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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Price of Everything
16 November 2018 – 3 January 2019
A timely study of the contemporary art world, greed and the new global elite.
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.
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.
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.
The Image Book
7 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
Jean-Luc Godard’s visually explosive new work on the human capacity for horror.
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.
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.
Have You Seen My Movie?
29 December 2018 – 9 January 2019
A self-referential exploration of moviegoing assembled entirely from existing footage.
The Favourite
2 January – 12 March 2019
Queen Anne is the centre of an erotic-political power struggle in this cheerfully obscene twist on period drama.
RBG
4 – 17 January 2019
An affectionate documentary portrait of 84-year-old US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Possessed
Tue, 8 January 2019
Metahaven’s arresting audio-visual essay on the infiltration of digital technology into our understanding of the self, introduced by the artists.
PREVIEW Island of the Hungry Ghosts + Q&A
Thu, 10 January 2019
A hybrid documentary which hauntingly explores the inhumanity of Australia’s largest offshore detention facility.
London Short Film Festival 2019
11 – 20 January 2019
LSFF returns to the ICA for its 16th year, with another radical and reactive programme of short films from across the globe.
The House by the Sea (La Villa)
11 – 17 January 2019
After their father suffers a stroke, three grown siblings return to their family home to take stock of their lives.
The Sprawl (Propaganda About Propaganda)
12 – 13 January 2019
Metahaven’s first feature-length film is an expansive and hybrid exploration of the interweaving of geopolitics and digital platforms.
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
16 – 17 January 2019
A hybrid documentary which hauntingly explores the inhumanity of Australia's largest offshore detention facility.
The Raft
18 January – 2 February 2019
An inventive documentary about anthropologist Santiago Genoves' infamous Acali Experiment, dubbed ‘one of the strangest group experiments of all time.’
Hale County This Morning, This Evening + Q&A
Sat, 19 January 2019
Director RaMell Ross’ acclaimed study of light, mood, movement and Black life in the US South.
MA Experimental Film Screenings
Tue, 22 January 2019
Recent work by MA students from the Experimental Film programme at Kingston School of Art.
Artists’ Film Club
Permanent Green Light
23 – 26 January 2019
Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley's second feature follows a teenager searching for a liminal point of non-existence.
Bergman: A Year in a Life
25 – 31 January 2019
Through the lens of a single year, Jane Magnusson’s documentary explores Ingmar Bergman’s prolific artistic achievements and turbulent personal life.
Nina + Q&A
Fri, 25 January 2019
A restless married woman embarks on a transformative affair in Olga Chajdas’ accomplished debut.
The Devil Outside + Q&A
Fri, 25 January 2019
A disquieting examination of faith, repression and madness from the director of Snow in Paradise.
The Devil Outside
25 – 31 January 2019
A disquieting examination of faith, repression and madness from the director of Snow in Paradise.
Members’ Screening: Persona
Sun, 27 January 2019
Ingmar Bergman’s enigmatic psychodrama questions the nature of identity and the nature of cinema itself.
Nina
27 – 29 January 2019
A restless married woman embarks on a transformative affair in Olga Chajdas’ accomplished debut.
PREVIEW Ray & Liz + Q&A
Tue, 29 January 2019
This unsettling family portrait set in Thatcher-era Britain is photographer Richard Billingham’s feature-film debut.
Questionnaire
30 January – 14 April 2019
Artists Morag Keil and Georgie Nettell explore how people become data through a series of ‘getting to know you’ quizzes.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: Where I am is Here
Wed, 30 January 2019
Intimate portraits exploring ideas around filmic memories, family and community in a programme selected by Ben Rivers.
PREVIEW Burning
Thu, 31 January 2019
South Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story, ‘Barn Burning’, simmers with foreboding tension.
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2019
2 – 10 February 2019
This year’s programme features a selection of Japanese films centred around the theme of love in its many forms.
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2019
2 – 10 February 2019
This year’s programme features a selection of Japanese films centred around the theme of love in its many forms.
Artists’ Film Club
Provisional Presents and Speculative Futures
Sat, 2 February 2019
A programme of artists’ films exploring the impact and legacy of colonisation.
Mektoub, My Love
15 – 26 February 2019
From the director of
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
, this exuberant coming-of-age saga casts a nostalgic glow on the pleasures of youth.
Short films from Field of Vision
Sat, 16 February 2019
A programme of five short films commissioned by filmmaker-driven documentary unit Field of Vision.
London Unplugged
16 February – 7 March 2019
Ten shorts from emerging filmmakers unearth the struggles of modern Londoners.
London Unplugged + discussion
Sun, 17 February 2019
Ten shorts from emerging filmmakers unearth the struggles of modern Londoners.
A Tribute to Bruno Ganz
22 – 28 February 2019
Three films honouring the remarkable career of Swiss actor Bruno Ganz
Members’ Screening: Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Sun, 24 February 2019
A sexually-charged coming-of-age love story which earned the director and the film’s co-stars the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
PREVIEW Sauvage + Q&A
Tue, 26 February 2019
A brutally intimate portrait of an isolated young sex worker who yearns for affection.
The Films of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
1 March – 5 May 2019
A major UK retrospective of the prolific output of Straub and Huillet, including over forty-seven films and shorts directed between 1962 and 2018.
Foxtrot
2 – 7 March 2019
An award-winning vision of contemporary warfare from Israeli writer and director Samuel Maoz.
PREVIEW Border
Sat, 2 March 2019
From the writer of
Let the Right One In
comes a mesmerising and genre-defying dark fairytale set in modern-day Sweden.
Artists’ Film Club
Ghislaine Leung Selects Jeff Preiss’ STOP
Wed, 6 March 2019
Jeff Preiss’ feature-length
STOP
crosses time and geography in a biographical record captured on 16mm.
Maiden
8 – 14 March 2019
The incredible story of sailor Tracy Edwards, who skippered the first all-female international crew in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
Latin America Monthly: A Trip to the Moon + Q&A
Fri, 22 March 2019
From Argentinian director Joaquín Cambre, a magical realist film about a tormented young teenager who wants to escape his difficult adolescence by travelling to the moon.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: The German Sisters + Rat Life and Diet in North America
Sat, 23 March 2019
The Machine That Kills Bad People selects two films about political rebellion and social change.
A Trip to the Moon
24 – 28 March 2019
From Argentinian director Joaquín Cambre, a film about a tormented young teenager who wants to escape his difficult adolescence by travelling to the moon.
