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FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2018
20 – 28 April 2018
Third annual festival of films, workshops and artist presentations, this time exploring the idea of landscape.
The Young Karl Marx
4 – 31 May 2018
The story of the birth of the most complete theoretical and political transformation of the world since the Renaissance – driven, against all expectations, by two brilliant, insolent and sharp-witted young men from wealthy families.
Lean on Pete
4 – 17 May 2018
Fifteen-year-old Charley lives with his alcoholic father and takes a job at a local racetrack to keep afloat, as he struggles to find belonging on the fringes of society.
The Wild Boys
11 May – 10 June 2018
Trapped on a supernatural island, five privileged and savagely violent teenagers test temptation, lust and power.
Mary and The Witch’s Flower
11 – 17 May 2018
Anime adventure film about a curious young girl who finds a witch’s flower in the woods and is granted magical powers for one night only.
Mansfield 66/67
11 – 20 May 2018
Jayne Mansfield. Goddess? Genius? Satanist? A true story about the blonde bombshell created to rival Monroe.
Jeune Femme
18 May – 3 June 2018
Anarchic, complicated and undeniably charming, Paula, a French hot-mess heroine, sets out to reinvent herself.
Filmworker
18 – 26 May 2018
Documentary portrait of Leon Vitali, director Stanley Kubrick’s muse and right-hand man.
In the Intense Now
19 – 22 May 2018
Shedding light on the relationship between a document and its political context, this filmic essay investigates lasting affects on participants of momentous historical events.
Lucrecia Martel Retrospective
20 – 27 May 2018
A retrospective of the work of Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel, celebrating her complex, unsettling cinema.
Artists’ Film Club
Ephraim Asili: Diaspora Suite
Wed, 23 May 2018
The artist-filmmaker's first solo presentation of moving image work in the UK, whose work reappraises colonialism and the routes of the slave trade for their underlying contemporary significance.
Zama
25 May – 30 June 2018
An officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America pines for a letter from the king granting him a long-awaited transfer.
This is Congo
25 – 31 May 2018
This documentary delves into the illegal mineral trade and cyclical violence marring the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Breadwinner
25 May – 7 June 2018
An animated children’s tale about eleven-year-old Parvana, who dresses as a boy to support her family under Taliban rule.
Latin America Monthly: Once There Was Brasilia
25 – 29 May 2018
Intergalactic traveller WA4 lands in a satellite city of Brasilia, where he teams up with outer-space warriors to battle monsters occupying National Congress.
Members’ Screening: I Am Not Your Negro
Sun, 27 May 2018
A radical documentary version of James Baldwin’s unfinished novel, uncovering America’s historical denial and irrational relationship with race.
PREVIEW That Summer + Q&A
Tue, 29 May 2018
Lost for decades, extraordinary footage shot by artist Peter Beard about the Beales of Grey Gardens and his vibrant creative community in Montauk in the 1970s re-emerges.
Artists’ Film Club
Shen Xin: Warm Spell
Wed, 30 May 2018
Artist Shen Xin presents a screening of new and recent video work.
That Summer
1 – 27 June 2018
Lost for decades, extraordinary footage re-emerges about the Beales of Grey Gardens and artist Peter Beard's vibrant creative community in Montauk in the 1970s.
My Friend Dahmer
1 – 21 June 2018
Fateful coming of age story about American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
L’Amant Double
1 June – 3 July 2018
Chloé plunges into a dark and bewildering world of smoke, mirrors and doppelgangers when investigations reveal that her lover leads a double life.
Lek and the Dogs + Q&A
Thu, 7 June 2018
This experimental film reconstructs the life story of a man found living with feral dogs in Moscow in the mid-1990s.
The Inertia Variations
8 – 9 June 2018
This documentary follows Matt Johnson of the English band The The, as he dives into a new creative project to purge his sense of disenchantment and inertia.
McQueen
8 June – 13 September 2018
The powerful impact of Alexander's personality and work is captured in never-before-seen home movies, audio tapes and behind the scenes footage.
