New works by artists biarritzzz, GLOR1A and LVLZ explore speculative fiction, human psyche and consciousness.

An imagined story through CGI and field recordings produced in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Kibwe Tavares’ film follows young robots surviving at the sharp end of inner city life, living in poverty, disillusionment and mass unemployment. 

The premiere UK showcase for cutting-edge homegrown and international short film.

The UK’s largest festival of Japanese cinema returns for its 19th edition.

A retrospective of all four of Patrick Wang’s features.

KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival returns to the ICA.

The ICA’s annual convening dedicated to experiments in artists’ moving image returns in Spring 2022 with a programme that addresses significant shifts in moving image practices.

The festival returns to the ICA for its eighth edition, with a focus on politically engaged and collectively authored essayistic film practices.

Catalan Cinema Now! looks at what is happening in film in Catalonia in the aftermath of Covid.

The UK’s first survey of the Cameroonian filmmaker’s work, which deconstructs cinema’s colonialist gaze on African women and girls.

The ICA’s annual festival of the ‘cinema of the real’ returns for its seventh edition, on the theme of Communality.

The unique talent of screenwriter Clara Roquet (10,000km and Petra) features across two first features made in 2021, showcasing the intersections of Catalan cinema in a global context.

Join us for this summer-long season dedicated to the best in contemporary Portuguese cinema – programmed by the ICA with pioneering production house TERRATREME.  

The final weekend of Catalan Cinema Now! looks at the identities represented in recent Catalan cinema – of tourist towns, LGBTQ+ communities and cross-cultural writers. 

A summer-long showcase of five outstanding recent features from around the world – available to watch in the UK exclusively at the ICA Cinema.

A book launch and screenings of two rare films to celebrate the release of Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams.

The first UK retrospective of the work of the Japanese documentary maker, in partnership with Open City Documentary Festival.

The open space for nurturing and championing the art of non-fiction cinema returns for its 12th edition.

A weekend-long celebration of one of the most significant documentary filmmakers of the German Democratic Republic, with her participation.

Spanning 50 works across 50 years, this major survey celebrates the work of one of London’s most radical and influential artist filmmakers.

The festival returns for its 66th edition in venues across London.

The festival returns for its 66th edition in venues across London.

This compelling season covers 42 years, five countries, and five recently restored or digitised features, each linked to a uniquely challenging story of ownership and distribution.

Paris-based cinema collective La Clef Revival join us for a unique weekend exploring potential alternative futures for film exhibition in the 21st century.

The world’s longest running film festival dedicated to Korean cinema returns with its 17th edition.

The essential and ever-relevant festival presents work from emerging and established Palestinian filmmakers.

The first UK retrospective of the work of Argentine filmmaker Matías Piñeiro, whose formally inventive and thematically rich films have marked him out as one of contemporary cinema’s most singular voices.

A comprehensive survey of features and shorts by the influential Portuguese duo – including films screening for the first time in the UK.

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