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Off-Circuit
1 January 2023 – 27 October 2073
A continuing series spotlighting new films that expand the possibilities of the medium and provide a vision for its future.
Celluloid Sunday
3 January 2023 – 26 September 2073
An ongoing series presenting rare films from the ICA Archive, screening on original 35mm and 16mm prints.
Let Cinema Go To Its Ruin
:
The Cinema of Marguerite Duras
18 July – 25 August 2024
In 1966, Marguerite Duras, already a prolific writer of novels, plays and screenplays, turned to filmmaking, co-directing the first of her nineteen films. In collaboration with Another Gaze Editions, the ICA presents a full retrospective of her shorts, features and televisual work, alongside several works she wrote, or to which she lent her voice.
Strands
Highlights
On Release
Upcoming
In Focus: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
9 – 23 July 2024
A programme of films celebrating the singular work of Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan including
Winter Sleep
,
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
on 35mm and a preview screening of Ceylan's latest film
About Dry Grasses
.
Off-Circuit
A Prince
10 – 24 July 2024
Artist and filmmaker Pierre Creton's latest film is an erotic and sensual study of the natural world that charts the journey of Pierre-Joseph, a young man studying at a gardening school.
Let Cinema Go To Its Ruin
:
The Cinema of Marguerite Duras
Opening Night
La Musica
Thu, 18 July
Marguerite Duras’s first film as a director – co-directed with Paul Seban – is a delicate and poignant exploration of a man and a woman as they try to go their separate ways.
Let Cinema Go To Its Ruin
:
The Cinema of Marguerite Duras
Destroy, She Said
19 July – 6 August 2024
In Marguerite Duras’s debut as a solo director, an empty hotel is host to two men and two women, whose dynamics prove unpredictable and sometimes perverse.
Doc'n Roll:
Crass: The Sound of Free Speech + Q&A
Sat, 20 July
Brandon Spivey's documentary explores the birth of punk and the formation of art collective and anarcho-punk band Crass.
In Focus: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
PREVIEW About Dry Grasses
Sun, 21 July
From filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (
Winter Sleep
,
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
) comes a daring tale of betrayal, accusations and desire.
Strands
Highlights
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Weekly cinema releases
Off-Circuit
Foremost by Night
25 June – 20 July 2024
Victor Iriarte's debut feature is a strikingly original and wholly unconventional film noir encompassing three deaths, two robberies, and a runaway.
Kinds of Kindness
28 June – 25 July 2024
The latest film from Yorgos Lanthimos is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman whose missing wife suddenly returns; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability.
Bye Bye Tiberias
28 June – 25 July 2024
Set between past and present,
Bye Bye Tiberias
pieces together images of today, family footage from the nineties and historical archives to portray four generations of daring Palestinian women who keep their story and legacy alive through the strength of their bonds, despite exile, dispossession, and heartbreak.
Orlando, My Political Biography
5 – 24 July 2024
From acclaimed writer and activist Paul B. Preciado,
Orlando, My Political Biography
told through the lens of Virginia Woolf’s iconic novel.
The Nature of Love
5 – 19 July 2024
Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, is in a stable if somewhat socially conforming relationship with Xavier, but when she meets Sylvain the craftsman renovating their home, her world is turned upside down.
Bushman
12 – 24 July 2024
Directed by David Schickele, Bushman follows Gabriel (Paul Elam Nzie Okpokam), a young Nigerian, living in San Francisco. Lovestruck and culturally stranded he faces the harsh realities of life in the 60’s.
Crossing
19 – 26 July 2024
From acclaimed director Levan Akin (
And Then We Danced
),
Crossing
is a moving and tender tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations.
Strands
Highlights
On Release
Upcoming
El Cicle Gaudí
2 March – 2 August 2024
This film exhibition circuit, coordinated by the Catalan Film Academy, continues its international expansion thanks to the Institut Ramon Llull. From March to August, each month you can enjoy a film that exemplifies the vitality and diversity of Catalan cinema.
Contemporary Portuguese Cinema
17 May – 26 September 2024
For the sixth straight year the ICA Cinema partners with independent film production unit Terratreme to present a selection of contemporary Portuguese cinema.
Rheim Alkadhi: Templates for Liberation
Film Programme
19 June – 7 September 2024
Curated by artist Rheim Alkadhi, this film programme accompanies the artist's first UK exhibition
Templates for Liberation
.
Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen (20th Anniversary)
Thu, 25 July
This omnibus film began as a community project in 2004, and this special screening celebrates its 20th anniversary. Presented jointly by London LGBTQ+ Community Centre and Queer East.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: La Souriante Madame Beudet + A Question of Silence
Wed, 31 July
This Machine That Kills Bad People screening features two films about women who possess desires to murder men:
The Smiling Madame Beudet
(1923) by avant-garde filmmaker Germaine Dulac, and
A Question of Silence
(1982), written and directed by Dutch filmmaker Marleen Gorris.
Off-Circuit
UK PREMIERE
Outside Noise on 35mm + Q&A
2 – 8 August 2024
The latest feature from filmmaker Ted Fendt is a story of friendship, summer reunions and sleepless nights in Berlin and Vienna. Screening on 35mm and followed by an in-person Q&A with Ted Fendt.
Off-Circuit
Our Body
11 – 22 August 2024
French filmmaker Claire Simon documents the daily operations of a gynaecology ward in a Paris public hospital and in the process questions what it means to live in a woman's body.
Off-Circuit
Last Things + Memories of an Unborn Sun
30 August – 5 September 2024
Deborah Stratman's astonishing 16mm exploration of evolution and extinction, as told through the prism of minerals, is accompanied by Marcel Mrejen's short film exploring the relentless (neo)colonial exploitation of the Algerian territory.
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