Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, Everybody Digs Bill Evans is a biographical drama film about the famous jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. 

FBI criminal profiler Will Graham is called out of early retirement to assist on a deadly case involving a murderer known as the “Tooth Fairy.” After enlisting the help of imprisoned serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, Graham and the FBI are soon entangled in a menacing cat-and-mouse game.

Weaving together oral histories, archaeological field notes, regional legends, poetry, and song, Maureen Fazendeiro's The Seasons is a remarkable portrait of the Alentejo region of Portugal, its people, and its stories.

In his striking feature debut, long-time Bad Bunny collaborator Stillz captures an intimate, formally daring portrait of Colombia's forgotten youth. Barrio Triste is heightened by a restless, intense debut score from Arca, whose fluid soundscapes anchor the film's vision. Navigating the thin line between desperation and the supernatural, Stillz delivers a beautiful, unclassifiable piece of contemporary cinema.

In this striking British feature debut, a young man living in supported accommodation tries to juggle his musical aspirations and mental health issues.

In 1993, invited by David Lynch to come up with a low-budget genre movie, Michael Almereyda (Tesla, Experimenter, Hamlet) came up with a moody, postmodern reimagining of the Dracula myth which draws inspiration from Dracula’s Daughter (1936) and André Breton’s surrealist novel Nadja. 

Leonardo Pirondi’s timely reflection on ecological collapse imagines a future in which a biodome spaceship preserves the last traces of life on Earth.

Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon) returns to the silver screen with Her Private Hell. As a strange mist unleashes an elusive darkness, a young actress (Sophie Thatcher) and an American GI (Charles Melton) find their lives intertwined in a hypnotic, neon-drenched moodscape where memory, reality, and survival collide. 

Framed as a cinematic letter to the late Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab, this evocative and timely work reanimates Saab’s 16mm archive as a living space of dialogue and political imagination.

Winner of the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival 2026, Queen at Sea is a riveting drama which poses challenging and heartwrenching questions about care, choice and ageing. Amanda and her stepfather, Martin, struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda’s mother, Leslie, who is suffering from advanced dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interests? And, if so, who is responsible – a spouse, a child, an institution – for making such a determination?

Willem Defoe plays Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet, who is sought out by a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. Kent Jones's thoughtful, witty film is a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.

In Remake, filmmaker Ross McElwee turns his lens on the passage of time and the uneasy space between documenting life and understanding it. The film traces McElwee’s relationship with his son Adrian, and the fragile bond the camera created between them while Adrian was alive, and now that he’s gone.

Master of archival film reconstruction, Sergei Loznitsa, reframes Soviet history once again via the revealing gaze of Italian cameramen who captured life there in the early 1970s.

A new feature debut from Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani explores the legacy of colonialism and the fight for self-determination through the tender eyes of a teenage girl.

Contending with oppression, violence, and dispossession, these four works embody acts of defiance and solidarity; some enacted up close, others from afar. As images narrow the gaps, kinships are formed.

In 1993, invited by David Lynch to come up with a low-budget genre movie, Michael Almereyda (Tesla, Experimenter, Hamlet) came up with a moody, postmodern reimagining of the Dracula myth which draws inspiration from Dracula’s Daughter (1936) and André Breton’s surrealist novel Nadja. 

Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon) returns to the silver screen with Her Private Hell. As a strange mist unleashes an elusive darkness, a young actress (Sophie Thatcher) and an American GI (Charles Melton) find their lives intertwined in a hypnotic, neon-drenched moodscape where memory, reality, and survival collide. 

Discovering a cache of Super 8 home movies and photographs following the death of his grandmother, Chilean filmmaker Rafael Guendelman embarks on a personal journey through his family’s intertwined political histories.

The second part of Julia Loktev’s epic documentary, detailing the persecution of journalists in Russia, follows her brave protagonists’ escape abroad following the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Willem Defoe plays Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet, who is sought out by a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. Kent Jones's thoughtful, witty film is a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.

In Remake, filmmaker Ross McElwee turns his lens on the passage of time and the uneasy space between documenting life and understanding it. The film traces McElwee’s relationship with his son Adrian, and the fragile bond the camera created between them while Adrian was alive, and now that he’s gone.

