A continuing series spotlighting new films that expand the possibilities of the medium and provide a vision for its future.

An ongoing series presenting rare films from the ICA Archive, screening on original 35mm and 16mm prints.

Christian Petzold’s latest film, which played in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, unfolds like a modern day fable as four people’s lives become entwined during one long hot summer.

The latest film from Ira Sachs is a perceptive, intimate and funny take on messy, modern relationships, starring Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos.

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

A brand new restoration of Stanley Kwan's queer classic. 

Babak Jalali’s fourth feature, Fremont, is a deadpan yet loving portrait of Donya, a young Afghan woman who spends her days working at a fortune cookie factory and her nights dreaming of finding meaningful connection.

Set in a remote Transylvanian town where customs and tradition bind the community together, historic resentments start to bubble to the surface with the arrival of some new immigrant workers in the latest film from Cristian Mungiu.

A celebration of the life and work of glam rock pioneer Marc Bolan. Using archival performances, interviews with Bolan, and filmed interpretations by artists such as Nick Cave, U2 and Father John Misty.

Clive Barker’s horror classic returns to the big screen in a brand new 4K restoration.

A small programme of films by Jean-Luc Godard exploring art, death and colour.

Ken Loach concludes his North East trilogy (I, Daniel Blake and Sorry We Missed You) with this drama centered around an ailing local pub.

Accompanying the exhibition The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low, a series of films foregrounding the question of paranoia.

The festival returns at the ICA with a curated selection of premiering films taking over      Cinema 1 for ten days.

Lucy, a disillusioned office clerk who lives in a dysfunctional relationship with her slovenly partner Paul, is surprised to find herself on the cusp of a none-too-secret affair with her new work colleague, Daniel. 

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

What happens when our environments call us to action? Six pressing shorts exploring the consequences on our sense of self and place.

A rural Irish community in the 1980s is portrayed with quiet beauty in this heartfelt drama, based on acclaimed writer John McGahern’s novel.

Artist and farm worker Pierre Creton’s hybrid film, set among the rural landscape of Normandy, combines the wonders of gardening with stark physicality.

The latest documentary from Academy-Award Nominee, Raoul Peck, follows the Reels family and highlights the covert ways the legal system has been exploited to keep Black land ownership fragile, and the racial wealth gap growing.

In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.

Join the filmmakers for an intimate discussion about their craft, following their new films at the festival.

Nicole Chi Amén’s documentary is both a personal reflection on her relationship to her Guián (Enping for grandmother) and a portrait of Chinese emigration in Costa Rica. Presented in partnership with Sine Screen.

A double bill 16mm programme including rarely screened films by Sumiko Haneda and Martine Rousset.

Based on David Grann's best-selling book, the latest epic from Martin Scorsese is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation.

The latest film from Academy Award-Winning filmmaker Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the British former spy known to the literary world as John le Carré.

A season of contemporary documentary films that provide a quiet space for contemplation and focus, reframing silence not as an uncomfortable absence of sound but as its own enriching presence.

A portrait of intense physical labour against the landscape of coastal Maine at its most beautiful.

An exploration of the work of legendary California light and space artist Robert Irwin, whose decade-spanning career has profoundly influenced generations of artists.  

Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s delicate debut feature is a tender, heartfelt drama about an eight-year-old’s indelible summer holiday of self-discovery.

An exploration of the work of legendary California light and space artist Robert Irwin, whose decade-spanning career has profoundly influenced generations of artists.  

Off-Circuit launches with the UK Premiere of Wang Bing’s portrait of classical composer Wang Xilin.

A portrait of the lengths people will go to gain freedom, this moving portrait embeds viewers with a courageous pastor as he works tirelessly to guide various individuals attempting to flee North Korea.

From acclaimed British filmmaker, Carol Morley, this dark and funny exploration of the growing friendship between two women, is filled with adventure, humour and compassion.

Jess Kohl’s coming-of-age documentary follows 12-year-old JayDee as he prepares, with the help of his father, for his first banger race.

Shusuke Kaneko’s manga adaptation following the lives of a group of boys at a remote boarding school, screens on a rare 35mm print from the ICA archive.

Sissy St. Claire graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment. But Sissy’s live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare in the latest film from cult filmmaker Amanda Kramer.