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

A continuing series of in-depth retrospectives exploring the work of cinema's great artists, both past and present.

The pageantry and brutality of bullfighting are drawn in stark relief in Albert Serra’s sublime portrait of the charismatic Peruvian-born torero, Andrés Roca Rey. 

Igor Bezinović weaves archive and interview to recount poet and military officer Gabriele D’Annunzio’s radical 1919 occupation of Fiume (Rijeka, Croatia), revealing the stirrings of European fascism in the wake of World War I.

Colin is a quiet parking attendant, whose steady existence is disrupted by the exploration of pleasure, dependence, and his own limits, when he enters a dominant-submissive relationship with biker Ray (Alexander Skarsgård). 

A fearless, Palme d’Or winning, tour-de-force from cinematic luminary Jafar Panahi. Both urgently political and deeply humane, this new moral classic confronts truth and uncertainty, revenge and mercy, head-on.

Sergio, an environmental engineer from Portugal, travels to Guinea-Bissau for an impact report. There, lonely in the heat, he encounters Diara and Guilermhe and begins to approach the post-colonial and capitalist forces shaping their lives.

A sense of otherworldly threat pervades French-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui’s intriguing philosophical sci-fi Animalia, an extension of her Sundance Grand Jury-winning 2020 short, So What If the Goats Die.

Nikola is a farmer grappling with the harsh realities of new government policies. When his family leaves, Nikola takes a job as a landfill attendant, where he encounters the injured white stork Silyan and an unlikely bond forms between man and animal. 

An incomplete selection of Wiseman’s landmark works, spanning nearly six decades, on the occasion of the UK release of his most recent film, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros. 

David Bowie was always more than just a musician—he was an icon of transformation. For decades, he captivated the world with his chameleon-like ability to reinvent himself, constantly pushing boundaries in both music and identity. But in the final act of his life, he underwent something even more profound: a resurrection.

A rich portrait of the Troisgros family, tracing four generations of culinary excellence and daily life across their three Michelin-starred restaurants in the heart of central France.

Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in the masterful new film from Ira Sachs, an intimate, richly cinematic rendering of a conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz.

Timothée Chalamet stars as a restless ping-pong player chasing greatness in 1950s New York.

A stark portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 

The lives and cases of subjects in Memphis Juvenile Court, revealing tensions between rehabilitation and punishment, legal constraints, offender psychology, and the court’s limited choices.

Revealing the complex systems of American welfare through cases of unemployment, housing, health, and family crises, showing struggles of clients and workers navigating regulations.

A young Marine sniper awaiting action in the Gulf War experiences the loneliness and frustrations of combat while worrying about home and his future. Selected by Tanoa Sasraku to accompany her exhibition.

Another Man and the ICA present a screening of Ira Sachs’ Peter Hujar’s Day, followed by a Q&A panel discussion between Gary Schneider and Vince Aletti, hosted by John Douglas Millar.

A programme of five of Diagonale’s finest productions to mark the release of issue 2 of the international film quarterly Narrow Margin.

The film that first united many of the cast and crew members who would become Diagonale mainstays, Paul Vecchiali’s Femmes femmes, lauded as “exceptionally beautiful” by Pier Paolo Pasolini, depicts the eccentric lives of two unemployed middle-aged actresses who share the same flat in Paris.

A film about a town famous in the 19th century for silver mining and now known for its scenic splendour, skiing, intellectual activity and fashionable people. 

A concise selection of works by Adachi Masao spanning more than fifty years. Centred on the release of a recent restoration of AKA Serial Killer (1969) and the UK premiere run of his latest film, Escape (2025), the programme highlights key dimensions of Adachi’s practice: underground experimentation and pink political cinema, the development of landscape theory, militant newsreel, and later works. 

Made in 1969, AKA Serial Killer is a landmark of Japanese political cinema and the foundational work of landscape theory. Prompted by the murders committed by the young Nagayama Norio in 1968, the film reconstructs his life through the spaces he would have encountered, treating the urban and industrial landscapes of late-1960s Japan as sites where postwar modernisation, social oppression, and state authority are visible and intertwined. 

Documentarian Gianfranco Rosi’s monumental latest details with pointillist precision and unnerving beauty a region in Naples living under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius and above the simmering Campi Flegrei volcanic caldera.

Made in 1971, Adachi and Wakamatsu travelled to Beirut amid the international revolutionary movements of the late 1960s. Working with the Red Army Faction and the PFLP, this newsreel documents the daily life and training of Palestinian guerrillas within a wider international anti-imperial struggle, marking the transition of landscape theory into questions of media, militant propaganda, and reportage, and circulating through a volunteer-run film-screening campaign.

One of the pair of films with which Diagonale was inaugurated, Jean-Claude Biette’s debut feature explores the lives of the members of a small, cash-strapped theatrical company on the outskirts of Paris, in an understated and offbeat meditation on making art in difficult conditions.