Liquid Sky
8 – 19 June 2018
The newly restored sci-fi cult classic featuring New York's new wave fashion and music scenes returns with visceral glory.
Lek and the Dogs
9 – 19 June 2018
This experimental film reconstructs the life story of a man found living with feral dogs in Moscow in the mid-1990s.
The Inertia Variations + Q&A
Sun, 10 June 2018
This documentary follows Matt Johnson of the English band The The, as he dives into a new creative project to purge his sense of disenchantment and inertia.
Preview Screening: The Ciambra
Sun, 10 June 2018
A gritty penetrating story of adolescence to adulthood set in a small Romani community in Calabria.
Tranny Fag + Q&A
Fri, 15 June 2018
Rock documentary about musician Linn da Quebrada challenging machismo, transphobia, and racism in Brazil.
Tranny Fag
15 June – 8 July 2018
Rock documentary about musician Linn da Quebrada challenging machismo, transphobia, and racism in Brazil.
The Ciambra
15 June – 4 July 2018
A gritty penetrating story of adolescence to adulthood set in a small Romani community in Calabria.
Studio 54
15 June – 19 July 2018
A chronicle of Studio 54’s founders, who created a den of excess for the ostracized, queer and fabulous.
Our New President + Q&A
Sun, 17 June 2018
As more details of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US election emerge, acclaimed filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin assembles a fever dream of Russian propaganda aimed at both Clinton and Trump from YouTube and other media platforms.
The Ciambra + discussion
Tue, 19 June 2018
A gritty penetrating story of adolescence to adulthood set in a small Romani community in Calabria.
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
22 June – 5 July 2018
An exploration of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s pre-fame years, offering a window into his life and the city that shaped his work.
PREVIEW Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda + Q&A
Sat, 23 June 2018
Preview screening featuring an intro and Q&A session with composer Ryuichi Sakamoto about his life and work.
Our New President
23 – 26 June 2018
As more details of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US election emerge, acclaimed filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin assembles a fever dream of Russian propaganda aimed at both Clinton and Trump from YouTube and other media platforms.
PREVIEW Whitney
24 June – 1 July 2018
This latest biopic about Whitney Houston brims with revelations told in interviews with her closest circles.
Members Screening: National Gallery
Sun, 24 June 2018
Frederick Wiseman, master documentarian, takes the audience behind the scenes of this British institution.
Artists’ Film Club
Toshio Matsumoto: Funeral Parade of Roses
Tue, 26 June 2018
Set in Tokyo’s underground gay scene in the 1960s, Matsumoto’s disorientating counter-cultural narrative is part quasi-documentary, part fiction and unrestrained experiment.
PREMIERE Saving Brinton + Q&A
Tue, 26 June 2018
A retired teacher uncovers a rare collection of film history paraphernalia in small town Iowa.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
27 June – 14 July 2018
A tale of love and loss, this animated fantasy tells the story of Maquia, an immortal teenage girl who raises a mortal child.
Artists’ Film Club
For the Damaged Right Eye: the short films of Toshio Matsumoto
Wed, 27 June 2018
Engram
A rare selection of short films by the pioneering Japanese filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto (1932 – 2017).
Shakedown
28 June – 12 July 2018
This chronicle of the Shakedown parties, hosted by African-American lesbians in Los Angeles, shows how the underground strip club events galvanized a community.
PREMIERE Shakedown + intro
Thu, 28 June 2018
This chronicle of the Shakedown parties, hosted by African-American lesbians in Los Angeles, shows how the underground strip club events galvanized a community.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
29 June – 18 September 2018
An intimate portrait of composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, following his return to music after battling cancer.
Daughters of Africa Screen Narratives: Archive Revelations VII
Fri, 29 June 2018
A kaleidoscope of short films by African women filmmakers, curated by June Givanni.
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
30 June – 17 July 2018
Isaac Julien and Mark Nash’s portrait of the influential psychologist, philosopher, writer and revolutionary Frantz Fanon.
