11 - 20 July 2025
Join us for a nine-day celebration of ICA’s print archive, showcasing a curated selection of archival treasures, presented in celebration of the final chapter of Celluloid Sunday. The programme includes 30 distinct films, featuring rare 35mm prints by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg, amongst many others.
Launched in December 2022, Celluloid Sunday was conceived to spotlight the ICA Cinema’s then secret on-site print archive. With monthly screenings across 30 installments, the series gradually unveiled the breadth and richness of this collection—spanning the years 1983 to 2009—and brought to light seldom-seen works by some of cinema’s most celebrated auteurs, which ICA Cinema had supported throughout the years.
As the project draws to a close in late summer, it will have fulfilled its mission. With only one print left unprojected, our final screening will serve as both the series’ conclusion and a tribute to the enduring power of film on celluloid and its preservation.
This culminating festival offers a final opportunity to experience these prints as they were originally intended—on the big screen of ICA Cinema 1. Following the festival, the entire collection will be donated to a major film archive to ensure its long-term preservation under optimal conditions.
Nine consecutive days of uninterrupted celluloid screenings—a rare cinematic journey through the ICA archive’s living history.
Join us for a nine-day celebration of ICA’s print archive, showcasing a curated selection of archival treasures, presented in celebration of the final chapter of Celluloid Sunday. The programme includes 30 distinct films, featuring rare 35mm prints by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg, amongst many others.
Launched in December 2022, Celluloid Sunday was conceived to spotlight the ICA Cinema’s then secret on-site print archive. With monthly screenings across 30 installments, the series gradually unveiled the breadth and richness of this collection—spanning the years 1983 to 2009—and brought to light seldom-seen works by some of cinema’s most celebrated auteurs, which ICA Cinema had supported throughout the years.
As the project draws to a close in late summer, it will have fulfilled its mission. With only one print left unprojected, our final screening will serve as both the series’ conclusion and a tribute to the enduring power of film on celluloid and its preservation.
This culminating festival offers a final opportunity to experience these prints as they were originally intended—on the big screen of ICA Cinema 1. Following the festival, the entire collection will be donated to a major film archive to ensure its long-term preservation under optimal conditions.
Nine consecutive days of uninterrupted celluloid screenings—a rare cinematic journey through the ICA archive’s living history.
This festival is dedicated to the memory of David Powell, who served as an ICA projectionist from 1983 to 2025. It is thanks to his unwavering commitment and care that this remarkable collection has been preserved for future generations.
Programme
Friday 11 July, 6.30pm
Opening Night
The Terrorizers on 35mm
Imbued with a languid and troubling sense of unease, Yang’s third feature The Terrorizers centres the mysterious connections that draw together a largely disparate group of individuals in contemporary Taipei.
Friday 11 July, 8.40pm
Rouge on 35mm
Cantopop superstars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung star as doomed lovers in Stanley Kwan's stunning combination of melodrama and ghost story.
Saturday 12 July, 12.30pm
Dust on 35mm
Marion Hänsel's adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's In the Heart of the Country, stars Jane Birkin in one of her best roles.
Saturday 12 July, 2.30pm
To Sleep So as to Dream on 16mm
Magic and mystery abound in this striking debut feature by filmmaker Kaizo Hayashi which follows a private detective who is hired to find the missing daughter of a silent film actress.
Saturday 12 July, 4.30pm
Circus Boys on 35mm
Kaizo Hayashi's second feature plays as something of a companion piece to his first work To Sleep So as to Dream, and follows two brothers (Jinta and Wataru) who grow up as orphans in a traveling circus.
Saturday 12 July, 6.45pm
Videodrome on 35mm
David Cronenberg's hallucinatory journey into a shadowy world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games and bodily transformation.
Saturday 12 July, 8.45pm
The Black Cannon Incident on 35mm
The film chronicles the Kafkaesque predicament of a bumbling factory translator who is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop.
Sunday 13 July, 12.15pm
Latino on 35mm
Sent on a covert mission in Latin America in 1983, Vietnam veteran Eddie Guerrero's allegiance to the U.S. military begins to unravel as his growing awareness of his Latino heritage and his role in an imperial conflict leads him to identify with the people he is meant to oppose.
Sunday 13 July, 2.30pm
A Summer at Grandpa's on 35mm
A young boy and his sister spend a summer at their grandparents’ house in the country while their mother recovers from an illness in Hou Hsiao-hsien's contemplative and profoundly moving coming-of-age tale.
Sunday 13 July, 4.30pm
Dust in the Wind on 35mm
A beloved favourite among Hou Hsiao-hsien’s early films, Dust in the Wind is an affecting and poignantly fatalistic story of first love.
Sunday 13 July, 7pm
Hibiscus Town on 35mm
Considered one of the best Chinese films about the cultural revolution, Hibiscus Town is a moving account of survival in the face of widespread social and political turmoil, told with clarity, compassion and insight.
Tuesday 15 July, 6.30pm
The Horse Thief on 35mm
A resplendent centrepiece in Tian Zhuangzhuang’s loose trilogy about ethnic minorities, The Horse Thief portrays a young man being cast out from his clan and left to fend for himself in the mountains with his wife and child.