Essay Film Festival 2019
26 – 31 March 2019
The fifth edition of the annual Essay Film Festival, presented by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in collaboration with the Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image.
Artists’ Film Club
Revivification: Art, Activism and Politics in Ukraine
Wed, 27 March 2019
The premiere of Juliet Jacques’
Revivification: Art, Activism and Politics in Ukraine
followed by a conversation.
The Image You Missed + Q&A
Fri, 29 March 2019
An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late American documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaig's decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Members’ Screening: Horse Money
Sat, 30 March 2019
Award-winning director Pedro Costa’s film follows Ventura as he traverses a seemingly endless night populated by the ghosts of the past.
Hello Surveillance Capitalism
Sun, 31 March 2019
The UK Premiere of Marc Silver’s new short film
#pinkhairdatawhistleblower
followed by a discussion with Professor Shoshana Zuboff.
Burning
Tue, 2 April 2019
South Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story, ‘Barn Burning’, simmers with foreboding tension.
3 Faces
2 April – 9 May 2019
Created despite an imposed filmmaking ban, celebrated Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s latest film examines the tensions within Iranian society triggered by patriarchal traditions.
Shoplifters
2 – 25 April 2019
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d'Or winning film depicts a family reliant on theft for survival.
Minding the Gap
2 – 4 April 2019
Drawing on over 12 years of footage, Bing Liu’s Academy Award-nominated documentary is a celebration of skateboarding and a portrait of young manhood.
Border
2 April – 12 May 2019
From the writer of
Let the Right One In
comes a mesmerising and genre-defying dark fairy tale set in modern-day Sweden.
Sauvage
2 – 3 April 2019
A brutally intimate portrait of an isolated young sex worker who yearns for affection.
Girl
3 – 4 April 2019
In Lukas Dhont’s debut feature, 15-year-old aspiring dancer Lara, born in a boy’s body, pushes her anatomy to its limits to pursue her dreams.
Ray & Liz
3 – 10 April 2019
This unsettling family portrait set in Thatcher-era Britain is photographer Richard Billingham’s feature-film debut.
The Image You Missed
3 – 14 April 2019
An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late American documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaig's decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Free Solo
Wed, 3 April 2019
A portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold and his death-defying scale of Yosemite’s three-thousand-foot El Capitan.
The Rest I Make Up
5 – 11 April 2019
A study of art, the mind, and a deepening friendship between filmmaker and subject.
Happy as Lazzaro
5 April – 28 December 2019
Italian writer-director Alice Rohrwacher’s third film revolves around two young labourers on an isolated tobacco plantation in rural Italy.
The Sisters Brothers
5 – 24 April 2019
A jocular and subversive Western from acclaimed French director Jacques Audiard, based on the novel by Patrick deWitt.
KINOTEKA 2019: My Friend the Polish Girl + Q&A
Tue, 9 April 2019
An American filmmaker follows the life of a struggling Polish actress living in London.
Artists’ Film Club
Silvia Kolbowski: That Monster: An Allegory
Wed, 10 April 2019
Silvia Kolbowski returns to the genre of silent film and Mary Shelley's fictional tale of man-made monstrosity in this recent video work.
KINOTEKA 2019: Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Thu, 11 April 2019
A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labelled as a maker of erotic movies.
KINOTEKA 2019: UK PREMIERE End of Life + Q&A
Thu, 11 April 2019
Filmmakers John Bruce and Pawel Wojtasik’s intimate meditation on the process of dying.
FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2019
12 – 20 April 2019
This year’s festival is centred around the concept of Deframing, which embraces cultural complexity, resists dominant narratives, and emphasises decategorisation.
End of Life
13 – 16 April 2019
Filmmakers John Bruce and Pawel Wojtasik’s intimate meditation on the process of dying.
KINOTEKA 2019 Closing Night: Cold War + Introduction by Pawel Pawlikowski
Thu, 18 April 2019
Paweł Pawlikowski’s epic romance is a dreamlike journey through a continent divided by World War II.
A Clockwork Orange
19 – 25 April 2019
In its first UK-wide re-release since 2000, Stanley Kubrick’s classic remains an unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control.
Sauvage
21 – 25 April 2019
A brutally intimate portrait of an isolated young sex worker who yearns for affection.
Styx
26 April – 2 May 2019
Aptly named after the mythological river that separates the living from the dead,
Styx
is an astute modern-day parable of Western indifference in the face of marginalized suffering.
Ash is Purest White
26 April – 26 June 2019
Selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke’s latest film delivers a sweeping and personal reflection on modern China.
Rafiki
26 April – 8 May 2019
A romantic relationship unfolds between two teenage women on a Nairobi housing estate.
Donbass
26 April – 2 May 2019
Constructed from 13 episodes, Ukrainian director Sergey Loznitsa’s engrossing drama provides a unique take on a disturbing contemporary conflict.
PREMIERE Art & Mind + Q&A
Sat, 27 April 2019
A documentary exploring the relationship between art and the unconscious mind.
Art & Mind
27 April – 22 May 2019
A documentary exploring the relationship between art and the unconscious mind.
Members’ Screening: Braguino
Sun, 28 April 2019
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.
Knock Down the House
1 – 8 May 2019
Four women running for Congress – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin – battle powerful political machines in very different American landscapes.
Woman at War
3 – 29 May 2019
From Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson, an eccentric film about a choir director turned covert guerrilla eco-activist.
Satan & Adam
3 – 9 May 2019
The story of the unlikely friendship between New York City legend Sterling Magee and scholar Adam Gussow, who found unlikely fame busking together on Harlem’s streets.
PREVIEW Diamantino + Q&A
Sat, 4 May 2019
The genre-melding Diamantino is at once a queer fairy tale, a sci-fi thriller, and an outrageous political satire of modern Europe.
PREVIEW Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes + Q&A with Michael Palin
Tue, 7 May 2019
A moving documentary tribute to Scottish climber and adventurer Hamish MacInnes, one of the greatest mountaineers of the 20th century.
PREVIEW Madeline's Madeline + Q&A
Thu, 9 May 2019
Director Josephine Decker’s Sundance-premiering new film refreshes the conventions of a coming-of-age tale through its fragmented, electrifying form.
High Life
10 May – 4 July 2019
A crew of young convicts are sent on a doomed mission to outer space in French auteur Claire Denis’ English-language debut.
Diamantino
10 – 25 May 2019
The genre-melding
Diamantino
is at once a queer fairy tale, a sci-fi thriller, and an outrageous political satire of modern Europe.