PREVIEW Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993) + Q&A
Sun, 1 July 2018
Orphaned at six years old, Frida is adopted by her uncle’s family in the Catalan countryside and learns to cope with her trauma, displacement, confusion and loneliness.
Time Trial
5 – 12 July 2018
Cyclist David Millar, once famously banned for doping, trains for a final race.
Beauty and the Dogs
6 – 10 July 2018
Assaulted and raped by policemen, a young Tunisian woman struggles against patriarchal systems, systemic corruption and the narrative of victimhood.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: Mundane History + The Dragon is the Frame
Wed, 11 July 2018
Dual screening featuring the story of Ake, a young paralysed man in Thailand, and a memorial portrait of artist Mark Aguhar.
Artists’ Film Club
Frances Scholz: Amboy
Thu, 12 July 2018
A lyrical film by Frances Scholz and Mark von Schlegell set amid the cultural mythologies, fakery and shared hallucinations of Los Angeles.
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
13 July – 7 August 2018
Wim Wenders’ debut film about an errant goalkeeper losing his mind, newly remastered in 4K.
Summer 1993
13 July – 7 September 2018
Orphaned at six years old, Frida is adopted by her uncle’s family in the Catalan countryside and learns to cope with her trauma, displacement, confusion and loneliness.
Pin Cushion
13 July – 1 August 2018
Mother and daughter duo move to a new town, face the wrath of frenemies and retreat into fantasy.
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
13 July – 2 August 2018
Frederick Wiseman delves into the inner workings of the New York Public Library, highlighting its rich and layered range of community services.
The Receptionist
20 July – 8 August 2018
Unable to find a job, Tina, a Taiwanese recent graduate living in London, starts working in a massage parlour as a receptionist.
One Or Two Questions (Unas Preguntas)
20 – 27 July 2018
An epic document of the run up to Uruguay’s 1989 referendum questions the compatibility of justice and peace.
Extinction
20 July – 9 August 2018
A hypnotic, dreamlike meditation on the troubled borders of Eastern Europe’s past and present.
The Receptionist + Q&A
Sat, 21 July 2018
Unable to find a job, Tina, a Taiwanese recent graduate living in London, starts working in a massage parlour as a receptionist.
The Nun
27 July – 8 August 2018
Jacques Rivette’s 1966 drama returns to the screen in a glorious new digital restoration.
Cocote
27 July – 15 August 2018
Returning home to attend his father’s funeral in the Dominican Republic, an evangelical Christian must defend his belief.
Members’ Screening: Pina (2D)
Sun, 29 July 2018
Wim Wenders’ striking homage to dance theatre choreographer Pina Bausch.
El Mar La Mar Installation
2 – 9 August 2018
A new presentation of footage filmed in the Sonoran Desert, near the perilous US-Mexico border.
El Mar La Mar + Q&A
Thu, 2 August 2018
This experimental documentary chronicles the stories of migrants at the US–Mexico desert border. The screening is followed by a Q&A with director Joshua Bonnetta.
The Apparition
3 – 9 August 2018
Vincent Lindon plays a traumatised war reporter investigating an 18-year-old’s sighting of the Virgin Mary.
Sicilian Ghost Story
3 – 29 August 2018
Fairy tales weave with mafia control in this story of a missing 13-year-old and one girl’s unrelenting desire to find him.
El Mar La Mar
3 – 21 August 2018
El Mar La Mar by J.P. Sniadecki and Joshua Bonnetta is an attempt via an innovative combine of aesthetics, sound design and ethnography to tell the story of migration across the Sonoran desert into the US.
Apostasy
3 August – 8 September 2018
A trio of women wrestle with the rules and restrictions of their faith in British director Daniel Kokotajlo’s devastating debut.
Artists’ Film Club
The Edge of the Earth
Wed, 8 August 2018
Artists Tony Cokes, Branda Miller, Ellen Cantor, Peter d’Agostino and Ed Emshwiller explore the power of ‘the media’.