Tuesday 15 July, 8.30pm
The Blue Kite on 35mm
Probably the director’s most famous film, this impassioned drama follows the fate of a Beijing family and their acquaintances through the political and social upheavals of the 1950s and 1960s.
Wednesday 16 July, 4.15pm
Someone to Love on 35mm
Orson Welles gives his final onscreen performance in independent filmmaker Henry Jaglom's tale of a puzzled film directors attempts to discover why life hasn't turned out like anyone expected.
Wednesday 16 July, 8.45pm
Summer Vacation 1999 on 35mm
Inspired by Thomas’ Heart (Toma no shinzo), a legendary manga by Moto Hagio, Shusuke Kaneko’s beguiling film explores teenage yearning, mystery and passion.
Thursday 17 July, 6.45pm
Calendar on 16mm
Atom Egoyan writes, directs and stars in this witty and devastating investigation of identity, memory and displacement.
Thursday 17 July, 8.40pm
Ju Dou on 35mm
The second part of Zhang Yimou's loose 'Red Trilogy' is a visually arresting drama of secret love starring Gong Li.
Friday 18 July, 6.40pm
Picnic on 35mm
Believing that the end of the world is imminent, Coco, Tsumuji and Satoru, three patients of a mental asylum, escape their institution to seek the perfect picnic spot and watch the apocalypse.
Friday 18 July, 8.40pm
1871 on 35mm
McMullen’s painterly treatment of the Paris Commune recounts the events of those heady days – from the assassination of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico in 1867, through the Franco-Prussian War, to the crushing of the communards.
Saturday 19 July, 12.10pm
From the Journals of Jean Seberg on 16mm
Screening on a rare 16mm print, Mark Rappaport’s film is at once a tribute and deconstruction of Jean Seberg’s life and the various studio systems that employed her.
Saturday 19 July, 2.20pm
The Big Parade on 35mm
The sophomore feature by Chen Kaige, regarded as one of China’s most important directors and a leading filmmaker of the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema, follows a group of military cadets on a gruelling training programme to prepare for a parade celebrating the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic.
Saturday 19 July, 4.30pm
King of the Children on 35mm
A landmark work from one of the leading figures of China’s fifth generation of filmmakers, Chen Kaige, King of the Children is set during the twilight of the Cultural Revolution and centres upon a young man who is sent from the city to the country for his scheduled tour of farm labour.
Saturday 19 July, 6.45pm
Suture on 35mm
The debut feature from filmmakers David Siegel and Scott McGehee, Suture is a neo-noir thriller about two long-lost brothers whose identities become entangled.
Saturday 19 July, 8.45pm
Shorts Programme
This programme brings together three shorts by Hal Hartley, Kenneth Branagh and Neil Bartlett.
Sunday 20 July, 1pm
Zero Patience on 35mm
Directed by gay activist and figure of the Toronto New Wave John Greyson, Zero Patience delivers a bold critique of the stigma surrounding the origins of HIV and of the myth of the patient zero.
Sunday 20 July, 3pm
The Limits of Control + Somewhere in California on 35mm
A special 35mm double bill of Jim Jarmusch's existential tale of a mysterious loner journeying across Spain, preceded by perhaps his most beloved Coffee and Cigarettes short starring Iggy Pop and Tom Waits.
Sunday 20 July, 5.30pm
Made in Hong Kong on 35mm
Released in 1997, the year of Hong Kong’s handover, Made in Hong Kong by Fruit Chan soon garnered critical praise for its raw and unflinching portrayal of urban disillusionment and youthful hopelessness.
Sunday 20 July, 8pm
Closing Night
Surprise Film on 35mm
To close this celebration of the ICA print archive, we present a surprise screening of a cult film from an extremely rare 35mm print with English subtitles.
Friday 11 July, 6.30pm
Opening Night
The Terrorizers on 35mm
Imbued with a languid and troubling sense of unease, Yang’s third feature The Terrorizers centres the mysterious connections that draw together a largely disparate group of individuals in contemporary Taipei.
Friday 11 July, 8.40pm
Rouge on 35mm
Cantopop superstars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung star as doomed lovers in Stanley Kwan's stunning combination of melodrama and ghost story.
Saturday 12 July, 12.30pm
Dust on 35mm
Marion Hänsel's adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's In the Heart of the Country, stars Jane Birkin in one of her best roles.
Saturday 12 July, 2.30pm
To Sleep So as to Dream on 16mm
Magic and mystery abound in this striking debut feature by filmmaker Kaizo Hayashi which follows a private detective who is hired to find the missing daughter of a silent film actress.
Saturday 12 July, 4.30pm
Circus Boys on 35mm
Kaizo Hayashi's second feature plays as something of a companion piece to his first work To Sleep So as to Dream, and follows two brothers (Jinta and Wataru) who grow up as orphans in a traveling circus.
Saturday 12 July, 6.45pm
Videodrome on 35mm
David Cronenberg's hallucinatory journey into a shadowy world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games and bodily transformation.