In his striking feature debut, long-time Bad Bunny collaborator Stillz captures an intimate, formally daring portrait of Colombia's forgotten youth. Barrio Triste is heightened by a restless, intense debut score from Arca, whose fluid soundscapes anchor the film's vision. Navigating the thin line between desperation and the supernatural, Stillz delivers a beautiful, unclassifiable piece of contemporary cinema.

A new feature debut from Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani explores the legacy of colonialism and the fight for self-determination through the tender eyes of a teenage girl.

Sekja, an ageing and charismatic Korean trans burlesque star, is front and centre in this glorious film about life.

In 1993, invited by David Lynch to come up with a low-budget genre movie, Michael Almereyda (Tesla, Experimenter, Hamlet) came up with a moody, postmodern reimagining of the Dracula myth which draws inspiration from Dracula’s Daughter (1936) and André Breton’s surrealist novel Nadja. 

Revolution is the beat that drums through this electrifying story about the landmark case against the Bradford 12.

Winner of the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival 2026, Queen at Sea is a riveting drama which poses challenging and heartwrenching questions about care, choice and ageing. Amanda and her stepfather, Martin, struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda’s mother, Leslie, who is suffering from advanced dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interests? And, if so, who is responsible – a spouse, a child, an institution – for making such a determination?

FBI criminal profiler Will Graham is called out of early retirement to assist on a deadly case involving a murderer known as the “Tooth Fairy.” After enlisting the help of imprisoned serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, Graham and the FBI are soon entangled in a menacing cat-and-mouse game.

The improbable life of French poet Arthur Rimbaud unfolds with all the shock and playfulness of his poetry.

Iranian director Mohsen Amiryousefi discusses his eventful career with the Angel of Death in this hilarious cinematic autofiction about the highs and lows of radical filmmaking.

Resisting the enduring legacies of colonial violence and honoring those who continue to gather, speak and dream, these films transform acts of remembrance into radical forms of reclamation, solidarity and world-making.

In 1993, invited by David Lynch to come up with a low-budget genre movie, Michael Almereyda (Tesla, Experimenter, Hamlet) came up with a moody, postmodern reimagining of the Dracula myth which draws inspiration from Dracula’s Daughter (1936) and André Breton’s surrealist novel Nadja. 

These films invite reflection on places that remember, histories that persist, and cinema’s role in unearthing hidden relationships between ecology, extractive capitalism and collective survival.

Willem Defoe plays Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet, who is sought out by a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. Kent Jones's thoughtful, witty film is a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

The new film by Alain Gomis is a formally inventive, politically attuned meditation on the enduring ties of the African diaspora, and the meaning of family and community.

A woman (Juliette Lewis) swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair in a surreal, deadpan comedy from director Amanda Kramer.

Nolitha Refilwe Mkulisi’s debut feature – a tender love letter to Tapoleng, her hometown in South Africa – offers an intimate evocation of a community in transition.

Set against the backdrop of mass protests in Paris, Case 137 follows Stéphanie, a meticulous internal affairs investigator working on the case of a teenager severely wounded by police fire. As she searches for the truth her inquiry collides with institutional resistance and pressure mounts as the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.

Hanabi is a visceral cinematic adaptation of Yoko Hayasuke’s Journal of a Radioactive Brain, written in the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and nuclear disaster.

Winner of the Grand Jury Dramatic Prize at Sundance, this suspenseful and devastating film follows a child trying to navigate life after witnessing a sexual assault.

Following a screening of her short Ghazal-e Sorkh, Jarman Award–winning artist Maryam Tafakory presents this live film performance, which explores erased histories of women’s political resistance in Iran.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Resisting the enduring legacies of colonial violence and honoring those who continue to gather, speak and dream, these films transform acts of remembrance into radical forms of reclamation, solidarity and world-making.

Set against the backdrop of mass protests in Paris, Case 137 follows Stéphanie, a meticulous internal affairs investigator working on the case of a teenager severely wounded by police fire. As she searches for the truth her inquiry collides with institutional resistance and pressure mounts as the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.

The latest in Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s series of cinematic essays is a rich and thought-provoking journey through ageing, legacy and the intersection between artistic and personal relationships.

A woman (Juliette Lewis) swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair in a surreal, deadpan comedy from director Amanda Kramer.