Madeline’s Madeline
10 – 29 May 2019
Director Josephine Decker’s Sundance-premiering new film refreshes the conventions of a coming-of-age tale through its fragmented, electrifying form.
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
11 – 14 May 2019
A moving documentary tribute to Scottish climber and adventurer Hamish MacInnes, one of the greatest mountaineers of the 20th century.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: Nude on the Moon + Martina’s Playhouse
Wed, 15 May 2019
Sexplotitation and social commentary in this double bill from Doris Wishman and Peggy Ahwesh.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
17 – 22 May 2019
A digital restoration of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 Cold War political satire.
In Focus: TERRATREME
17 May – 12 December 2019
A showcase of contemporary Portuguese cinema from independent film production unit TERRATREME.
EUROPEAN PREMIERE XY Chelsea + Q&A
Wed, 22 May 2019
In its European premiere,
XY Chelsea
follows Chelsea Manning as she leaves prison and navigates the far-reaching consequences of her past.
PREVIEW Too Late to Die Young + Q&A
Wed, 22 May 2019
Winner of the Leopard for Best Director at the Locarno Festival, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo’s latest film is a beguiling coming-of-age drama set in Chile.
PREVIEW John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection + Q&A
Thu, 23 May 2019
An impressionistic rumination on imperious tennis legend John McEnroe at the height of his career, compiled from reels of unseen 16mm archival footage.
Too Late to Die Young
24 May – 3 July 2019
Winner of the Leopard for Best Director at the Locarno Festival, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo’s latest film is a beguiling coming-of-age drama set in Chile.
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
24 May 2019 – 19 July 2022
Superbrat struggles to defeat his demons and conquer the French Open for the first time in Julien Faraut’s impressionistic essay film.
XY Chelsea
24 May – 6 June 2019
XY Chelsea
follows Chelsea Manning as she leaves prison and navigates the far-reaching consequences of her past.
Members’ Screening: 35 Shots of Rum
Sun, 26 May 2019
The bond between a father and daughter is subtly expounded in Claire Denis’ masterful 2009 film.
Freedom Fields
31 May – 13 June 2019
An intimate look at post-revolution Libya through the eyes of an aspiring all-female soccer team.
Vox Lux
31 May – 6 June 2019
A sardonic melodrama about 21st-century celebrity, spectacle and violence.
Birds of Passage
31 May – 11 July 2019
Set among Colombia’s Wayúu people,
Birds of Passage
spans three decades of a family pushed to the brink by the drug trade.
Bounce Cinema Secret Screening
Wed, 5 June 2019
Pop-up film club Bounce Cinema presents a secret screening of new independent short films.
PREVIEW And with Him Came the West + Q&A
Wed, 5 June 2019
Wyatt Earp was the inspiration behind decades of Hollywood Westerns and a master of self-mythology.
Halston
7 – 18 June 2019
The life and times of legendary designer Roy Halston Frowick, the man who wanted to ‘dress all of America.’
And with Him Came the West
7 – 13 June 2019
Wyatt Earp was the inspiration behind decades of Hollywood Westerns and a master of self-mythology.
The Dead and the Others
7 – 22 June 2019
A young man attempts to resist his spiritual fate in this fictionalised portrait of tribal culture in northern Brazil.
Dirty God
7 – 16 June 2019
An unflinching portrait of a young woman struggling to re-establish her sense of self after a brutal acid attack.
Variety + Anybody’s Woman + Q&A
Wed, 12 June 2019
A young woman works at a New York pornographic theatre in Bette Gordon’s 1983 film co-written by Kathy Acker.
We the Animals
14 – 20 June 2019
An immersive portrait of working-class family life and brotherhood.
A Season in France
14 June – 4 July 2019
Two brothers from the Central African Republic seek refuge in France in this compassionate family drama.
Sunset
14 – 30 June 2019
László Nemes explores pre-First World War Budapest in this haunting portrait of a society on the cusp of change.
Prophecy + Q&A
Sat, 15 June 2019
An intimate exploration of a single oil painting followed by a Q&A with director Charlie Paul and producer Lucy Paul.
A Moon For My Father
15 – 19 June 2019
Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari investigates the relationship between her physical traumas and the collective political memories of her birthplace.
Prophecy
16 – 25 June 2019
An intimate exploration of a single oil painting.
The Edge of Democracy
19 – 27 June 2019
Filmmaker Petra Costa maps far-right politics in Brazil in this expansive documentary.
Unsettling + Q&A
Wed, 19 June 2019
Leftist Israeli director Iris Zaki temporarily relocates from Tel Aviv to the Tekoa settlement on the West Bank, exploring one of the most divisive issues in Israel today.
The Edge of Democracy + Q&A
Thu, 20 June 2019
Filmmaker Petra Costa maps far-right politics in Brazil in this expansive documentary.
Diego Maradona
21 June 2019 – 8 January 2020
An immersive documentary portrait of monolithic football legend Maradona, constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage.
Ordinary Time
21 June – 3 July 2019
After the birth of their first child, a young couple adjust to the rhythm of daily life in Portuguese filmmaker Susana Nobre’s debut feature.
A Moon For My Father + Q&A
Sat, 22 June 2019
Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari investigates the relationship between her physical traumas and the collective political memories of her birthplace.
Diego Maradona + Q&A
Tue, 25 June 2019
An immersive documentary portrait of monolithic football legend Maradona, constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive.
Paterson
28 June – 4 July 2019
A searching study in aloneness and a celebration of the small wonders of life.
Gloria Bell
28 June – 2 July 2019
A middle-aged divorcée energetically navigates the joys and frustrations of contemporary life in this spirited film from Chilean writer-director Sebastián Lelio.
Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows + Q&A
Sat, 29 June 2019
Filmmaker Richard Kovitch explores the untold story of British artist Penny Slinger, whose groundbreaking work mysteriously slipped from popular memory.
Members’ Screening: Amy
Sun, 30 June 2019
Archival footage and personal testimonials present a harrowing portrait of Amy Winehouse, tracing her life and career up until her untimely death.
Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows
30 June – 4 July 2019
Filmmaker Richard Kovitch explores the untold story of British artist Penny Slinger, whose groundbreaking work mysteriously slipped from popular memory.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
4 – 11 July 2019
To coincide with the UK release of
Knife + Heart
, the ICA presents Flame in the Night, a season of three feature films and a programme of shorts celebrating new transgressive French cinema.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
UK PREMIERE Jessica Forever
Thu, 4 July 2019
A woman rescues lost young men from a life of violence in the striking debut feature from Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel.