La Pointe Courte
Thu, 9 August 2018
Agnès Varda’s gorgeously filmed, radical debut is a penetrating study of a marriage in trouble.
Under the Tree
10 August – 6 September 2018
A dark Icelandic dramedy in which mistrust and petty conflicts between neighbours boil over into violent acts.
The Heiresses
10 August – 9 September 2018
Marcelo Martinessi’s Silver Bear winning debut feature is at once a fine character study and an acute commentary on class privilege.
Of Fathers and Sons
10 – 16 August 2018
A Sundance prize-winner documents a father training his sons to become soldiers of holy war.
Dragonfly Eyes
10 – 23 August 2018
Created entirely from hundreds of hours of Chinese surveillance footage found online,
Dragonfly Eyes
is an attempt to understand how the spaces in which we live are increasingly framed by the gaze of others, both human and computer.
Avenge But One Of My Two Eyes + Q&A
Sat, 11 August 2018
Avi Mograbi’s provocative documentary probes Israeli myth, memory and origin stories.
Artists’ Film Club
From the Third Eye: Writing Workshop
Wed, 15 August 2018
On writing about artists’ and experimental film, led by critic & curator Ed Halter, and artist & editor Sam Ashby.
Artists’ Film Club
From the Third Eye: The Queen
Wed, 15 August 2018
Frank Simon‘s rarely screened documentary follows a 24-year-old drag queen named Flawless Sabrina.
Cléo from 5 to 7 + intro
Thu, 16 August 2018
Told in real time, Agnès Varda’s breakthrough film follows a young singer as she awaits a diagnosis.
The Eyes of Orson Welles
17 – 23 August 2018
Filmmaker Mark Cousins delves into Welles’ off-screen art in this heartfelt new portrait of the legendary actor and director.
No Date, No Signature
17 – 23 August 2018
Questions of responsibility and culpability swirl in this story of a forensics doctor who becomes convinced he has caused a child’s death.
Distant Constellation
17 August – 2 September 2018
Sitting somewhere between ethnography and magical realism, Shevaun Mizrahi’s debut documentary records the stories of the residents of an old people’s home in Istanbul.
The Eyes of Orson Welles + Intro
Sun, 19 August 2018
A love letter to Welles that connects the director’s films to his paintings and drawings. Introduced by Jack Klaff.
In formation III
Madame X: An Absolute Ruler
Wed, 22 August 2018
Ulrike Ottinger’s rarely seen first feature, shown on 16mm, is a highly aestheticised adventure of self-transformation.
Preview Screening: The King + Q&A
Thu, 23 August 2018
Eugene Jarecki’s film takes Elvis Presley’s 1963 Rolls-Royce on a musical road trip across America.
Happiness
Thu, 23 August 2018
This sensual and unsettling film explores fidelity and the myth of domestic happiness.
The King
24 August – 6 September 2018
Eugene Jarecki’s film takes Elvis Presley’s 1963 Rolls-Royce on a musical road trip across America.
Braguino
24 August – 13 September 2018
In this documentary by Clément Cogitore, two feuding families live in adjoining compounds deep in Siberia’s boreal forest, their settlement completely unreachable by road.
BlacKkKlansman
24 August – 20 September 2018
An African-American detective infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in visionary filmmaker Spike Lee’s retelling of a true story.
In formation III
Braguino + discussion with director Clément Cogitore
Sat, 25 August 2018
Living by their own rules, two families inhabiting Siberia’s boreal forest are threatened by each other, wild animals and environmental change.
Preview Screening: Cold War
26 – 29 August 2018
Paweł Pawlikowski’s epic romance is a dreamlike journey through a continent divided by World War II.
Members’ Screening: Ida
Sun, 26 August 2018
Director Pawel Pawlikowski’s haunting exploration of faith and history uses gritty monochrome to evoke Poland’s communist era.
Disaster Capitalism + Q&A
Tue, 28 August 2018
Investigating how aid dollars are spent, Thor Neureiter’s documentary offers unique insight into a multi-billion dollar world. Followed by a Q&A with writer and producer Antony Lowenstein.