A woman (Juliette Lewis) swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair in a surreal, deadpan comedy from director Amanda Kramer.

Invoking existing media and texts, alongside introspection and collaborative gestures, these five works intervene in structures that determine and shape meaning. Language, architecture, and filmic grammar are remade and re-experienced.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Jacqueline Lentzou follows Moon 66 Questions with this evocative and playful look into the life of a teenager who is completely unaware of the forces at play in her fate.

Set against the backdrop of mass protests in Paris, Case 137 follows Stéphanie, a meticulous internal affairs investigator working on the case of a teenager severely wounded by police fire. As she searches for the truth her inquiry collides with institutional resistance and pressure mounts as the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.

Andrey Zvyagintsev transposes Claude Chabrol’s La Femme infidèle to contemporary Russia, delivering a magnificent political allegory that dissects the mechanics of ego, violence and corruption.

A woman (Juliette Lewis) swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair in a surreal, deadpan comedy from director Amanda Kramer.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi. Mother to two sons, fate and history conspired to bring her to the forefront of Myanmar's push for democratic freedom, the world rushing to build her up as an icon of democracy. 

Set against the backdrop of mass protests in Paris, Case 137 follows Stéphanie, a meticulous internal affairs investigator working on the case of a teenager severely wounded by police fire. As she searches for the truth her inquiry collides with institutional resistance and pressure mounts as the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.

For many women, the physical demands of 14-hour shifts cutting sugar in southern India are only part of the challenge. More deeply concerning is the pressure some face to put their reproductive health at risk in order to remain in employment. 

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

A woman (Juliette Lewis) swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair in a surreal, deadpan comedy from director Amanda Kramer.

Set against the backdrop of mass protests in Paris, Case 137 follows Stéphanie, a meticulous internal affairs investigator working on the case of a teenager severely wounded by police fire. As she searches for the truth her inquiry collides with institutional resistance and pressure mounts as the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.

Celebrating a new anthology of Peter Wollen's writings, a screening of his film Friendship’s Death (1987) and a conversation with the book's editors, Kodwo Eshun, Oliver Fuke and Nicolas Helm-Grovas, moderated by Erika Balsom. There will be a short reception [with books available for purchase] at 7pm. The conversation with the book’s editors will take place in the cinema at 8pm.

A woman (Juliette Lewis) swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair in a surreal, deadpan comedy from director Amanda Kramer.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Assigned with adapting a story that shared striking parallels with his own life, Shōhei Imamura’s debut feature tells the tragi-comic tale of a down-and-out kabuki troupe and their idealistic young director, who finds himself caught between artistic ambition and his other, decidedly more carnal, desires.

Set against the backdrop of mass protests in Paris, Case 137 follows Stéphanie, a meticulous internal affairs investigator working on the case of a teenager severely wounded by police fire. As she searches for the truth her inquiry collides with institutional resistance and pressure mounts as the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.

Written and directed by Clio Barnard, Ali & Ava (2021) is a tender, uplifting and unconventional love story set in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Praised for its naturalistic performances and humane portrayal of working-class life, Ali & Ava offers a hopeful, free-thinking reminder that love can challenge assumptions, break down barriers and arrive when we least expect it.

The new offering from Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski takes place in 1949, just as the novelist Thomas Mann returns to Germany from exile, having opposed Hitler’s regime.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

A projectionist navigating his own precarious living situation finds himself at the centre of an unconventional nocturnal community in Ramiro Sonzini and Ezequiel Salinas' luminous tale of friendship.

A story of two married couples – a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse – crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires. 

The young Shōhei Imamura began his apprenticeship under Yasujirō Ozu with this tender portrait of the happily unmarried Noriko (Setsuko Hara), whose unexpected response to mounting pressure to marry quietly unsettles three generations of her family.

The new offering from Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski takes place in 1949, just as the novelist Thomas Mann returns to Germany from exile, having opposed Hitler’s regime.

A projectionist navigating his own precarious living situation finds himself at the centre of an unconventional nocturnal community in Ramiro Sonzini and Ezequiel Salinas' luminous tale of friendship.

