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Cinema 3
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Staying with the Violence: Womb Work and Family Abolition
15 February 2021 – 15 February 2071
Captioned audio of writer Sophie Lewis' lecture drawing on theories of surrogacy, gestational justice and family abolition, followed by a discussion with poet Anne Boyer.
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Carceral Aesthetics
12 April 2021 – 12 April 2071
A captioned audio recording of artist and writer Sable Elyse Smith and author Nicole R. Fleetwood as they discuss their research into the carceral, the personal and the political.
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Paul B. Preciado with Jack Halberstam
1 June 2021 – 1 June 2071
The philosopher and writer discusses agency, gender, dissent and subjectivity with queer theorist Jack Halberstam.
echoes, feelings and meanings
3 September 2021 – 3 September 2022
A collection of newly commissioned audio/visual works exploring ‘the archive’ as personal, familial, and cultural; as past, present and future-oriented.
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A Superabundance of Nothing:
Johanna Hedva & Staff In Conversation
20 October 2021 – 20 October 2071
Johanna Hedva and Patrick Staff in conversation as they inquire into the relationship between collapse and surrender.
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Money Up
1 January 2022 – 1 January 2072
A London boy gains more than you’d think from a fistful of coppers.
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Sistrens in the Struggle: Black Women in Britain – A Symposium (online)
12 January 2022 – 12 January 2072
A symposium of activists, academics and artists on Black feminist/womanist traditions and legacies.
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Dancehall Supremacy
12 January 2022 – 12 January 2072
With Carnival cancelled in August 2020, collective Nine Nights live streamed a four-hour celebration of Jamaican club culture.
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The Methodologies of Gianfranco Rosi (online)
19 January 2022 – 19 January 2072
The Golden Lion and Golden Bear-winning Italian filmmaker delivers a masterclass on the cinematic language with ICA Head of Cinema and FRAMES of REPRESENTATION founder Nico Marzano.
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The Aesthetics of Framing: Roberto Minervini in conversation (online)
20 January 2022 – 20 January 2072
The filmmaker discusses his relationships with his protagonists and taking the viewer into the backyards of the American Dream, in a conversation with Sandra Hebron at FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2021.
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Leos Carax in conversation (online)
27 January 2022 – 27 January 2072
Director Leos Carax on finding the right collaborators, making films as a father, and being a spectator.
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WINK
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A small group of queer punks find safety and comfort in their local queer pub but their world is turned upside down.
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Wave 3 (Cancelled?)
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Someone who imagines everyone in their life as characters in an action figure line. Friends, family, lovers, acquaintances.
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Volcanoes in Ice
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
An acoustic architectural artefact designed through the voice of volcanoes in ice.
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Under The Noise
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
The intimacies of blackness through the lens of a house party at the height of summer.
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TOTAL ENJOYMENT
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A young man grapples with sexuality, class, and pubic hair, in small town Essex.
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Top Wavers
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A light-hearted conversation between three teen friends on how they’ve achieved the perfect hair waves.
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To the Crew: Vocal Mix
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
First meet in the local Sainsbury’s car park. Narrated by the one n only MC Speed.
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The Fabric of Sound
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
An intimate exploration of synesthesia through sound and storytelling.
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The Dupe
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A dance between two, but who is controlling who?
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STONEWALL 2069
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
What will the next 50 years of queer liberation look like – and importantly, what technologies could we hack, appropriate and queer in our ongoing fight for equal rights?
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Staff of Life
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A day inside a bakery that creates its own versions of Western pastries.
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Skin & Pearl
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Two black womxn navigate their friendship being rocked by toxic femininity & colourism.
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Signal to Noise
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A rhythmical tale of birdsong and human whistled languages.
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Rituals & Practices: Exploring Gender Identity Today
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
An audio piece that explores how we engage with gender through rituals.
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Reesheh
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A story of struggle and survival of one of the most ancient human forms of expression.
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Rave Rituals
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A docu-rave on the rituals of raving culture through the pulse of UK House and Garage.
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Radio Silence
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A short film about the peculiar communication of a father with his daughter.
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Owulide
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A young woman struggles to communicate some important news with her East African grandma.
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Other Voices
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Through a series of ‘other voices’, trans and gender non-confirming people express their experiences through forms of art and conversation.
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Muriid
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A dream-like short poetry film that follows a seeker to his spiritual opening.
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Mirrors
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
In a lonesome reality, Lomo finds a way to travel to an alternate universe.
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Lucky House
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Lucky House deals with notions of desires, identity and cultural assimilation.
