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Tomorrow

2 events

18:00
Film
Rokkoku Kitchen
Japan House London · W8
Tickets
19:00
Film
Community Cinema - The Case Against Space + Filmmaker Q&A
UCL East Cinema · E20
Tickets

Thu 1 Oct

1 event

20:00
Film
Take It or Leave It
Phoenix Cinema · N2
£20Tickets

Fri 2 Oct

3 events

15:45
Film
9 Month Contract + Q&A
Ciné Lumière · SW7
Tickets
19:00
Film
Bfi 'Rip it Up' - "How to have Sex" + short film "Between Two Worlds"
Theatreship · E14
£5.74Tickets
20:35
Film
Kartli Kingdom + Q&A
Ciné Lumière · SW7
Tickets

Sat 3 Oct

5 events

12:00
Talk
Herb Revival in Times of Change- Chelsea History Festival
Chelsea Physic Garden · SW3
£20Tickets
12:00
Other
The Anti-Influencer Food Walk
Unreal City Audio · EC2A
£49.50Tickets
13:35
Film
9-Month Contract
Ciné Lumière · SW7
Tickets
15:40
Film
Wild Style
The Nickel Cinema · EC1R
USA; Cert 15
Tickets
16:00
Film
How Deep Is Your Love
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets

Sun 4 Oct

1 event

14:30
Film
Black History Month: Fearless + Q&A
Rio Cinema · E8
£15.50

Mon 5 Oct

1 event

17:45
Film
How Deep Is Your Love
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets

Tue 6 Oct

2 events

19:00
Talk
Panel discussion: Reporting The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Frontline Club · W2
£5.94Tickets
19:00
Music
Darden Smith
Green Note · NW1
£17.50Tickets

Thu 8 Oct

2 events

15:30
Film
How Deep Is Your Love
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£8.50Tickets
17:45
Film
Phoenix For Nature: Derek vs Derek + director Q&A
Phoenix Cinema · N2
£13Tickets

Sat 10 Oct

1 event

15:00
Film
Lff: Once Upon A Time In Harlem
ICA · SW1Y
Tickets

Sun 11 Oct

2 events

14:00
Film
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Ciné Lumière · SW7
£11Tickets
19:30
Music
Tony Conrad’s Loose Connection + Billy Steiger
Café OTO · E8
£17Tickets

Mon 12 Oct

1 event

19:30
Film
Coup 53
The Lexi Cinema · NW10
£13Tickets

Tue 13 Oct

1 event

18:00
Film
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Ciné Lumière · SW7
£14Tickets

Wed 14 Oct

3 events

17:15
Film
How India's Finest Filmmakers Were Made
SOAS · WC1H
Tickets
18:00
Film
Beyond the Amazon: Indigenous Cinema from Brazil's Other Biomes
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets
18:00
Film
The People's Emergency Briefing
Phoenix Cinema · N2
FreeTickets

Thu 15 Oct

3 events

12:10
Film
The Story of Documentary Film (The 1990s)
Prince Charles Cinema · WC2H
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12:10
Film
The Story of Documentary Film - The 1990s
Prince Charles Cinema · WC2H
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16:00
Film
Lff: The Banning Curse
ICA · SW1Y
Tickets

Sat 17 Oct

1 event

20:40
Film
Lff: Act 3
ICA · SW1Y
Tickets

Wed 21 Oct

5 events

18:05
Film
Pressure + intro by Xavier Alexandre Pillai, BFI TV Programmer
BFI Southbank · SE1
£9.50Tickets
18:20
Film
The Voice of La Raza & Nationtime (12)
Barbican Centre · EC2Y
Tickets
18:45
Film
Community Cinema - Bitter Sweet Ballad
UCL East Cinema · E20
Tickets
19:30
Film
London Breeze Film Festival Opening Gala Film: Love Chaos Kin + Q&A and Reception
Regent Street Cinema · W1B
£17Tickets
19:30
Film
Pink Palace: IT Came From Kuchar
Rio Cinema · E8

Thu 22 Oct

3 events

18:00
Film
Haxan
Prince Charles Cinema · WC2H
£14.50Tickets
18:30
Film
Screening Grelei raíces no teu lar (I Grew Roots in Your Home)
Instituto Cervantes London · WC2R
FreeTickets
19:00
Talk
Spinning Myths, Painting Shadows: Women and the Origins of Greek Art
The Hellenic Centre · W1U
FreeTickets