A group of WWII veterans gather ten years on to recover a cache of morphine hidden during the final days of the war which is now worth millions. From this ‘B’ movie premise Imamura crafts an idiosyncratic study of post-war Japan as the gang's desperate attempts to retrieve the treasure are beset by a whole host of obstacles, not least their own increasingly venal amorality.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

A story of two married couples – a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse – crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires. 

Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin (2013) is a haunting, enigmatic film based on Michel Faber’s novel that follows an unnamed woman, played by Scarlett Johansson, as she moves through the streets of Scotland, drawing men into a mysterious and unsettling world. 

The new offering from Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski takes place in 1949, just as the novelist Thomas Mann returns to Germany from exile, having opposed Hitler’s regime.

This double bill brings together two outliers from Imamura’s time as a director-for-hire for Nikkatsu, a minor comedy centred upon a henpecked husband's extra-marital affair and a profoundly tender exploration of the attempts of four orphaned children to make their way in the world, in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

A projectionist navigating his own precarious living situation finds himself at the centre of an unconventional nocturnal community in Ramiro Sonzini and Ezequiel Salinas' luminous tale of friendship.

A visually striking and thought-provoking film based on Virginia Woolf’s novel, following its protagonist across centuries as they move through different identities, relationships and social worlds

A story of two married couples – a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse – crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires. 

The new offering from Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski takes place in 1949, just as the novelist Thomas Mann returns to Germany from exile, having opposed Hitler’s regime.

A story of two married couples – a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse – crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires. 

A special screening of Akira Kurosawa’s tale of the unlikely bond between a sickly Yakuza and an alcoholic doctor, exclusively for ICA Members and their guests

In a Japanese coastal town still haunted by the 2011 tsunami, a taxi becomes a moving confession booth. Over the course of one night, a series of conversations between drivers and their passengers reveal how those who survived live with the dead.

A projectionist navigating his own precarious living situation finds himself at the centre of an unconventional nocturnal community in Ramiro Sonzini and Ezequiel Salinas' luminous tale of friendship.

The new offering from Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski takes place in 1949, just as the novelist Thomas Mann returns to Germany from exile, having opposed Hitler’s regime.

A story of two married couples – a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse – crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires. 

A projectionist navigating his own precarious living situation finds himself at the centre of an unconventional nocturnal community in Ramiro Sonzini and Ezequiel Salinas' luminous tale of friendship.

Éditions 1989 celebrates the launch of the second edition of Who Are You Dorothy Dean? When Dorothy Dean (1932–1987) entered the 1960s New York underground scene, she quickly became one of its key figures, starring in six of Andy Warhol's films. The evening will feature a special 40-minute excerpt from Andy Warhol's Prison (1965), followed by a Q&A with author Anaïs Ngbanzo.

Reiko, a shape-shifting android, embarks on a cybersexual odyssey collecting data for a shadowy corporation. Each sexual encounter dissolves the binaries of gender and sexuality in a neon-lit orgy of moaning, techno beats and vintage CGI.

The new offering from Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski takes place in 1949, just as the novelist Thomas Mann returns to Germany from exile, having opposed Hitler’s regime.

A riotous state of the union delivered in dazzling monochrome NikkatsuScope, Shōhei Imamura’s break-out film is a tale of shifting loyalties and naked ambition centred upon a young couple and their desperate attempts to navigate a sea of small-time gangsters, corrupt businessmen, and occupying soldiers in the port town of Yokosuka.

A story of two married couples – a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse – crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires. 

A projectionist navigating his own precarious living situation finds himself at the centre of an unconventional nocturnal community in Ramiro Sonzini and Ezequiel Salinas' luminous tale of friendship.

Join us to celebrate the publication of Erika Balsom's The Edges of Cinema: Essays on Twenty-First Century Film Culture with the London premiere of James Benning's little boy (2025). The screening will be accompanied by an introduction by Erika Balsom. 

The old maxim that to live is to suffer finds its crystalline realisation in Shōhei Imamura’s decade-spanning portrait of a woman’s desperate will to survive, as she struggles through a century of social change and upheaval beset at every turn by poverty and tragedy.

Join us to celebrate the publication of Erika Balsom's The Edges of Cinema: Essays on Twenty-First Century Film Culture with a panel discussion between Erika Balsom, Lola Lemke, Maria Palacios Cruz, and Jonathan Romney. 