Apollo 11
5 July – 15 August 2019
Crafted from newly discovered 70mm footage, an exhilarating documentary about NASA's 1969 moon mission.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
Jessica Forever
5 – 10 July 2019
A woman rescues lost young men from a life of violence in the striking debut feature from
Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel.
In Fabric
5 – 16 July 2019
A cursed red dress causes devastating consequences as it passes from person to person in this horror-inflected satire from British writer-director Peter Strickland.
Never Look Away
5 July – 27 August 2019
An Academy Award-nominated drama from renowned German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
Knife + Heart
5 – 18 July 2019
From Yann Gonzalez, a hyper-stylised queer erotic thriller set in the world of underground gay pornography.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
The Wild Boys
6 – 9 July 2019
Trapped on a supernatural island, five privileged and savagely violent teenagers test temptation, lust and power.
Africa 3.0: Foreign Body
Sat, 6 July 2019
A young illegal immigrant creates a new life for herself in France while becoming the centre of tangled romantic relationships.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
UK PREMIERE Ultra Rêve
Sat, 6 July 2019
Three short films under one title by directors Yann Gonzalez, Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, and Bertrand Mandico.
Africa 3.0: Cairo Station
Sun, 7 July 2019
A unique exploration of sexuality, obsession, and violence from renowned Egyptian director Youssef Chahine.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
Ultra Rêve
7 – 10 July 2019
Three short films under one title by directors Yann Gonzalez, Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, and Bertrand Mandico.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: The House is Black + Blackboards
Wed, 10 July 2019
Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf’s award-winning
Blackboards
screens alongside poet and filmmaker Forough Farrokhzad’s acclaimed documentary
The House is Black
.
The Dead Don’t Die
12 – 25 July 2019
A self-aware zombie comedy with an all-star ensemble cast from writer-director Jim Jarmusch.
Our Time
12 – 23 July 2019
An unsparing account of a marriage in crisis from Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas.
Africa 3.0: Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba
Sat, 13 July 2019
A documentary exploring the phenomenon of Afrobeats and its influence on music production worldwide.
Africa 3.0: Zombies + We Need Prayers + this country is lonely + Hello, Rain
Sun, 14 July 2019
Four short films from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa explore social media’s unremitting presence in our day to day lives.
Who’s Afraid of Kathy Acker?
Wed, 17 July 2019
An experimental meditation on Acker’s larger-than-life persona, offering a celebration and critique of the writer in equal parts.
Artists’ Film Club
Garage
Thu, 18 July 2019
Artist Olivia Erlanger and architect Luis Ortega Govela’s documentary explores the evolution of the garage.
My Friend the Polish Girl
19 – 25 July 2019
An American filmmaker follows the life of a struggling Polish actress living in London.
Varda by Agnès
19 July – 1 August 2019
Agnès Varda’s final film is a reflective self-portrait which offers an imaginative insight into the French auteur’s oeuvre.
Lisbon Beat
20 – 30 July 2019
This exuberant documentary highlights the innovative Afro-Portuguese music scene thriving on the outskirts of Lisbon.
PREVIEW Of Fish and Foe + Q&A
Sat, 20 July 2019
A controversial documentary which portrays the fraught relationship between traditional fishing practices in Scotland and the concerns of environmentalists.
My Friend the Polish Girl + Q&A
Sun, 21 July 2019
An American filmmaker follows the life of a struggling Polish actress living in London.
The Great Hack + Q&A
Wed, 24 July 2019
A timely documentary exploring the fallout of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The Great Hack
25 July – 8 August 2019
A timely documentary exploring the fallout of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
26 July – 12 September 2019
The tangled love affair between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen is explored in Nick Broomfield’s poignant documentary.
The Chambermaid
26 July – 28 August 2019
Lila Avilés’ debut feature follows the routines of a young hotel worker in a Mexico City luxury high-rise.
Are You Proud? + Q&A
Fri, 26 July 2019
A candid and moving investigation into seventy years of progress in the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
UK PREMIERE Where are you, João Gilberto?
Sat, 27 July 2019
A probing documentary about the late Brazilian musician João Gilberto, whose bossa nova sound revolutionised popular music worldwide in the 1960s.
Members’ Screening: McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Sun, 28 July 2019
Robert Altman’s atmospheric 1971 western is recognised as one of the director’s true masterpieces.
Are You Proud?
28 – 31 July 2019
A candid and moving investigation into seventy years of progress in the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Where are you, João Gilberto?
28 July – 8 August 2019
A probing documentary about the late Brazilian musician João Gilberto, whose bossa nova sound revolutionised popular music worldwide in the 1960s.
Black Box / White Cube: Viewing contexts for Artists’ Moving Image
Wed, 31 July 2019
A discussion event setting out to investigate the evolving role of moving image in contemporary art
The Golden Boat
Wed, 31 July 2019
Raúl Ruiz’s satirical 1990 film about the fringes of the downtown New York art scene with a cameo by Kathy Acker.
Of Fish and Foe
2 – 7 August 2019
A controversial documentary which portrays the fraught relationship between traditional fishing practices in Scotland and the concerns of environmentalists.
Une Femme Douce
2 – 20 August 2019
Fifty years after its first release, this digital restoration of Robert Bresson’s first colour film is a testament to the director’s cinematic poise.
Holiday
2 – 8 August 2019
A seemingly idyllic holiday on the Turkish Riviera devolves into a brutal revenge narrative in Isabella Eklöf’s debut feature.
Holiday + Q&A
Tue, 6 August 2019
A seemingly idyllic holiday on the Turkish Riviera devolves into a brutal revenge narrative in Isabella Eklöf’s debut feature.
Opus Zero
9 – 14 August 2019
An American composer travels to Mexico to resolve his deceased father’s affairs in this debut feature from Daniel Graham.
Stones Have Laws
9 – 29 August 2019
An immersive initiation into the life of a Maroon community in the former Dutch colony of Suriname.
Adoption
9 – 17 August 2019
Celebrated as the first Berlinale Golden Bear awarded to a female director, Márta Mészáros’
Adoption
(1975) is a powerful meditation on agency and womanhood.
Artists’ Film Club
No News Today II
Wed, 14 August 2019
A screening of London-based artist-filmmaker Ayo Akingbade’s social housing trilogy
No News Today
, including the premiere of
Dear Babylon
(2019).