Saturday 12 July, 8.45pm
The Black Cannon Incident on 35mm
The film chronicles the Kafkaesque predicament of a bumbling factory translator who is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop.
Sunday 13 July, 12.15pm
Latino on 35mm
Sent on a covert mission in Latin America in 1983, Vietnam veteran Eddie Guerrero's allegiance to the U.S. military begins to unravel as his growing awareness of his Latino heritage and his role in an imperial conflict leads him to identify with the people he is meant to oppose.
Sunday 13 July, 2.30pm
A Summer at Grandpa's on 35mm
A young boy and his sister spend a summer at their grandparents’ house in the country while their mother recovers from an illness in Hou Hsiao-hsien's contemplative and profoundly moving coming-of-age tale.
Sunday 13 July, 4.30pm
Dust in the Wind on 35mm
A beloved favourite among Hou Hsiao-hsien’s early films, Dust in the Wind is an affecting and poignantly fatalistic story of first love.
Sunday 13 July, 7pm
Hibiscus Town on 35mm
Considered one of the best Chinese films about the cultural revolution, Hibiscus Town is a moving account of survival in the face of widespread social and political turmoil, told with clarity, compassion and insight.
Tuesday 15 July, 6.30pm
The Horse Thief on 35mm
A resplendent centrepiece in Tian Zhuangzhuang’s loose trilogy about ethnic minorities, The Horse Thief portrays a young man being cast out from his clan and left to fend for himself in the mountains with his wife and child.
Tuesday 15 July, 8.30pm
The Blue Kite on 35mm
Probably the director’s most famous film, this impassioned drama follows the fate of a Beijing family and their acquaintances through the political and social upheavals of the 1950s and 1960s.
Wednesday 16 July, 4.15pm
Someone to Love on 35mm
Orson Welles gives his final onscreen performance in independent filmmaker Henry Jaglom's tale of a puzzled film directors attempts to discover why life hasn't turned out like anyone expected.
Wednesday 16 July, 8.45pm
Summer Vacation 1999 on 35mm
Inspired by Thomas’ Heart (Toma no shinzo), a legendary manga by Moto Hagio, Shusuke Kaneko’s beguiling film explores teenage yearning, mystery and passion.
Thursday 17 July, 6.45pm
Calendar on 16mm
Atom Egoyan writes, directs and stars in this witty and devastating investigation of identity, memory and displacement.
Thursday 17 July, 8.40pm
Ju Dou on 35mm
The second part of Zhang Yimou's loose 'Red Trilogy' is a visually arresting drama of secret love starring Gong Li.
Friday 18 July, 6.40pm
Picnic on 35mm
Believing that the end of the world is imminent, Coco, Tsumuji and Satoru, three patients of a mental asylum, escape their institution to seek the perfect picnic spot and watch the apocalypse.
Friday 18 July, 8.40pm
1871 on 35mm
McMullen’s painterly treatment of the Paris Commune recounts the events of those heady days – from the assassination of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico in 1867, through the Franco-Prussian War, to the crushing of the communards.
Saturday 19 July, 12.10pm
From the Journals of Jean Seberg on 16mm
Screening on a rare 16mm print, Mark Rappaport’s film is at once a tribute and deconstruction of Jean Seberg’s life and the various studio systems that employed her.
Saturday 19 July, 2.20pm
The Big Parade on 35mm
The sophomore feature by Chen Kaige, regarded as one of China’s most important directors and a leading filmmaker of the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema, follows a group of military cadets on a gruelling training programme to prepare for a parade celebrating the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic.
Saturday 19 July, 4.30pm
King of the Children on 35mm
A landmark work from one of the leading figures of China’s fifth generation of filmmakers, Chen Kaige, King of the Children is set during the twilight of the Cultural Revolution and centres upon a young man who is sent from the city to the country for his scheduled tour of farm labour.
Saturday 19 July, 6.45pm
Suture on 35mm
The debut feature from filmmakers David Siegel and Scott McGehee, Suture is a neo-noir thriller about two long-lost brothers whose identities become entangled.
Saturday 19 July, 8.45pm
Shorts Programme
This programme brings together three shorts by Hal Hartley, Kenneth Branagh and Neil Bartlett.
Sunday 20 July, 1pm
Zero Patience on 35mm
Directed by gay activist and figure of the Toronto New Wave John Greyson, Zero Patience delivers a bold critique of the stigma surrounding the origins of HIV and of the myth of the patient zero.
Sunday 20 July, 3pm
The Limits of Control + Somewhere in California on 35mm
A special 35mm double bill of Jim Jarmusch's existential tale of a mysterious loner journeying across Spain, preceded by perhaps his most beloved Coffee and Cigarettes short starring Iggy Pop and Tom Waits.
Sunday 20 July, 5.30pm
Made in Hong Kong on 35mm
Released in 1997, the year of Hong Kong’s handover, Made in Hong Kong by Fruit Chan soon garnered critical praise for its raw and unflinching portrayal of urban disillusionment and youthful hopelessness.
Sunday 20 July, 8pm
Closing Night
Surprise Film on 35mm
To close this celebration of the ICA print archive, we present a surprise screening of a cult film from an extremely rare 35mm print with English subtitles.
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