The 2023 Academy Award for Best Documentary portrays Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the wake of his August 2020 Novichok poisoning.

Join us for this summer-long season dedicated to the best in contemporary Portuguese cinema – programmed by the ICA with pioneering production house TERRATREME.  

The King gets the Baz Luhrmann treatment in this suitably epic biopic.

A teenage girl grapples with the sins of her father and the true meaning of family in Jonas Carpignano’s gritty third feature.

Barney Douglas’s inventive documentary explores the myths, legends, truths and fictions of tennis’s most charismatic and controversial superstar.

Theo Anthony’s feature questions and reimagines the idea of the ‘objective lens’ in reference to 21st-century American policing.

A summer-long showcase of five outstanding recent features from around the world – available to watch in the UK exclusively at the ICA Cinema.

Sara Dosa’s gripping film unearths the story of Katia and Maurice Krafft, who lived, loved and died for their passion – volcanoes.

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.

A teenage girl in Kosovo seeks to escape her conservative family life in Norika Sefa’s award-winning debut feature – a Summer Exclusive.

A Palestinian refugee in Lebanon is determined to find her family’s ancient ancestral mulberry tree in Sarah Beddington’s moving documentary.

Luísa Homem’s captivating biopic explores the pioneering life of a French geographer who was driven to explore the world.

Dreaming of a homeland she is denied, a Palestinian refugee stranded in Lebanon sets a challenge to find an ancient mulberry tree that stands witness to her family’s existence.

Luísa Homem’s captivating biopic explores the pioneering life of a French geographer who was driven to explore the world.

A magic trick goes absurdly wrong in Omar El Zohairy’s feature, winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at Cannes – and a Summer Exclusive.

Jimmy Cliff stars as a singer who finds himself on the wrong side of the law in Perry Henzell’s classic, reissued to mark its 50th anniversary.

Britain’s oldest drag queen prepares to deliver the performance of a lifetime in Lee Cooper’s glorious cinematic portrait.

The only feature directed by singular American artist Steven Arnold is a transgressive masterpiece, and a vivid new restoration receives its UK premiere.

Four Zimbabwean refugees team up to enter the World Wine Tasting Championship in Warwick Ross and Robert Coe’s inspirational documentary.

Anne Frank’s imaginary best friend goes on the run in contemporary Amsterdam in the latest feature from Waltz with Bashir director Ari Folman.

lva Radivojević’s second feature pays mesmerising tribute to Jorge Luis Borges across 10 countries on five continents.

First-time director Peter Costigan unearths the story of one of Britain’s most electrifying musical subcultures.

The only feature directed by singular American artist Steven Arnold is a transgressive masterpiece, and a vivid new restoration receives its UK release.

Ibrahim Mursal’s film follows acclaimed artist Ahmed Umar, a gay refugee from Sudan, as he considers making a long and hazardous journey home.

Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s gripping social history retells the story of a Korean-American journalist’s fight to free an innocent man in 1970s San Francisco.

A group of renegade female athletes fight to change the chauvinistic world of surfing in Christopher Neilus’s buoyant feature.

A charming but untameable free spirit ricochets from lover to lover in Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s sparkling romantic comedy.

In the latest Summer Exclusives screening, filmmaker and educator Todd Chandler explores the everyday nature of gun violence in American schools.

Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas have a world of fun in Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn’s vivid satire on the film industry.

A follow-up on the classic immigrant’s tale from debut director Nana Mensah – the story of a heroine coping with death, betrayal and cultural expectations.

A comic-book character goes to war with his creator in Cesar Cabral’s gloriously crazy stop-motion feature – the latest Summer Exclusive.

A book launch and screenings of two rare films to celebrate the release of Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams.

Adirley Queirós and Joana Pimenta explore the turbulence of contemporary Brazil through the prism of an all-female gang who hijacks a pipeline for the sake of their community.