Transit
16 August – 11 September 2019
German auteur Christian Petzold’s conceptually ambitious
Transit
depicts the moral failings of Europe past and present.
Leto
16 August – 3 September 2019
Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov charts the rise to fame of Soviet rock pioneer Viktor Tsoi in this freewheeling snapshot of youthful rebellion in 1980s Leningrad.
Djon Ãfrica
17 – 22 August 2019
Born in Portugal to Cape Verdean parents, 25-year-old Djon África embarks on a journey to discover his roots.
American Factory
21 – 28 August 2019
A deep dive into a post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant.
Black Quantum Futurism: Temporal Deprogramming
Black Quantum Futurism × Languid Hands: The Fullness of Time + H-E-L-L-O
Thu, 22 August 2019
Curatorial duo Languid Hands present a screening of filmmaker and multimedia artist Cauleen Smith’s
The Fullness of Time
and
H-E-L-L-O
.
Hail Satan?
23 August – 4 September 2019
Hail Satan?
chronicles one of the most colourful and controversial religious movements in American history.
Pain and Glory
23 August 2019 – 8 January 2020
Pedro Almodóvar’s latest feature is a metafictional reflection on art, memory, love and family, seen through the perspective of an ageing film director.
Members’ Screening: Volver
Sun, 25 August 2019
To tie in with the release of Pedro Almodóvar’s
Pain and Glory
, the ICA presents a screening of the director’s 2006 film
Volver
.
The Invisibles: The Work of Eugenio Polgovsky
25 August – 1 September 2019
The first UK retrospective dedicated to the work of Mexican documentary filmmaker Eugenio Polgovsky.
The Invisibles: The Work of Eugenio Polgovsky
Success + Tropic of Cancer + discussion
Sun, 25 August 2019
The late director’s debut film,
Tropic of Cancer
, depicts the lives of impoverished families in the arid central Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
The Invisibles: The Work of Eugenio Polgovsky
The Inheritors
Thu, 29 August 2019
Eugenio Polgovsky’s acclaimed 2008 documentary depicts the daily lives of children living in rural Mexico who, with their families, survive only by virtue of their unrelenting labour.
Inna de Yard
30 August – 10 September 2019
A vibrant film set against the backdrop of the lush green mountains of Jamaica, where a superstar group of reggae legends gather to record a new album.
Cinema 3
Bait
30 August 2019 – 5 February 2020
Filmed in black and white on a 16mm Bolex,
Bait
is a unique, genre-defying new feature from British writer-director Mark Jenkin.
The Invisibles: The Work of Eugenio Polgovsky
Lightbyrinth + Mexican Ritual
Sat, 31 August 2019
Past and future collide in Mexico City’s central square in Eugenio Polgovsky’s ‘Mexican Ritual’.
The Invisibles: The Work of Eugenio Polgovsky
Resurrection
Sun, 1 September 2019
A family battle the devastating effects of industrial pollution on their local river in this documentary essay about Mexico’s once-paradisiacal Juanacatlán Falls.
Open City Documentary Festival 2019
4 – 10 September 2019
An open space to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers.
Open City Documentary Festival 2019
Crime and Punishment + Q&A
Thu, 5 September 2019
In this masterful observational work, Chinese documentarian Zhao Liang records life inside a remote military police station in Northeastern China.
Rojo
6 – 26 September 2019
In Benjamin Naishtat's
Rojo
an argument with a mysterious stranger escalates with drastic consequences.
Open City Documentary Festival 2019
No Data Plan + Q&A
Fri, 6 September 2019
Undocumented filmmaker Miko Revereza documents a train journey he took across America last year.
Sprinter
6 – 12 September 2019
A coming-of-age drama about a young Jamaican sprinter set to be the island’s next big track and field sensation.
Open City Documentary Festival 2019
UK PREMIERE Movements of a Nearby Mountain + Q&A
Sat, 7 September 2019
Sebastian Brameshuber’s third feature is a multi-layered portrait of a self-taught mechanic working at the foot of the Austrian Alps.
Open City Documentary Festival 2019
WORLD PREMIERE Images Studying Images: Kevin B. Lee on Harun Farocki + Q&A
Sat, 7 September 2019
A series of video essays on German filmmaker Harun Farocki produced by Kevin B. Lee for the Goethe Institut.
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
7 – 26 September 2019
Forty years after its original release, the ICA screens
Apocalypse Now Final Cut
, a never-before-seen and newly restored cut of Coppola’s spectacular cinematic masterpiece.
Open City Documentary Festival 2019
UK PREMIERE Breathless Animals + Q&A
Sun, 8 September 2019
The first non-fiction feature from Chinese filmmaker Lei Lei revolves around an audio interview conducted with the director’s mother, who recounts her recollections of growing up in Maoist China.
Open City Documentary Festival 2019
Sunday Listening Session: Make Some Space
Sun, 8 September 2019
An afternoon of attentive guided listening presented in partnership with Analogue Foundation.
Open City Documentary Festival 2019
Petition + Q&A
Sun, 8 September 2019
Chinese filmmaker Zhao Liang’s magnum opus follows those who, having suffered abuses at the hands of local governments, travel to Beijing to petition the court of complaints.
Art & Mind + Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay + introduction
Sun, 8 September 2019
A double bill screening from French director Amélie Ravalec.
In Focus: Sergei Loznitsa
10 – 18 September 2019
A season dedicated to the work of avant-garde Ukrainian documentarian Sergei Loznitsa.
In Focus: Sergei Loznitsa
UK PREMIERE The Trial + Q&A
Tue, 10 September 2019
Sergei Loznitsa’s found footage documentary is comprised of researched and restored archival material from one of Joseph Stalin's first show-trials.
In Focus: Sergei Loznitsa
The Event + introduction by Sergei Loznitsa
Wed, 11 September 2019
A documentary which revisits the failed Soviet coup of August 1991.
In Focus: Sergei Loznitsa
Austerlitz
11 – 20 September 2019
Inspired by W.G. Sebald’s 2001 novel of the same name, this disquieting documentary explores the tourist industry established around Germany’s former concentration camps.
In Focus: Sergei Loznitsa
Victory Day
12 – 22 September 2019
An observational record of the annual Victory Day celebrations held at the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park.
In Focus: Sergei Loznitsa
The Trial
13 – 24 September 2019
Sergei Loznitsa’s found footage documentary is comprised of researched and restored archival material from one of Joseph Stalin's first show-trials.