In formation III
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Wed, 29 August 2018
William Greaves’ joyfully opaque meta-documentary interrogates hierarchy, leadership and power structures.
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t + intro
Thu, 30 August 2018
Two women forge and rekindle friendship based on their experiences of activism, in Agnès Varda’s feminist musical.
The Heiresses + Q&A
Sun, 2 September 2018
Marcelo Martinessi presents his Silver Bear winning feature, an intimate study of a lesbian couple formerly of Paraguay’s elite.
Ada for Mayor + Q&A
Tue, 4 September 2018
Charting Ada Colau’s momentous journey from radical activist to Mayor of Barcelona, the London premiere of this documentary is followed by a Q&A with director Pau Faus.
Open City Documentary Festival 2018
4 – 9 September 2018
The festival returns for its eighth year, with a programme of contemporary and retrospective creative documentary and non-fiction filmmaking.
In formation III
Themroc
Wed, 5 September 2018
In director Claude Faraldo’s 1973 satire, Themroc’s rebellion against dull conformism topples bourgeois society.
Vagabond
Thu, 6 September 2018
This masterwork traces the final days of a young homeless woman who has drifted beyond the bounds of society.
Milford Graves Full Mantis
7 – 12 September 2018
An intimate biography of Milford Graves, master of the 1960s avant-garde jazz scene.
In formation III
In Praise of Nothing + Q&A with director Boris Mitic
Fri, 7 September 2018
A satirical essay-film told from the perspective of Nothing, narrated by Iggy Pop and shot by 62 cinematographers in 70 countries.
Cold War
7 September 2018 – 4 January 2019
Paweł Pawlikowski’s epic romance is a dreamlike journey through a continent divided by World War II.
Open City Documentary Festival 2018
The Patriot Game
Sat, 8 September 2018
Irish-American director Arthur MacCaig’s blistering and emotional portrait of those at the centre of the Troubles.
Open City Documentary Festival 2018
The Image You Missed + Q&A
Sat, 8 September 2018
Donal Foreman's autobiographical essay on the legacy of his late father, radical filmmaker Arthur MacCaig, is followed by a Q&A with the director.
In Praise of Nothing
8 September – 4 October 2018
A satirical essay-film told from the perspective of Nothing, narrated by Iggy Pop and shot by 62 cinematographers in 70 countries.
In formation III
National Narrative (Roman National) + discussion
Sun, 9 September 2018
Director Grégoire Beil presents the UK premiere of his innovative film, constructed entirely from Periscope exchanges.
Special Preview: Nae Pasaran + Q&A
Tue, 11 September 2018
The true story of Scottish factory workers’ protest against Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.
National Narrative
11 – 13 September 2018
The poetry of everyday life in contemporary France depicted via short films made on a live video streaming app.
In formation III
Born in Flames
Wed, 12 September 2018
Lizzie Borden’s 1983 feminist classic offers a futuristic vision of a post-revolutionary United States.
The Gleaners and I
Thu, 13 September 2018
A meditative documentary that follows those who forage, salvage and find what is worth treasuring.
Reversing Roe
13 – 20 September 2018
Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg chronicle the history of US abortion rights, namely the landmark Roe v. Wade decision of 1973 and the pro-choice/pro-life battle that continues to rage in its wake.
SAFAR Film Festival 2018
13 – 18 September 2018
The fourth edition of the biennial festival highlights an underexplored chapter of Arab film history.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
14 – 27 September 2018
Desiree Akhavan’s coming-of-age clash between evangelical Christianity and gender non-conforming teens, set in 1990s Montana.
Reinventing Marvin
14 – 20 September 2018
A compassionate study of a working-class actor coming of age and coming out.
The Machine that Kills Bad People: Nenette + Boni and Big in Vietnam
Wed, 19 September 2018
A screening of Claire Denis’ Nénette and Boni and Mati Diop’s
Big in Vietnam
Quincy
20 – 28 September 2018
A partial story of the US entertainment industry through the life of Quincy Jones.