A refracted b-side to its more famous predecessor, Imamura followed up The Insect Woman with this unflinching treatise on the torturous patriarchal structures that undergird Japanese society and the immense suffering and trauma they unleash on a daily basis.

An unconventional family drama that subverts the genre Yasujirō Ozu made famous at almost every turn, Shōhei Imamura’s seventh feature continues his exploration of desire with a tale centred upon an affably pathetic small-time pornographer.

In May 2024, Fabio Roscioli, better known as Ryan Paris, the voice behind the iconic '80s hit Dolce Vita, travels to Los Angeles to collaborate with his friend, indie rock star Mac DeMarco. Over the course of seven days, the two musicians write, record, produce, and mix an original song, culminating in the creation of a music video.

KitKatClub: Kinks of Berlin ventures inside one of the world’s most iconic clubs, following a diverse cast through Berlin’s nocturnal underground. 

Seamlessly weaving hypnotic club footage with intimate interviews, Leilah Weinraub crafts an intimate portrait of a Black-owned lesbian strip club in early aughts Los Angeles.

The Best Summer plunges audiences into the 1995 Summersault tour, as Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, The Amps and Bikini Kill travel across Australia and Southeast Asia. 

Embroiled in controversy and debate surrounding the ethics of its creation, in particular the use of hidden cameras, Imamura’s first foray into documentary is a richly complex investigation into the disappearance of a Tokyo salesman that revels in the uncertainty inherent in its own creation.

At age 9, after a close encounter behind an accordion door, the previously slow-witted Ji-soo lost his memory, while acquiring a prodigious talent for writing. Now in middle school, Ji-soo (Moon Woo-jin) is shielded by his essay-writing success from his obvious social shortcomings — until football-loving transfer pupil Hyeon-joo (Lee Jae-in) turns his head and disrupts his confidence. 

En Route To opens with the revelation of a secret held by Yun-ji (Sim Subin), something that has been plaguing her with anxiety. The homeroom teacher with whom Yun-ji had been having an affair suddenly disappears after she tells him about her pregnancy. 

A visceral encounter with Marina Gržinić and Aina Šmid’s pioneering videos, 1984–1997, revealing Ljubljana’s underground energy through aesthetic rupture, cultural experimentation, and social transformation – from socialist Yugoslavia to Slovenia in the 1990s.

Four decades after first stepping onto a stage, Fermin Muguruza embarks on a large-scale tour: a collective journey celebrating 40 years of music, commitment, and cultural resistance. This musical documentary captures the pulse of that journey; massive concerts, miles on the road, encounters along the way, and the shared energy that has crossed generations, from Kortatu and Negu Gorriak to his present-day work.

Shōhei Imamura’s explorations of the clash between the primitive and the civilised, logic and superstition reached their apotheosis in this visually spectacular epic centred upon a Tokyo engineer's visit to a remote tropical island and his slow slippage into the inhabitants primal way of life.

Conjure the spirit of indie-rock icon Jason Molina (1973-2013) with Ohio insiders who illuminate the truth about his coming of age on Lake Erie, escaping artless steel town indifference, and manifesting the legendary band, Songs: Ohia.

Se-oh (Han Hyun-min), a Black, mixed-race young man, works at an amusement park as a white-tiger-costumed mascot and collapses one day due to overwork. He then makes a resolution with himself — buys a luxury suitcase and goes travelling. He gets on the subway and finds So-ra (Lee Zoo-young), a young lesbian woman in the throes of grief, appears at his side.

Gabino and his partner Luisa are unsettled by the intrusion of Paco, Gabino’s cousin, into their cramped Mexico City apartment. Pereda captures the enervating power dynamics that gradually emerge between the trio in his sharp, wry vision of the existential ennui of youth.

The World of Love depicts the story of Joo-in (Seo Su-bin), a seventeen-year-old high school girl who keeps her thoughts and feelings to herself. She receives mysterious notes after refusing to participate in a school-wide petition signed by all of her fellow students. The film title is a clever and poignant word play as ‘Joo-in’ sounds like ‘owner’ in Korean, suggesting both a personal agency and the reclaiming of her story.

Working as a mover in Mexico City, Gabino drifts between jobs, family obligations and an elusive search for his missing dog in Nicolás Pereda’s wry, understated portrait of lives caught between movement and stasis.