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Happy as Lazzaro
5 April – 28 December 2019
Italian writer-director Alice Rohrwacher’s third film revolves around two young labourers on an isolated tobacco plantation in rural Italy.
High Life
10 May – 4 July 2019
A crew of young convicts are sent on a doomed mission to outer space in French auteur Claire Denis’ English-language debut.
In Focus: TERRATREME
17 May – 12 December 2019
A showcase of contemporary Portuguese cinema from independent film production unit TERRATREME.
Too Late to Die Young
24 May – 3 July 2019
Winner of the Leopard for Best Director at the Locarno Festival, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo’s latest film is a beguiling coming-of-age drama set in Chile.
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
24 May 2019 – 19 July 2022
Superbrat struggles to defeat his demons and conquer the French Open for the first time in Julien Faraut’s impressionistic essay film.
Birds of Passage
31 May – 11 July 2019
Set among Colombia’s Wayúu people,
Birds of Passage
spans three decades of a family pushed to the brink by the drug trade.
A Season in France
14 June – 4 July 2019
Two brothers from the Central African Republic seek refuge in France in this compassionate family drama.
Diego Maradona
21 June 2019 – 8 January 2020
An immersive documentary portrait of monolithic football legend Maradona, constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage.
Ordinary Time
21 June – 3 July 2019
After the birth of their first child, a young couple adjust to the rhythm of daily life in Portuguese filmmaker Susana Nobre’s debut feature.
Paterson
28 June – 4 July 2019
A searching study in aloneness and a celebration of the small wonders of life.
Gloria Bell
28 June – 2 July 2019
A middle-aged divorcée energetically navigates the joys and frustrations of contemporary life in this spirited film from Chilean writer-director Sebastián Lelio.
Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows
30 June – 4 July 2019
Filmmaker Richard Kovitch explores the untold story of British artist Penny Slinger, whose groundbreaking work mysteriously slipped from popular memory.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
4 – 11 July 2019
To coincide with the UK release of
Knife + Heart
, the ICA presents Flame in the Night, a season of three feature films and a programme of shorts celebrating new transgressive French cinema.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
UK PREMIERE Jessica Forever
Thu, 4 July 2019
A woman rescues lost young men from a life of violence in the striking debut feature from Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel.
Apollo 11
5 July – 15 August 2019
Crafted from newly discovered 70mm footage, an exhilarating documentary about NASA's 1969 moon mission.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
Jessica Forever
5 – 10 July 2019
A woman rescues lost young men from a life of violence in the striking debut feature from
Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel.
In Fabric
5 – 16 July 2019
A cursed red dress causes devastating consequences as it passes from person to person in this horror-inflected satire from British writer-director Peter Strickland.
Never Look Away
5 July – 27 August 2019
An Academy Award-nominated drama from renowned German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
Knife + Heart
5 – 18 July 2019
From Yann Gonzalez, a hyper-stylised queer erotic thriller set in the world of underground gay pornography.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
The Wild Boys
6 – 9 July 2019
Trapped on a supernatural island, five privileged and savagely violent teenagers test temptation, lust and power.
Africa 3.0: Foreign Body
Sat, 6 July 2019
A young illegal immigrant creates a new life for herself in France while becoming the centre of tangled romantic relationships.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
UK PREMIERE Ultra Rêve
Sat, 6 July 2019
Three short films under one title by directors Yann Gonzalez, Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, and Bertrand Mandico.
Africa 3.0: Cairo Station
Sun, 7 July 2019
A unique exploration of sexuality, obsession, and violence from renowned Egyptian director Youssef Chahine.
Flame in the Night: Transgressive French Cinema
Ultra Rêve
7 – 10 July 2019
Three short films under one title by directors Yann Gonzalez, Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, and Bertrand Mandico.
The Machine That Kills Bad People: The House is Black + Blackboards
Wed, 10 July 2019
Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf’s award-winning
Blackboards
screens alongside poet and filmmaker Forough Farrokhzad’s acclaimed documentary
The House is Black
.
The Dead Don’t Die
12 – 25 July 2019
A self-aware zombie comedy with an all-star ensemble cast from writer-director Jim Jarmusch.
Our Time
12 – 23 July 2019
An unsparing account of a marriage in crisis from Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas.
Africa 3.0: Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba
Sat, 13 July 2019
A documentary exploring the phenomenon of Afrobeats and its influence on music production worldwide.
Africa 3.0: Zombies + We Need Prayers + this country is lonely + Hello, Rain
Sun, 14 July 2019
Four short films from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa explore social media’s unremitting presence in our day to day lives.
Who’s Afraid of Kathy Acker?
Wed, 17 July 2019
An experimental meditation on Acker’s larger-than-life persona, offering a celebration and critique of the writer in equal parts.
Artists’ Film Club
Garage
Thu, 18 July 2019
Artist Olivia Erlanger and architect Luis Ortega Govela’s documentary explores the evolution of the garage.
My Friend the Polish Girl
19 – 25 July 2019
An American filmmaker follows the life of a struggling Polish actress living in London.
Varda by Agnès
19 July – 1 August 2019
Agnès Varda’s final film is a reflective self-portrait which offers an imaginative insight into the French auteur’s oeuvre.
Lisbon Beat
20 – 30 July 2019
This exuberant documentary highlights the innovative Afro-Portuguese music scene thriving on the outskirts of Lisbon.
PREVIEW Of Fish and Foe + Q&A
Sat, 20 July 2019
A controversial documentary which portrays the fraught relationship between traditional fishing practices in Scotland and the concerns of environmentalists.
My Friend the Polish Girl + Q&A
Sun, 21 July 2019
An American filmmaker follows the life of a struggling Polish actress living in London.
The Great Hack + Q&A
Wed, 24 July 2019
A timely documentary exploring the fallout of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The Great Hack
25 July – 8 August 2019
A timely documentary exploring the fallout of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
26 July – 12 September 2019
The tangled love affair between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen is explored in Nick Broomfield’s poignant documentary.
The Chambermaid
26 July – 28 August 2019
Lila Avilés’ debut feature follows the routines of a young hotel worker in a Mexico City luxury high-rise.
Are You Proud? + Q&A
Fri, 26 July 2019
A candid and moving investigation into seventy years of progress in the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
UK PREMIERE Where are you, João Gilberto?
Sat, 27 July 2019
A probing documentary about the late Brazilian musician João Gilberto, whose bossa nova sound revolutionised popular music worldwide in the 1960s.
Members’ Screening: McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Sun, 28 July 2019
Robert Altman’s atmospheric 1971 western is recognised as one of the director’s true masterpieces.
Are You Proud?
28 – 31 July 2019
A candid and moving investigation into seventy years of progress in the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Where are you, João Gilberto?
28 July – 8 August 2019
A probing documentary about the late Brazilian musician João Gilberto, whose bossa nova sound revolutionised popular music worldwide in the 1960s.
Black Box / White Cube: Viewing contexts for Artists’ Moving Image
Wed, 31 July 2019
A discussion event setting out to investigate the evolving role of moving image in contemporary art
The Golden Boat
Wed, 31 July 2019
Raúl Ruiz’s satirical 1990 film about the fringes of the downtown New York art scene with a cameo by Kathy Acker.
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