A double bill devoted to Godard’s extensive engagement with theatre in the 1960s: Jacques Rivette’s The Nun (1966), which evolved out of a stage production funded by Godard, and La Chinoise (1967), which was the culmination of his exploration of theatrical forms in this decade.

Showcases Wiseman’s masterful style, focusing on American Ballet Theatre’s 1992 season, with stunning rehearsal scenes and a lyrical European tour by young dancers.

A double bill of films that double: Jackie Raynal's Deux fois and Barbara Rubin's Christmas on Earth.

Jean-Claude Guiguet’s stark, claustrophobic story of class and constraint sees Camille, a young proletarian from the provinces, arrive in Paris to work for the grande bourgeoise Hélène, whose son has spent two years voluntarily confined to his bedroom.  

A portrait of life at Chicago’s Ida B. Wells housing project, depicting poverty, community efforts, social programmes, and government involvement in managing public housing.

Using audio from actual phone conversations, Kaouther Ben Hania’s searing film recounts a day in January 2024 where workers at the Palestine Red Crescent Society struggled to intervene in the preventable murder of Hind Rajab.

A former member of the East Asian Anti-Japanese Armed Front’s 'Scorpion Cell'; Kirishima Satoshi spent decades underground, living quietly under an alias as a wanted fugitive. As he confronts terminal illness in 2024, his years on the run resurface. Juxtaposing these final moments with his own revolutionary past, Adachi Masao portrays Kirishima’s anguish and determination in Escape.

Following The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier reunites with Renate Reinsve for a moving exploration of sisterhood, father-daughter relationships and the evocative power of childhood memories. Sentimental Value won the Cannes Grand Prix award, and features career-best performances from Golden Globe winner Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning. 

Made in 1969, Female Student Guerrilla mixes political provocation with the transgressive, psychosexual elements of pink cinema, using the genre as a vehicle for satirical self-critique within revolutionary rhetoric, through the story of five high schoolers who take up arms and embark on a guerrilla-style revolution in the mountains.

Marie-Claude Treilhou drew on her own experience as an usher in an adult cinema for her debut film, which follows its title character over the course of a single night, from a shift dealing with porn theatre clientele, to a bizarre lesbian cabaret, to a car ride shared with a melancholy older man, in an unforgettable depiction of an unseen Paris.

A programme of films showcasing the work of American experimental filmmaker Carl Elsaesser, presented by Open City Documentary Festival, moving between melodrama and residues, as evidence of cinema’s capacity to mourn, desire and care.

Following a violent bus hijacking, three survivors – a bus driver and two siblings – embark on a quiet journey across Japan’s southern landscape. Part road film, part unconventional family drama, Eureka reimagines the bounds of cinema at the turn of the century with magnetic force.

Wiseman explores university life at California’s oldest and most prestigious public campus, highlighting its academic mission, governance, social role, and collaboration between administration and communities.

Paul Vecchiali’s masterpiece, constructed out of meticulously choreographed sequence shots, is perhaps the apex of what Diagonale achieved. The first French film to depict the AIDS crisis, it tells the story of a middle-aged family man who decides to leave his wife and pursue his attraction to men.  

Revolution+1 offers a fictionalised account of the man who assassinated former Prime Minister Abe Shinzō in 2022, focusing on the social and economic pressures that shaped his life. Made and circulated with striking speed, the film continues Adachi Masao’s examination of political power, social inequality, and contemporary Japan.

Sonic Cinema presents a programme of ten short films, bringing together the practices of Vienna-based filmmakers Viktoria Schmid and Johann Lurf for the first time.

Looking for a job? When a happy family man is dismissed after twenty-five years of loyal service at a paper company, he finds the perfect solution to land his next role: truly eliminate the competition.

Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

The UK’s leading short film festival, the London Short Film Festival (LSFF), returns for its 23rd edition from 23 January – 1 February 2026, bringing films and events to London’s iconic cinemas alongside community and creative spaces.

Strut into history: uncover the fierce, fabulous, and revolutionary trans-feminine stories of the 1970s on newly unearthed archival film! 

Stories of national liberation brought to life through film and a shared music listening experience.

Come with us on an absurd and eclectic journey into the world of CoreCore - a chaotic, heartfelt, and strangely beautiful reflection of our times.

Reclaiming feminist space, these films project femme identity through TikToks and digital collusions, tracing queer rebellion and oral histories. 

Six films set their gaze upon possessions that hold the power to possess us in return.

Shortlisted filmmakers for The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 in Film present and discuss their work.

Earth, water, air and fire. Experimental, collaboratively made shorts exploring the entanglement of nature, architecture, and colonialism in Central Asia. Each film corresponds to a natural element.

Rehearse, Resist, Repeat.

Obsessions and passions unite global stories.

You will be captured by London CCTV cameras up to seventy times today.

I'm not Okay: Investigating emo.

A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Nouvelle Vague reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.

Films that put the artists and the creators at the forefront.  

Observing the hilarity and horror of technology's place in our lives - how deeply our inventions shape the fragile worlds we build around their glow.

How do I see me, when I see you?

Celebrating life in all its forms.