28 September
Two syntheses of self and home, city and cinema, presence and absence, from the unique Chantal Akerman.
13 July
Sharp social geography meets masterfully sardonic storytelling as one of contemporary cinema’s most significant and singular auteurs, Mariano Llinás, takes a deep dive into Argentine bathing resorts: “modern pagan cities given to the worship of the sea”.
8 March
A reflection on the legacy of one of the 20th century’s most contested and emblematic buildings – from the time of its conception to its afterlife – across two films separated by the building’s lifecycle of 50 years. Following the first event having sold out, a repeat screening has now been added, on 9 March.
18 January
An intimate stay at NYC’s mythical Chelsea through a portrait of its last remaining residents, and ghosts of those past, as the building is transformed from artistic refuge to luxury hotel.
30 November
With 600 dedicated festive factories, Yiwu, China, fabricates Christmas for the world. Following the daily lives of several workers, a delicate, human film looks beyond the tinsel and glitter, into the ‘Chinese Dream’.
With 600 factories dedicated to festive decorations, Yiwu, China, fabricates Christmas for the world. Following several Yiwu workers, this beautiful, human film looks beyond the glitter, into the ‘Chinese Dream’. Followed by conversation with director Mladen Kovačević.
13 September
Late 60s USA: Cities are ablaze with civil unrest, fuelled by protest and racial injustice. Archive footage charts a nation choosing to wage war on its people, despite a rare opportunity to fix old wounds. Followed by Sierra Pettengill and Bonnie Greer in conversation.
12 July
In writer Susan Sontag’s final film, Venice becomes stage and subject, in dialogue with a lovers’ weekend. Dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs stars as a tourist of melancholy, memory and fading romance.
17 May
Two pioneering works of radical television from the mind of the iconoclastic architecture critic: a journey from LA to Las Vegas, via the desert.
14 March
Activist-director and independent cinema trailblazer Penny Allen’s satirical docudrama follows a collective’s attempts to save their neighbourhood
23 November
Following its fall in 1989, many sections of the Berlin Wall migrated to the USA. A cinematic roadtrip to these transplanted artefacts of geopolitical division becomes a nuanced reflection on ‘the free world’ of the present. UK theatrical premiere.
22 September
Bêka & Lemoine (Koolhaas Houselife, Barbicania) embark on an intimate guided tour of Tokyo, as passengers of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Ryue Nishizawa and his temperamental vintage Alfa Romeo. UK theatrical premiere.