Wajib
21 September – 18 October 2018
A Palestinian drama following a father and son around Nazareth amid preparations for a family wedding.
Painfully Funny: The Films of Elaine May
21 – 23 September 2018
The Badlands Collective and ICA present four features by maverick and long overlooked director Elaine May.
MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.
21 September – 29 December 2018
The personal story of British rapper and activist M.I.A., from Tamil resistance politics to pop.
Climax
21 September 2018 – 28 February 2019
A dance rehearsal turns into a series of traumatic scenes after a bad trip on LSD.
Faces Places
25 September 2018 – 5 January 2019
Collaborators Agnès Varda and JR traverse the countryside in a cine-van documenting French working-class life.
The Son
28 September – 7 October 2018
A modern day war documentary bringing together insights into Russian military training and family grief.
The Gospel According To André
28 September – 15 October 2018
An alluring documentary paying homage to haute couture legend André Leon Talley.
Skate Kitchen
28 September – 4 October 2018
A seductive exploration of NYC skate culture and female friendship in male-dominated spaces.
Members’ Screening: Love
Sat, 29 September 2018
A passionate story told in flashback, Gaspar Noé’s sexually-charged melodrama is emblematic of his provocative style.
Salarium + Discussion
Sun, 30 September 2018
As sinkholes appear along the Dead Sea, this documentary examines the entanglement of economic, military and geological forces in Israel and Palestine.
Preview Screening: Tehran Taboo + Q&A
Wed, 3 October 2018
A graphic animation of lives intertwined through prostitution, drugs and corruption in Tehran.
Tehran Taboo
5 – 28 October 2018
A graphic animation of lives intertwined by sex, drugs and corruption in Iran’s capital.
Shirkers + Q&A
Sat, 6 October 2018
The story of how Singapore-made 1992 cult classic from teenage friends Sandi Tan, Jasmine Ng and Sophie Siddique disappeared and returned with a vengeance. This London premiere is followed by a Q&A with film director Sandi Tan.
My Twentieth Century
Sun, 7 October 2018
A magical tale of identical twins born then separated in 1880s Budapest.
BFI London Film Festival 2018
10 – 21 October 2018
25 features. 77 countries. 14 cinemas. 12 days. One Festival.
Pili
12 – 13 October 2018
Dreams collide with hard choices in this social-realist drama about a mother living with HIV in Miono, Tanzania.
Touch Me Not
19 – 24 October 2018
In the fluid space between reality and fiction, director Adina Pintilie explores sexuality and intimacy.
Dogman
19 October 2018 – 9 January 2019
A visceral and captivating critique of masculinity revolving around the toxic relationship between a dog groomer and a former boxer.
Touch Me Not + Q&A
Tue, 23 October 2018
In the fluid space between reality and fiction, director Adina Pintilie explores sexuality and intimacy.
Utøya – July 22
26 October – 11 November 2018
Unfolding in real-time, in a single take, Erik Poppe delivers a reconstruction of the devastating Utøya summer camp massacre.
Shirkers
26 October – 4 November 2018
The story of how Singapore-made 1992 cult classic from teenage friends Sandi Tan, Jasmine Ng and Sophie Siddique disappeared and returned with a vengeance.
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
26 October – 10 November 2018
Director Gus Van Sant interprets the memoir of provocative humourist and cartoonist John Callahan.
PREMIERE Breathless + discussion
Sat, 27 October 2018
An urgent documentary investigation into the export of the deadly asbestos industry to the developing world.
Members’ Screening: Field Niggas
Sat, 27 October 2018
Shot entirely at night on the corner of 125th and Lexington Avenue in Harlem, the film captures the mental, physical and spiritual struggles of the neighborhood's inhabitants.
Rock My Religion + Dan Graham in Conversation
Sun, 28 October 2018
This landmark work of contemporary moving image proposes the ecstatic religious lineages of rock music.