Cinema 3
The Souvenir
13 September 2019 – 4 January 2020
From one of Britain’s most unique filmmakers, a deeply personal and beautifully crafted portrait of self-discovery.
Mariano Llinás presents La Flor
13 September – 2 October 2019
Over 800 minutes long and a decade in the making, Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Llinás’
La Flor
defies cinematic convention.
Mariano Llinás presents La Flor
La Flor: Part I + introduction with Mariano Llinás
Fri, 13 September 2019
Over 800 minutes long and a decade in the making, Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Llinás’
La Flor
defies cinematic convention.
Cinema 3
Honeyland
13 September 2019 – 9 January 2020
Honeyland
questions the cost, both human and ecological, of unsustainable growth and the reckless pursuit of profit.
Mariano Llinás presents La Flor
La Flor: Part II
14 – 27 September 2019
Over 800 minutes long and a decade in the making, Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Llinás’
La Flor
defies cinematic convention.
Mariano Llinás presents La Flor
La Flor: Masterclass with Mariano Llinás
Sun, 15 September 2019
Accompanying the UK & Ireland release of Mariano Llinás’
La Flor
, the Argentinian director leads a masterclass, offering an in-depth exploration a filmmaking journey which took ten years to complete.
In Focus: Sergei Loznitsa
The Event
15 – 21 September 2019
A documentary which revisits the failed Soviet coup of August 1991.
Mariano Llinás presents La Flor
La Flor: Part III
15 September – 3 October 2019
Over 800 minutes long and a decade in the making, Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Llinás’
La Flor
defies cinematic convention.
Mariano Llinás presents La Flor
La Flor: Part I
18 – 25 September 2019
Over 800 minutes long and a decade in the making, Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Llinás’
La Flor
defies cinematic convention.
When We Were Wild + Q&A
Sun, 22 September 2019
Spanish director Carmen Bellas’ debut feature is an imagined conversation between the film’s narrator and the neighbourhood of San Cristóbal on the outskirts of Madrid.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: The Watermelon Woman + I am Micro
Tue, 24 September 2019
A screening of Cheryl Dunye’s recently restored
The Watermelon Woman
alongside
I am Micro
by Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia.
UK PREMIERE Cielo + Q&A
Wed, 25 September 2019
A cinematic reverie on the beauty of the night sky as experienced in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut + introduction by Walter Murch
Wed, 25 September 2019
Forty years after its original release, the ICA screens Apocalypse Now Final Cut, a never-before-seen and newly restored cut of Coppola’s spectacular cinematic masterpiece.
London Palestine Film Pre-Festival Weekend
27 – 29 September 2019
In the leadup to the 2019 London Palestine Film Festival, the ICA presents a programme celebrating acclaimed works from the festival’s previous editions.
London Palestine Film Pre-Festival Weekend
Ghost Hunting
Fri, 27 September 2019
A group of Palestinian ex-prisoners recreate the circumstances of their incarceration in this documentary from director Raed Andoni.
Latin America Monthly: Cielo
27 September – 10 October 2019
A cinematic reverie on the beauty of the night sky as experienced in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
Normal + Q&A
Fri, 27 September 2019
Adele Tulli’s Normal playfully exposes the spectacle of gender in our everyday lives.
Cinema 3
Normal
28 September – 13 October 2019
Adele Tulli’s Normal playfully exposes the spectacle of gender in our everyday lives.
London Palestine Film Pre-Festival Weekend
Reality as Fiction: Short Films From Palestine + panel discussion
Sat, 28 September 2019
A programme of shorts from Palestinian filmmakers ranging from the dramatic to the political to the satirical.
Members’ Screening: Archipelago
Sun, 29 September 2019
To celebrate the release of Joanna Hogg’s latest film
The Souvenir
, the ICA screens
Archipelago
, the director’s darkly comic deconstruction of upper-middle-class sensibilities.
London Palestine Film Pre-Festival Weekend
Films from the Palestinian Revolution
Sun, 29 September 2019
A programme of newly recovered and recently restored films produced by the Institute of Palestinian Cinema during the 1970s and 80s.
London Film Festival 2019
2 – 10 October 2019
Your chance to discover the Oscar winners of the future, the most thrilling new talent from across the globe and beautifully restored treasures from the archives.
Artists’ Film Club
EUROPEAN PREMIERE Two A.M. + Q&A
Sat, 5 October 2019
Loretta Fahrenholz’s dystopian
Two A.M
. is a hallucinogenic tale of coercion, control and peer-to-peer surveillance, set on the fringes of contemporary Berlin
Beanpole
11 October – 28 November 2019
Set in Leningrad in the months following the end of WWII, Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov’s is a devastating portrait of a broken city and its people.
Tehran: City of Love
11 – 26 October 2019
Ali Jaberansari’s debut feature is a triptych of stories about love and yearning in Tehran.
London Film Festival 2019
Vitalina Varela
Sat, 12 October 2019
Portuguese maestro Pedro Costa returns with another poetic portrait of Lisbon’s Cape Verdean community, focusing on one woman’s sorrows and survivor spirit.
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
13 October 2019 – 2 January 2020
The life and career of musical giant and cultural icon Miles Davis – a true visionary, innovator and originator who defied categorisation.
PREVIEW Mystify: Michael Hutchence
Wed, 16 October 2019
An intimate portrait of the iconic INXS frontman.
Tell Me Who I Am
18 – 25 October 2019
In this documentary, Alex trusts his twin, Marcus, to tell him about his past after he loses his memory.
Ladyworld
18 – 24 October 2019
A birthday party quickly dissolves into chaos when an earthquake traps eight teenage girls alone in an isolated mansion.
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? + Q&A
Fri, 18 October 2019
Roberto Minervini’s fifth feature-length work is a blistering meditation on the state of race in America.
Zombi Child
18 – 29 October 2019
A high-concept horror about the scars of colonisation and cultural appropriation in contemporary France.
Mystify: Michael Hutchence
18 – 24 October 2019
An intimate portrait of the iconic INXS frontman.
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?
19 October – 29 December 2019
Roberto Minervini’s fifth feature-length work is a blistering meditation on the state of race in America.
Tell Me Who I Am + Q&A
Tue, 22 October 2019
In this documentary, Alex trusts his twin, Marcus, to tell him about his past after he loses his memory.
