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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.
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.
Aftersun
18 November 2022 – 12 March 2023
A young girl lays against a young man in an arm cast, resting on a couch
A haunted daughter looks back on a long-ago holiday with her father in Charlotte Wells’ award-winning debut feature.
Off-Circuit
1 January 2023 – 27 October 2073
A continuing series spotlighting new films that expand the possibilities of the medium and provide a vision for its future.
Celluloid Sunday
3 January 2023 – 20 July 2025
An ongoing series presenting rare films from the ICA Archive, screening on original 35mm and 16mm prints.
Alcarràs
6 January – 8 February 2023
A family of many generations look out to a sadness in the distance. Their peach trees lie in the background
A Catalan family faces up to the threat of eviction from their farm in Carla Simón’s beautiful Golden Bear-winning feature.
Enys Men
13 January – 2 February 2023
A person in a wind jacket and jeans sits atop a mossy rock. The image is shot on grainy colour film.
Mark Jenkin’s eerie feature is a study in solitude, a supernatural folk horror set on a deserted Cornish island.
Holy Spider
20 January – 22 February 2023
A person takes a call from a public telephone in a quiet street of Mashhad. They have a look of slight surprise on their face.
Denmark’s Official Submission to the 2023 Academy Awards. A gripping and darkly atmospheric crime thriller inspired by the true story of Iran’s most notorious serial killer.
Dreaming Walls
21 January – 23 February 2023
An elderly resident of the Chelsea leans over the balcony of their hotel in the Chelsea Hotel, backdropped by tall New York buildings
Maya Duverdier and Amélie van Elmbt explore the legendary past, complicated present and gentrified future of New York’s most mythologised hotel.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
27 January – 30 March 2023
A photo of a person in a formal blue silk dress, on a couch in a small apartment
Laura Poitras paints a vivid portrait of artist Nan Goldin – her life, her work and her momentous campaign against the Sackler family’s pivotal role in the opioid crisis.
Tár
27 January – 7 March 2023
In a suit, Lydia Tár waves a baton at an orchestra offscreen, eyes closed in rapture
Cate Blanchett stars as a trailblazing conductor forced to face up to her failings in Todd Field’s masterful character study.
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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
3 – 12 February 2023
A younger and older person play shamisen together joyfully in a traditional Japanese house setting
The Japan Foundation’s flagship film programme celebrates its 20th annual season by surveying the last two decades in Japanese cinema.
4K Restoration: Roman Holiday
3 – 7 February 2023
William Wyler’s romantic comedy classic starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn celebrates its 70th anniversary with a brand new restoration.
Saint Omer
3 – 23 February 2023
A young mother sits in a court room alone, her expression neutral
Acclaimed filmmaker Alice Diop delivers a riveting and utterly unmissable courtroom drama in which novelist Rama confronts her personal traumas as she observes the trial of a woman accused of infanticide.
EO
3 February – 9 March 2023
A donkey waits in a bare red-lit room. There is a rope tied between the walls
A donkey suffers at the hands of an inhumane world in Jerzy Skolimowski’s moving Cannes winner.
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Blue Jean
10 February – 15 March 2023
A person looks into a mirror, their face distorted by the reflection, dyeing their hair blonde
England, 1988 – as Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, PE teacher Jean is forced to live a double life.
Town of Strangers
10 – 16 February 2023
Two people joyfully moving towards each other in an old fashioned home
Award-winning filmmaker Treasa O’Brien goes deep into the experience of migration in her hybrid feature mixing auditions, observational documentary and magical realism.
Myanmar Diaries
10 – 26 February 2023
As we commemorate the anniversary of the military coup that shook Myanmar in February 2021, this work from a collective of anonymous filmmakers confronts us with the violent reality of the life under the junta.
Nostalgia
17 February – 16 March 2023
Two priests stand by a barred window in a graffittied street of Naples
A man with a hidden past returns home to Naples after decades away in Mario Martone’s soulful paean to his hometown.
Women Talking
17 February – 23 March 2023
A group of women in a community sit amongst wooden crates and haystacks, looking offscreen in worry. A single person stands staring at the camera, a solid face.
A group of women from an isolated religious community, victims of sexual abuse, gather to take action in Sarah Polley’s riveting ensemble drama.
Make Me Famous
18 – 22 February 2023
Artist Edward Brezinski sitting on a fold up chair in a house, one leg up on the other, in a casual white shirt, jeans, smoking a cigarette. The photo is black and white.
An irresistible exploration of a little-known painter’s legacy and mysterious disappearance from the iconic 1980s downtown art scene in NYC.
Celluloid Sunday: Dust in the Wind on 35mm
Sun, 19 February 2023
A young Taiwanese couple, dressed in military unform and school uniform, read books on a train into the countryside
A young couple leave the industrial wasteland of their mining hometown for Taipei in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 1986 bittersweet love story.
Black Country, New Road ‘Live at Bush Hall’ Film Premiere Screening
Mon, 20 February 2023
A photo of the band Black Country, New Road casually sitting by a canal in London
An in-person premiere screening for the band’s new live concert film.
Broker
24 February – 14 March 2023
A trio of people and a baby are crammed in a car stuffed with drycleaning, looking happy
Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) returns with an unconventional and heartwarming family drama where a young mother becomes unexpectedly involved in the world of infant trafficking.
Joyland
24 February – 22 April 2023
In the night, two people joyfully lean on one another in an amusement park ride
A conservative family in Pakistan is torn apart when their son falls in love with a dancer in Saim Sadiq’s debut feature.
Creature + Q&A with Asif Kapadia
Sat, 25 February 2023
Two dancers rehearse with wide, expressive gestures
Directed by Asif Kapadia (Amy) and based on the eponymous National Ballet stage production, Creature is a tragic tale of an outsider’s search for belonging.
Creature
26 February – 8 March 2023
Creature stands, with bare marked upper body, posing with their hands against waist, against their ear, with confidence and mystique
A tragic tale of an outsider’s search for belonging. Directed by Asif Kapadia (Amy) and based on the eponymous National Ballet stage production. 
Electric Malady + Q&A
Tue, 28 February 2023
An intimate window into the world of WIlliam, a young man whose mysterious allergy to electronics has forced him to retreat from modern life to the Swedish wilderness.