Preview Screening: Black Mother + introduction
Tue, 30 October 2018
Director Khalik Allah presents his hypnotic meditation on Jamaican experience.
They’ll Love Me When I'm Dead
2 – 9 November 2018
The tumultuous story of Orson Welles’ long unfinished final film told through archival footage and revelatory new interviews.
Black Mother
2 November – 6 December 2018
An hypnotic meditation on Jamaica’s history, spirituality and class stratification that ultimately centres on its people.
Mirai
2 November 2018 – 6 January 2019
The first anime ever to premiere at Cannes, director Mamoru Hosoda renders childhood with insight and ingenuity.
Nae Pasaran
2 November 2018 – 11 January 2019
The true story of Scottish factory workers' protest against Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
Artists’ Film Club
A is for Artist + Aphra and Aradia
Sat, 3 November 2018
Two new works by ICA commissioned artists Ayo Akingbade and Célia Hay.
Hit the Night + Q&A
Tue, 6 November 2018
A young woman director’s research for a new script turns into an attempt at seduction.
Make Me Up
9 – 14 November 2018
Multimedia artist Rachel Maclean’s film is a comic deconstruction of European art history’s feminine beauty ideals.
Bisbee ’17
9 – 15 November 2018
A small US town reckons with its traumatic history in a dazzling new work by acclaimed documentarian Robert Greene.
Artists’ Film Club
The Dog Isn’t Afraid of Fireworks + Laindon
Sat, 10 November 2018
Two surreal works commissioned by the ICA investigate architecture and place, accompanied by live performance.
PREMIERE What is Democracy? + discussion
Sun, 11 November 2018
How did Trump and Brexit happen? Director Astra Taylor spans millennia and continents to explore democracy’s present crisis.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: The Ascent + Umweg
Wed, 14 November 2018
Soviet director Larisa Shepitko’s experimental WWII feature screens alongside Ute Aurand and Ulrike Pfeiffer’s West German travelogue.
The Workshop
16 – 28 November 2018
Fixated on France’s ‘lost cultural identity’, teenager Antoine becomes the troubled centre of a summer writing workshop.
3 Days in Quiberon
16 – 21 November 2018
Recreation of the 1981 interview that captured European megastar Romy Schneider in deep personal crisis.
The Price of Everything
16 November 2018 – 3 January 2019
A timely study of the contemporary art world, greed and the new global elite.
Cinema of the Palestinian Revolution + panel discussion
Tue, 20 November 2018
Five newly recovered and restored films from Palestine’s revolutionary era.
Ayny + A Magical Substance Flows into Me
Thu, 22 November 2018
Two films reimagine Palestine through the possibilities of sound and listening.
Postcards from London
23 November – 6 December 2018
Leaving Essex for London and in search of stimulation, Jim goes from penniless to escort and artist’s muse.
Cinema 3
Orione
23 – 27 November 2018
A disquieting portrait of Argentinian society that inverts the structure of a typical crime story.
PREVIEW The Wild Pear Tree
Sat, 24 November 2018
A would-be writer returns to his rural home in director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s richly melancholic mood piece.
Members’ Screening: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Sun, 25 November 2018
An overnight search for a body yields an exhilarating reflection on the human condition.
UK PREMIERE Dead Souls + introduction by Wang Bing
Tue, 27 November 2018
Painful yet essential, this monumental eight-hour work unearths the testimony of survivors of the Communist Party of China’s re-education camps.
Evelyn + Q&A
Thu, 29 November 2018
A raw, unfiltered document of a family attempting to navigate collective trauma.
The Wild Pear Tree
30 November 2018 – 23 January 2019
A would-be writer returns to his rural home in director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s richly melancholic mood piece.
Open Forms – The Films of Dane Komljen + introduction
Sat, 1 December 2018
Six short works by director Dane Komljen screen as part of this two-day retrospective.
Cinema of the Palestinian Revolution
Sat, 1 December 2018
Five newly recovered and restored films from Palestine’s revolutionary era.
