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Films
Institute of Contemporary Arts
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.
Official Competition
26 August – 5 October 2022
Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas have a world of fun in Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn’s vivid satire on the film industry.
Crimes of the Future
9 September – 20 October 2022
David Cronenberg returns with a typically unsettling journey into a coming dystopia, starring Léa Seydoux and longtime collaborator Viggo Mortensen.
Moonage Daydream
23 September – 26 October 2022
Brett Morgen’s extraordinary feature surveys and celebrates the life, music and unending inspirations of David Bowie.
In Front of Your Face
23 September – 20 October 2022
Hong Sang-soo’s latest exploration of the human condition is also a powerful love letter to his home city of Seoul.
Silent Land
23 September – 2 October 2022
An affluent couple face down a trauma at their holiday villa in Agnieszka Woszczyńska’s enthralling first feature.
Invisible Demons
30 September – 6 October 2022
Two people in bright garbs wade through icy water below a concrete overpass
An environmental disaster is brewing in New Delhi and Rahul Jain unsettling documentary details the profound impact of pollution and climate change.
Girls Girls Girls
30 September – 13 October 2022
Three young female friends fall quickly in love in Alli Haapasalo’s empowering coming-of-age drama – a recent Sundance Award-winner.
ICA EXCLUSIVE Mutzenbacher
30 September – 6 October 2022
Ruth Beckermann’s feature uses the 1906 novel Josefine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore, published anonymously, as a starting point to grapple with male sexuality.
Midwives
30 September – 6 October 2022
Two women bravely breach Myanmar’s religious divide in in Hnin Ei Hlaing’s astonishing and revealing documentary feature.
John Smith: Introspective (1972 – 2022)
1 October – 1 December 2022
Spanning 50 works across 50 years, this major survey celebrates the work of one of London’s most radical and influential artist filmmakers.
BFI London Film Festival 2022
5 – 16 October 2022
A person with long hair looks longingly to the sky. An older person wipes blood tenderly from the woman's shoulder.
The festival returns for its 66th edition in venues across London.
BFI London Film Festival 2022
5 – 16 October 2022
A person with long hair looks longingly to the sky. An older person wipes blood tenderly from the woman's shoulder.
The festival returns for its 66th edition in venues across London.
The Cordillera of Dreams
7 – 20 October 2022
Patricio Guzmán takes a deeply personal and political journey through the Andes in a feature that won the Best Documentary prize at Cannes.
After Blue (Dirty Paradise)
7 – 20 October 2022
A person with an angular face and flowing hair stares off camera, looking exhausted or like they're having an epiphany, their face covered with gold glitter
A lonely teenager hunts an escaped killer through space in Bertrand Mandico’s gloriously absurd follow-up to The Wild Boys.
All That Breathes
14 – 27 October 2022
Two Indian brothers fight to save birds laid low by pollution in Shaunak Sen’s Cannes and Sundance award-winning feature.
Olivia Plender, Hold Hold Fire + discussion
Sat, 15 October 2022
A screening and discussion with the artist Olivia Plender, and academics Janna Graham and Kirsten Lloyd.
The African Desperate + Q&A
Tue, 18 October 2022
A young Black woman wears a headband and floral top, with neon orange hair. She stares straight into the camera, mouth slightly open, a look of stillness, but with direction
The electrifying feature debut from renowned artist Martine Syms brings her razor-sharp satire and vivid aesthetic invention to a riotous coming-of-age comedy.
PREVIEW Decision to Leave
18 – 20 October 2022
A woman in a salmon-red top stands against a wallpaper of mountains. Behind her are well-curated objects: tea, coffee cups. She is looking still, like she is keeping secrets to herself.
A detective investigating a possible murder becomes entangled with the victim’s widow in Park Chan-wook’s feature – winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes.
Women’s Stories from the Global South (& To Whom They Belong)
19 – 26 October 2022
A greyscale photo. A woman looks carefully at a ruler as men work on a pile of white rocks in the background
This compelling season covers 42 years, five countries, and five recently restored or digitised features, each linked to a uniquely challenging story of ownership and distribution.
UK PREMIERE Habit + Q&A
Thu, 20 October 2022
Writer, director and Glass Eye Pix founder Larry Fessenden joins us for the UK premiere of his memorably dark New York horror.
ICA EXCLUSIVE The African Desperate
21 – 27 October 2022
A person in a red swimsuit sits with her friend by the lake, reading a book together
Renowned artist Martine Syms brings her razor-sharp satire and vivid aesthetic invention to a riotous coming-of-age comedy, her electrifying debut.
The Banshees of Inisherin
21 October 2022 – 5 January 2023
Two men stand at a rocky wall by a cliff. The distance is foggy. The older man, working at the wall, looks hostile
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson star as two friends-turned-enemies in the latest dark comedy from Three Billboards writer-director Martin McDonagh.
Decision to Leave
21 October 2022 – 2 February 2023
A Korean man sits in a dimly lit living room fitted with antique furniture. He is sitting at a strange angle, staring down into the floorboards
A detective investigating a possible murder becomes entangled with the victim’s widow in Park Chan-wook’s feature – winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes.
The Gravedigger’s Wife
21 – 27 October 2022
A couple sit on a sofa, embracing and enjoying their time
A poor but loving husband seeks a small fortune to help treat his ailing wife in Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s powerful and deeply personal debut.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: ALTIPLANO + The Bloody Child
Wed, 26 October 2022
A crescent moon hanging downwards reflects over a bright orange desert
A double bill of hallucinatory desert landscapes in which past, present, and future converge.
(G)Round Up! La Clef Revival in Four Acts
28 – 30 October 2022
A red key in the shape of a knuckleduster is held by a cartoon outline hand
Paris-based cinema collective La Clef Revival join us for a unique weekend exploring potential alternative futures for film exhibition in the 21st century.
Triangle of Sadness
28 October 2022 – 10 January 2023
A young couple sit on deckchairs on a boat, looking off-camera, happy and confused
A boatload of spoiled passengers are left stranded on an island when their cruise ship sinks in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning satire.
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
28 October – 3 November 2022
Unpublished home recordings and rare archive footage contribute to director Sasha Jenkins’ definitive feature-length portrait of an American icon.
The Short Films of Fronza Woods + Q&A
Sat, 29 October 2022
Shown for the first time in the UK in a brand new restoration, Woods’ two short films follow funny, clever, wise heroines in the New York of the late 1970s.