Monos
25 October – 21 December 2019
An otherworldly thriller about a rebel group of teenage guerrilla soldiers from Colombian-Ecuadorian filmmaker Alejandro Landes.
Hoop Dreams
25 – 31 October 2019
Steve James’s landmark 1994 documentary follows two African-American high schoolers from the West Side of Chicago as they pursue their dreams of becoming professional basketball players.
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
25 October – 21 November 2019
Joe Talbot’s directorial debut is a deep and resonant meditation on the stories we tell ourselves to find our place in the world.
Chained for Life
25 – 31 October 2019
Writer-director Aaron Schimberg’s darkly comedic film-within-a-film touches upon cinematic representation without offering simple resolutions.
Members’ Screening: Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Sun, 27 October 2019
To coincide with Black History Month in the UK, the ICA presents RaMell Ross’ Oscar-nominated
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
.
Chained for Life + Q&A
Sun, 27 October 2019
Writer-director Aaron Schimberg’s darkly comedic film-within-a-film touches upon cinematic representation without offering simple resolutions.
Campo
1 – 7 November 2019
Europe’s largest military base on the outskirts of Lisbon is the focus of this reflective documentary by director Tiago Hespanha.
Yves Saint-Laurent: The Last Collections
1 – 20 November 2019
A revealing portrait of the late Parisian haute couture designer, filmed during the creation of his final collection.
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
1 – 21 November 2019
A documentary about the hidden power of sound in cinema.
Doc’n Roll Festival: Gina Birch: Cracked Open
Sat, 2 November 2019
An evening of film, conversation and live performance celebrating the work of musician, painter and filmmaker Gina Birch.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
3 November 2019 – 3 January 2020
Director RaMell Ross’ acclaimed study of light, mood, movement and Black life in the US South.
London Korean Film Festival 2019
3 – 12 November 2019
The London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) is the UK’s leading showcase of Korean cinema, and one of the world’s largest festivals dedicated to a national cinema.
FLAMIN Productions: How to apply
Tue, 5 November 2019
An interactive introduction to FLAMIN Productions, Film London’s major commissioning scheme for London-based artist filmmakers.
A Dog Called Money + introduction
Wed, 6 November 2019
Award-winning war photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy explores the creative inspiration behind PJ Harvey’s ninth studio album.
Peter Whitehead’s Tales of Two Cities: London and New York in the 1960s
7 – 9 November 2019
Digital restorations of British filmmaker Peter Whitehead’s iconic documentaries, presented 50 years after the ICA’s first screening of The Fall.
Meeting Gorbachev
8 – 21 November 2019
Werner Herzog returns with an intimate portrait of one man who changed the course of history.
A Dog Called Money
8 – 19 November 2019
Award-winning war photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy explores the creative inspiration behind PJ Harvey’s ninth studio album.
UK PREMIERE Of Time and The Sea + Q&A
Sun, 10 November 2019
Australian director Peter Sant’s debut feature is a Maltese-language film about stasis and slow change.
Image Behaviour 2019
13 – 17 November 2019
The ICA’s annual convening takes artists’ moving image outside of the cinema, unfolding through multi-screen projections, performances and discussions.
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Wed, 13 November 2019
A self-described ‘pop concerto for film’, Peter Whitehead’s celebrated documentary
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
probes the myth and the reality of ‘Swinging London’.
The Fall
Wed, 13 November 2019
A chronicle of the turbulent events that took place in America between the autumn of 1967 and the summer of 1968.
The Irishman
15 November – 5 December 2019
Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organised crime in post-war America told through the eyes of hitman Frank Sheeran.
LONDON PREMIERE Heimat is a Space in Time + introduction
Fri, 15 November 2019
A monumental historical essay about a family torn apart by the upheavals of the 20th century.
London Palestine Film Festival 2019
16 – 23 November 2019
London Palestine Film Festival returns to the ICA with a selection of work from emerging and established Palestinian filmmakers.
Image Behaviour 2019
UK PREMIERE Vital Behaviors + Q&A
Sun, 17 November 2019
Artist Ken Okiishi screens and discusses his recent video work
Vital Behaviors
, an intimate investigation of memory and transformation.
Image Behaviour 2019
Image Behaviour: Screening
Sun, 17 November 2019
A screening of recent works from artists Julie Béna, Patrick Staff and Nora Turato.
In Focus: Helena Trestikova
Sun, 17 November 2019
A tribute to Czech filmmaker Helena Trestikova, whose impressive career spans over forty years and features more than fifty documentaries.
PREVIEW The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Tue, 19 November 2019
What begins as a portrait of a dying magician unravels into a meta-narrative about the process and ethics of documentary making.
Juliet Jacques Presents, Part I
Wed, 20 November 2019
Writer and filmmaker Juliet Jacques presents a two-part programme of experimental queer cinema.
Honeyland + Q&A
Thu, 21 November 2019
Honeyland
questions the cost, both human and ecological, of unsustainable growth and the reckless pursuit of profit.
PREVIEW Atlantics
21 – 26 November 2019
Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix, the debut feature from director and actor Mati Diop is a haunting, fantastical depiction of young love.
Permission
22 November – 1 December 2019
Based on real events, Iranian writer-director Soheil Beiraghi’s second feature is the story of one woman’s fight for gender equality.
Heimat is a Space in Time
22 November – 27 December 2019
A monumental historical essay about a family torn apart by the upheavals of the 20th century.
Here for Life + Q&A
Fri, 22 November 2019
Ten Londoners grapple with a system stacked against them in this unique production from filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and theatremaker Adrian Jackson.
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
22 – 28 November 2019
What begins as a portrait of a dying magician unravels into a meta-narrative about the process and ethics of documentary making.
Marriage Story
22 November – 12 December 2019
The latest film from Noah Baumbach is a compassionate portrait of a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.
Juliet Jacques Presents, Part II
Sat, 23 November 2019
Writer and filmmaker Juliet Jacques presents a two-part programme of experimental queer cinema.
Here for Life
24 – 29 November 2019
Ten Londoners grapple with a system stacked against them in this unique production from filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and theatremaker Adrian Jackson.
Members’ Screening: Margot at the Wedding
Sun, 24 November 2019
To tie in with the release of Noah Baumbach’s
Marriage Story
, the ICA presents a screening of the director’s 2007 film
Margot at the Wedding
on 35mm.
The Silence of Others + Q&A
Sun, 24 November 2019
A Q&A with director Robert Bahar follows the screening of this documentary about the first attempt in history to prosecute the crimes of Franco’s 40-year dictatorship.