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I’m Sinking In A Room So I Log Into My Tomb
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Black womxnhood, battling the physical present and dominating future infinities.
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ISHTAR
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
An experimental short film based on the gender-fluid Mesopotamian deity.
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Inside Out
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A work about the alienation that can come with navigating a cross-cultural existence, drawing on the artist’s own experience of growing up from a mixed-heritage, working-class British-Muslim family.
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I Am Not A Burden
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A sonic protest against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace.
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Frenulum
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
An experimental opera that follows eight children as they perform imaginary tongue surgery on a member of their group in order to help them speak phonetic sounds from the English language better.
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Fanny Eaton: The Forgotten Pre-Raphaelite Model
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Hand drawn, pencil animation short about the life of a mixed heritage Pre-Raphaelite model.
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EXPATS
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Two British expats hatch a dangerous scheme to win French citizenship and beat Brexit.
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Day Zero
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A visceral account of a stem cell transplant told through poetry and sound collage.
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Current Transmissions (online)
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Stream some of the works featured in this showcase of new film, audio and interactive work by emerging London-based artists.
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Brown Cow, Pink Milk
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
What can we say? It’s Brown Cow Stunning.
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Body to Body
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A short film that animates deep sea specimens from The Discovery Collection to envisage the (e)merging old and new materials in the ocean today.
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Blue Corridor 15
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Faultlines emerge as tensions come to a head in a teenage friendship close to sisterhood.
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BIG MUMMY
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Grace Adewale was about to add murder to her long list of fuck-ups, but then her aunty stepped in to help her outrun the truth.
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Between Heaven And London
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
Two friends lament over the changing landscape of North West London, Grenfell, and resistance against the backdrop of local council estates where they were raised.
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Autism And The City: A Sonic Diary
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A sonic diary of an artist with autism, reviving a love for London’s rich soundscapes.
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Aqsa & the 40bags
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
An orphaned young Muslim woman cares for her younger brother in South East London. When her helpful downstairs neighbour is threatened by the police, it is her astuteness that will save him, in this trojan horse-inspired story.
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Apocrypha
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
The collage of ‘The Lamentation of a Goblin’ with photography, text and 3D scanned images create a movement through time and space.
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albion, refreshed
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
An audio-visual statement that questions whether traditional British iconography can be used to represent a modern multicultural nation that has been shaped and redefined by immigration.
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a black mass – in instance no.4
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A unique, algorithmically generated soundscape exploring love, care and Blackness.
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+44
1 February 2022 – 1 February 2072
A film of sensitivity, caught flamboyancy clutching masculinity at its side.
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Frontiers of Silence (online)
22 February 2022 – 22 February 2072
A series of responses to the work of M. NourbeSe Philip by poets Ebun Sodipo, Courtney Conrad and Esther Heller.
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Winston Trew presents The Oval Four (online)
28 February 2022 – 28 February 2072
The activist wrongfully convicted and jailed in the 1970s for alleged theft on the London Underground discusses his decades-long campaign work to clear his name.
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Tottenham Rights: 2011 to today & Forensic Architecture: The Killing of Mark Duggan (online)
28 February 2022 – 28 February 2072
A presentation, discussion and Q&A from Stafford Scott, coordinator of Tottenham Rights, and Forensic Architecture on the 10th anniversary of the English riots beginning in Tottenham.
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The Tottenham Three (online)
28 February 2022 – 28 February 2072
Two of the Three on how they came to be charged, convicted and later, find justice in one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history.
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The MPS Gangs Matrix (online)
28 February 2022 – 28 February 2072
Investigating the controversial London-wide police database that singled out predominantly Black men allegedly at risk and involved in serious violent crime.
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War Inna Babylon Public Programme (online)
1 March 2022 – 1 March 2072
A selection of conversations, talks and films from
War Inna Babylon: The Community’s Struggle for Truth and Rights
.
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RIP SENI – Q&A with Aji Lewis (online)
20 September 2022 – 20 September 2072
A conversation with Seni’s mother Aji Lewis on the documentary that sparked conversations across the UK about race, mental health and injustice, and the effect on families.
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Holding the State to Account (online)
20 September 2022 – 20 September 2072
The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) and charity INQUEST co-present on family campaigns.
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Strange Echoes Poetry Readings (online)
27 September 2022 – 27 September 2072
Abondance Matanda, Kareem Parkins-Brown, Latekid, and Olivia Douglass, accompanied by a live band, in a night of poetry readings, improvisation and live music.
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