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Films
Institute of Contemporary Arts
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.
Navalny
16 April 2022 – 19 March 2023
The 2023 Academy Award for Best Documentary portrays Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the wake of his August 2020 Novichok poisoning.
Collective Mobilisation
27 May – 1 September 2022
Join us for this summer-long season dedicated to the best in contemporary Portuguese cinema – programmed by the ICA with pioneering production house TERRATREME.  
Il Buco
10 June – 24 July 2022
Michelangelo Frammartino’s beautifully considered meditation on life on Earth deservedly won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival.
Pleasure
17 June – 17 July 2022
A raw, vital and groundbreaking exploration of the adult film industry.
Elvis
24 June – 2 August 2022
The King gets the Baz Luhrmann treatment in this suitably epic biopic.
Theo and the Metamorphosis
24 June – 5 July 2022
After his father leaves, a 27 year old with Down syndrome living in the woods has to reinvent his life and open himself up more to things and beings.
Moon, 66 Questions
24 June – 14 July 2022
A poetic and original study of a father-daughter relationship.
A Pleasure, Comrades!
1 – 13 July 2022
After the Carnation Revolution, the sexual revolution – a story retold by Portuguese director José Filipe Costa in this delightful feature.
Wayfinder
1 – 12 July 2022
A young girl traverses England alone during a pandemic in Larry Achiampong’s ambitious, haunting and deeply poignant debut feature.
SAFAR Film Festival
1 – 10 July 2022
The only UK festival dedicated to cinema from the Arab world returns for its 10th anniversary season with a rich and varied programme that celebrates Arab cinema past, present, and future.
Wayfinder + Q&A
Wed, 6 July 2022
A young girl traverses England alone during a pandemic in Larry Achiampong’s ambitious, haunting and deeply poignant debut feature.
Futura
8 – 21 July 2022
Three leading filmmakers team up to capture the hopes, dreams and fears of young people in Italy today.
UK PREMIERE Acid Forest + Q&A
Fri, 8 July 2022
Thousands of seabirds inadvertently destroy a huge expanse of Lithuanian pine trees in Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė’s dry, wry and subversive work.
Ithaka
8 – 13 July 2022
Ben Lawrence’s film is a moving and intimate portrayal of 76-year-old John Shipton’s fight to protect and save his son – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
ICA EXCLUSIVE Acid Forest
10 – 13 July 2022
Thousands of seabirds inadvertently destroy a huge expanse of Lithuanian pine trees in Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė’s dry, wry and subversive nature documentary.
Ithaka + Q&A with John and Gabriel Shipton
Thu, 14 July 2022
Ben Lawrence’s film is a moving and intimate portrayal of 76-year-old John Shipton’s fight to protect and save his son – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
A Chiara
15 July – 4 August 2022
A teenage girl grapples with the sins of her father and the true meaning of family in Jonas Carpignano’s gritty third feature.
McEnroe
15 July – 3 August 2022
Barney Douglas’s inventive documentary explores the myths, legends, truths and fictions of tennis’s most charismatic and controversial superstar.
Laurent Garnier: Off The Record
15 – 16 July 2022
Gabin Rivoire paints an engaging portrait of one of club culture’s superstar DJs.
Donna
15 – 28 July 2022
Jay Bedwani’s film follows performer and trans activist Donna Personna as she tries to live an open, honest and authentic life in her seventies.
The Ciambra
17 – 20 July 2022
A gritty penetrating story of adolescence to adulthood set in a small Romani community in Calabria.
All Light, Everywhere
22 July – 16 August 2022
Theo Anthony’s feature questions and reimagines the idea of the ‘objective lens’ in reference to 21st-century American policing.
Robust
22 – 28 July 2022
Gérard Depardieu stars as a troublemaking film star who finds unexpected companionship with his security guard in Constance Meyer’s delightful feature.
The Big City (Mahanagar)
22 – 30 July 2022
A woman upends her comfortable family life in Satyajit Ray’s potent cinematic protest against patriarchal power in ’60s India.
She Will
22 – 31 July 2022
Multidisciplinary artist Charlotte Colbert’s debut is a female-led and female-focused psychological horror centred around a fading actress’s nightmarish retreat in a Scotish sanatorium.
The Lonely Wife (Charulata)
23 – 31 July 2022
A neglected woman finds herself dangerously drawn to her husband’s cousin in Satyajit Ray’s classic tale of love, class and jealousy.
Summer Exclusives
25 July – 1 September 2022
A summer-long showcase of five outstanding recent features from around the world – available to watch in the UK exclusively at the ICA Cinema.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: Quiproquo + O Movimento das Coisas
Wed, 27 July 2022
A programme of two films meditating on landscapes and their complex relationship to labour and industry. 
Fire of Love
29 July – 11 August 2022
Sara Dosa’s gripping film unearths the story of Katia and Maurice Krafft, who lived, loved and died for their passion – volcanoes.
Hit the Road
29 July – 7 September 2022
A close-knit Iranian family takes a momentous road trip in Panah Panahi’s wonderful debut – winner of the Best Film award at last year’s BFI London Film Festival.
Summer Exclusives
Looking for Venera
29 July – 7 August 2022
A teenage girl in Kosovo seeks to escape her conservative family life in Norika Sefa’s award-winning debut feature – a Summer Exclusive.
Eye Rituals: Short Film Programme
Sat, 30 July 2022
Rarely-seen shorts from the likes of Kenneth Anger and Jodie Mack, introduced by Dr Felicity Gee for the nationwide Film Feels Curious season.
Céline and Julie Go Boating in 35mm
31 July – 6 August 2022
The ICA partners with the London Short Film Festival and Zodiac Film Club to present a 35mm screening of Jacques Rivette’s gloriously inventive and magical feature – second screening added due to popular demand.