Dead Souls – Part I
1 December 2018 – 8 January 2019
Part one of artist Wang Bing’s eight-hour epic, which unearths the testimony of survivors of the Communist Party of China’s re-education camps.
PREVIEW The Image Book
Sun, 2 December 2018
Jean-Luc Godard’s visually explosive new work on the human capacity for horror.
Open Forms – The Films of Dane Komljen + discussion
Sun, 2 December 2018
The director’s first feature, All the Cities of the North, screens alongside his shorter work Fantasy Sequences.
Dead Souls – Part II
2 December 2018 – 10 January 2019
Part two of artist Wang Bing’s eight-hour epic, which unearths the testimony of survivors of the Communist Party of China’s re-education camps.
PREVIEW Hale County This Morning, This Evening + Q&A
Tue, 4 December 2018
Discussion with director RaMell Ross follows this screening of his acclaimed study of light, mood, movement and Black life in the US South.
Hakob Hovnatanyan + Carnival Night + introduction
Tue, 4 December 2018
A seasonal screening of two Soviet classics featuring a favourite Russian musical.
Becoming Animal + discussion
Fri, 7 December 2018
Sensuous and immersive, this audiovisual essay is both a philosophical inquiry and an invitation to inhabit our animal bodies.
Mug
7 – 13 December 2018
A young man’s face transplant exposes the worst of a small Polish town.
The Image Book
7 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
Jean-Luc Godard’s visually explosive new work on the human capacity for horror.
Meteors
7 – 13 December 2018
Online video, archival footage, fact and fiction merge in Turkish filmmaker Gürcan Keltek’s document of a military campaign hidden by media blackout.
Evelyn
8 – 12 December 2018
A raw, unfiltered document of a family attempting to navigate collective trauma.
PREMIERE An Elephant Sitting Still
Sun, 9 December 2018
Young people spiral amid economic depression in the late filmmaker Hu Bo’s furious debut feature.
Little Men + Q&A
Sun, 9 December 2018
Money worries and entitlement impinge on a flourishing teenage friendship.
PREMIERE Ashore + Q&A
Tue, 11 December 2018
A year in the life of a fisherman who drifts between river solitude and the family that anchors him.
Artists’ Film Club
Laura O’Neill
Thu, 13 December 2018
A selection of new and recent work by Laura O’Neill whose CGI worlds are populated by bulbous characters and unknown creatures.
Invention for Destruction + introduction by John Stevenson
Thu, 13 December 2018
A homage to Jules Verne by visionary Czech filmmaker and innovator of 20th Century fantasy cinema Karel Zeman.
Khrustalyov, My Car!
14 December 2018 – 5 January 2019
In Alexei German’s satire, something monumental is happening in 1950s Moscow but no one knows precisely what.
Cinema 3
An Elephant Sitting Still
14 December 2018 – 17 February 2019
A furious chronicle of young people spiralling amid economic depression.
The Last Movie
15 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
Actor and director Dennis Hopper’s seldom-seen follow-up to Easy Rider takes on Hollywood artifice.
PREVIEW 1985
Tue, 18 December 2018
After a three-year absence, New York transplant Adrian returns to Texas aching with truths he longs to share.
Ashore
21 December 2018 – 2 January 2019
A year in the life of a fisherman who drifts between river solitude and the family that anchors him.
Becoming Animal
21 December 2018 – 8 January 2019
Sensuous and immersive, this audiovisual essay is both a philosophical inquiry and an invitation to inhabit our animal bodies.
1985
21 – 27 December 2018
After a three-year absence, New York transplant Adrian returns to Texas aching with truths he longs to share.
PREVIEW The Favourite
Fri, 28 December 2018
Queen Anne is the centre of an erotic-political power struggle in this cheerfully obscene twist on period drama.
Have You Seen My Movie?
29 December 2018 – 9 January 2019
A self-referential exploration of moviegoing assembled entirely from existing footage.
Members’ Screening: Kinetta
Sun, 30 December 2018
Acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2005 film studies the cryptic activities of an oddball trio.
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