young twentysomething white woman in sunglasses and bathing suit lies on a blow up inflatable bed

The feature debut from writer-director Carolina Cavalli is a playful character study of a young woman struggling to connect with those around her.

2 – 15 June 2023

A young white woman stands in a room of her house looking off camera while the FBI raid her house

In June 2017, 25-year-old Reality Winner is confronted at her Georgia home by the FBI. A cryptic conversation begins, and Reality’s life quickly begins to unravel.

Mad About The Boy: The Noël Coward Story

2 – 8 June 2023

A man in a suit stands on a beach, smoking a cigarette, hand in pocket

The life and career of the British actor, playwright, screenwriter and songwriter is explored in this insightful documentary.