PREVIEW Atlantics + introduction
Sun, 24 November 2019
Director and actor Mati Diop’s debut feature is introduced by Reclaim The Frame.
Vampir-Cuadecuc + Acció Santos + introduction
Tue, 26 November 2019
A retrospective of radical Catalan filmmaker Pere Portabella’s work launches at the ICA with a screening of Portabella’s
Vampir-Cuadecuc
(1971) alongside his short film
Acció Santos
(1973).
The Machine That Kills Bad People: Places in Cities + Piensa en MÃ
Wed, 27 November 2019
Travel and the stories of those in transit form the focus of this screening featuring Alexandra Cuesta’s
Piensa en Mí
and Angela Schanelec’s
Places in Cities
.
The Nightingale
29 November – 11 December 2019
A revenge tale set against the backdrop of Australia’s colonial past.
Eyes Wide Shut
29 November – 19 December 2019
Stanley Kubrick’s final masterpiece screens to coincide with the 20th anniversary of its release.
Shooting the Mafia
29 November – 17 December 2019
A documentary portrait of Sicilian press photographer Letizia Battaglia, whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia’s brutal crimes.
Nocturno 29 + introduction
Sat, 30 November 2019
Radical Catalan filmmaker Pere Portabella’s
Nocturno 29
is introduced by scholar Ona Balló Pedragosa.
The Silence of Others
30 November – 1 December 2019
The Silence of Others
documents the first attempt in history to prosecute the crimes of Franco’s 40-year dictatorship.
Journey to the Beginning of Time + introduction by John Stevenson
Sun, 1 December 2019
Four schoolboys embark on an epic voyage through prehistory in Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman’s influential 1955 fantasy, now released in a new 4K digital restoration.
PREVIEW So Long, My Son
Sun, 1 December 2019
Wang Xiaoshuai's
So Long, My Son
traces the lives of two families over three decades of social and political upheaval in China.
UK PREMIERE Odyssey + Q&A
Tue, 3 December 2019
A Q&A with Dutch artist Sabine Groenewegen accompanies the UK Premiere of her genre-defying debut feature.
Artists’ Film Club
INFRACTIONS
Wed, 4 December 2019
Indigenous cultural workers fight against a new fossil gas frontier in Australia.
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life + Q&A
Wed, 4 December 2019
An intimate portrait of one of the world’s most successful gay adult film stars.
Atlantics
4 – 19 December 2019
Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix, the debut feature from director and actor Mati Diop is a haunting, fantastical depiction of young love.
Honey Boy
6 – 22 December 2019
Written by Shia LaBeouf and directed by Alma Har’el, a fictionalized account of LaBeouf’s ascent to stardom and subsequent crash-landing into rehab and recovery.
In Focus: Tomita Katsuya
6 – 15 December 2019
A programme of four feature films by one of Japan’s most thought-provoking contemporary filmmakers.
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life
6 – 12 December 2019
An intimate portrait of one of the world’s most successful gay adult film stars.
For Sama
7 December 2019 – 2 January 2020
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter,
For Sama
tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo.
Buddies
7 – 12 December 2019
A landmark film about the AIDS epidemic, written, produced and directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
Shooting the Mafia + introduction by Kim Longinotto
Sun, 8 December 2019
A documentary portrait of Sicilian press photographer Letizia Battaglia, whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia’s brutal crimes.
In Focus: TERRATREME
UK PREMIERE Alva + Q&A
Thu, 12 December 2019
After committing a heinous crime, a man escapes to the forest to avoid capture in Portuguese filmmaker Ico Costa’s debut feature.
Alva
13 – 19 December 2019
After committing a heinous crime, a man escapes to the forest to avoid capture in Portuguese filmmaker Ico Costa’s debut feature.
La Belle Époque
13 December 2019 – 5 January 2020
From director Nicolas Bedos, a drama that reflects on love, memory and nostalgia.
Aquarela + introduction
Fri, 13 December 2019
Aquarela takes audiences on a cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water.
Pink Wall
13 December 2019 – 7 January 2020
A relationship unfolds over the course of six years in this modern-day romance from actor and director Tom Cullen.
Citizen K
13 – 22 December 2019
An absorbing documentary overview of Putin’s rise to power, centred upon exiled Russian oligarch and political dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Aquarela
14 December 2019 – 2 January 2020
Aquarela
takes audiences on a cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water.
Monthly Members’ Screenings
15 December 2019 – 23 February 2020
From the ICA Cinema archives, a curated selection of cult classics and rare finds in original format 35mm, exclusively for ICA Members.
Monthly Members’ Screenings
Members’ Screening: Videodrome in 35mm
Sun, 15 December 2019
David Cronenberg’s cult techno-horror
Videodrome
screens in 35mm.
Artists’ Film Club
Patrick Staff: ON VENUS, STILL
Wed, 18 December 2019
Featuring work by artist Patrick Staff and their peers, an evening of screenings, music and readings.
Diagnosis
20 December 2019 – 2 January 2020
A journey into the depths of a city through the memories and emotions of its inhabitants.
On Food and Subversion
20 December 2019 – 5 January 2020
The dining room becomes an open arena for lust, brutality, irrationality and ultimately, liberation in this programme of four outstanding works of European cinema.
Cinema 3
An Elephant Sitting Still
20 – 28 December 2019
Young people spiral amid economic depression in the late filmmaker Hu Bo’s furious debut feature.
So Long, My Son
21 – 22 December 2019
Wang Xiaoshuai's
So Long, My Son
traces the lives of two families over three decades of social and political upheaval in China.
Khrustalyov, My Car!
22 – 29 December 2019
In Alexei German’s satire, something monumental is happening in 1950s Moscow but no one knows precisely what.
The Favourite
22 December 2019 – 9 January 2020
Queen Anne is the centre of an erotic-political power struggle in this cheerfully obscene twist on period drama.
Nae Pasaran
Fri, 27 December 2019
The true story of Scottish factory workers' protest against Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
Climax
27 December 2019 – 9 January 2020
A dance rehearsal turns into a series of traumatic scenes after a bad trip on LSD.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
27 December 2019 – 4 February 2020
A surreal film noir depicting a lovelorn drifter’s return to his hometown in Southwest China.
In Focus: Lynne Ramsay
29 December 2019 – 7 January 2020
A programme of three feature films celebrating the singular work of Scottish director Lynne Ramsay.
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