Sanrizuka – Peasants of the Second Fortress is the fourth in a series of seven films shot between 1968 and 1977 by Ogawa Productions in the fields of Sanrizuka. Four years into the conflict, the authorities started the coercive expropriation of the farmlands, and the violence escalated. 

The ICA partners with the Garden Cinema to present a 12-film retrospective curated by Instituto Rouanet, commemorating 60 years of L.C. Barreto Film Productions, Brazil’s legendary production company, helmed by the renowned family of filmmakers.

As the 2021 UK national lockdown drags on, increasingly isolated theatre actors Sam and Mark spend their days in the online world of Grand Theft Auto. When they have an idea to stage a full production of Hamlet within the game.

Payal Kapadia’s bold and distinctive debut feature is an immersive and spiritual work addressing issues of artist production as well as the political complexities of contemporary India. A Night of Knowing Nothing is framed by fictional letters from a female student to her estranged lover. 

Rooted in feminist modes of creativity and production, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s debut brings to life the remarkable Martinican writer and activist Suzanne Césaire.

For the sixth straight year the ICA Cinema partners with independent film production unit Terratreme to present a selection of contemporary Portuguese cinema.

Peter Brook acquired the rights to Marguerite Duras’s bestseller, Moderato Cantabile, as a vehicle for Jeanne Moreau whom he had directed in a theatrical production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. But the endeavour was much more collaborative than many filmic adaptations of Duras’s work.

A tragic tale of an outsider’s search for belonging. Directed by Asif Kapadia (Amy) and based on the eponymous National Ballet stage production. 

In his sixth feature, Matías Piñeiro crafts a hypnotic tale of artistic awakening as two women compete for the role of Isabella in a local production of William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.

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

Charlotte Cook, Co-Creator of Field of Vision, discusses the emergence and positioning of the filmmaker-driven production unit.

ICA and Dr. Martens have established a unique series of artists’ moving image production grants enabling UK-based emerging artists to make new work for inclusion in Image Behaviour 2021.

Introducing the recipients of this year’s production grants: Asuf Ishaq, Deborah-Joyce Holman, Joseph June Bond, Kadeem Oak, @KO___OL, Kemi Lijadu, Rebecca Bellantoni and R.I.P. Germain.