Fri 23 Oct

1 event

18:20
Film
Fugs Film! (15*) + Screen Talk
Barbican Centre · EC2Y
Tickets

Sun 25 Oct

3 events

14:00
Film
Hackney Children's Film Fest: Film Africa: Crocodile
Rio Cinema · E8
£5
15:00
Film
London Breeze: Women Of Film Short Documentary Pitching Competition + Networker
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
Tickets
15:30
Film
London Breeze: 19-25 Young Adult Shorts Competition + Awards
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets

Mon 26 Oct

2 events

18:10
Film
In-Edit Cine-Documental: El canto de las manos (Song of the Hands)
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets
20:00
Film
Tommie Potts: The Fireman Fiddler of the Coombe
Kiln Theatre · NW6
Tickets

Tue 27 Oct

1 event

18:30
Film
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (15) + into by Jessica Sarah Rinland
Barbican Centre · EC2Y
Tickets

Wed 28 Oct

2 events

18:45
Film
Tongues Untied + pre-recorded intro by writer Jason Okundaye
BFI Southbank · SE1
£9.50Tickets
19:30
Film
Bram Stoker: Father OF Dracula – Documentary + Q&A
Irish Cultural Centre · W6
Tickets

Fri 30 Oct

1 event

18:30
Film
The Edges of Cinema: Book Launch + Little Boy
ICA · SW1Y
Tickets

Sat 31 Oct

1 event

16:00
Exhibition
The Edges of Cinema: Book Launch + Panel Discussion
ICA · SW1Y
Tickets

Sun 1 Nov

5 events

10:30
Theatre
Darbar Festival/Film Screening + Discussion: India's Vanishing Voice
Barbican Centre · EC2Y
Tickets
13:00
Theatre
CHATSlab: ClerknWell ARTslab goes to Chats Palace: John Hegley, Lorraine Bowen, Bob Karper, Lovell + More
Chats Palace · E9
£15Tickets
13:30
Film
Black History Month: Alain Gomis' Dao
Rio Cinema · E8
£15.50
16:20
Film
Köln Tracks: The Legend Of Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert + Q&A
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets
18:45
Film
Before It Was Cool: The Brooklyn Beat From Lauterbach’s + Q&A
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets

Mon 2 Nov

1 event

18:00
Film
In-Edit Cine-Documental: Omega wants to dance
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets

Fri 6 Nov

1 event

18:00
Film
Ghost Town + director Q&A
Phoenix Cinema · N2
£14Tickets

Sat 7 Nov

1 event

20:30
Film
Pressure
BFI Southbank · SE1
£9.50Tickets

Sun 8 Nov

1 event

14:00
Film
UK Premiere: The Magic of It All - The Story of Strawbs + Q&A with director & Derek "Blue" Weaver
Regent Street Cinema · W1B
£12.50Tickets

Mon 9 Nov

1 event

19:00
Theatre
Nu Civilisation Orchestra
Union Chapel · N1
£30Tickets

Tue 10 Nov

1 event

18:10
Film
In-Edit Cine-Documental: La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés (The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés)
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets

Wed 11 Nov

1 event

18:30
Film
In the Company of Men + The Deep North (15)
Barbican Centre · EC2Y
Tickets

Thu 12 Nov

2 events

18:30
Film
Short Films by William Greaves 1959-1974 (15)
Barbican Centre · EC2Y
Tickets
20:00
Film
Mr. O's Book of the Dead + Q&A with Mitsuyo Uesugi
The Garden Cinema · WC2B
£15Tickets

Thu 19 Nov

1 event

18:30
Talk
Armenia's House Museums on Screen: Parajanov, Charents and Aguletsi
Armenian Institute London · EC1N
£4Tickets

Sun 29 Nov

1 event

20:00
Film
“All Our Yesterdays” UK Premiere Film Screening
Irish Cultural Centre · W6
Tickets

Fri 4 Dec

1 event

19:30
Exhibition
Planningtorock
ICA · SW1Y
Tickets

Thu 17 Dec

1 event

19:00
Talk
Proofs of the Impossible: Three Greek Women Painters,1821–1960
The Hellenic Centre · W1U
FreeTickets

Tue 2 Feb

1 event

19:30
Theatre
A Thing of Beauty
Tabard Theatre · W4
Tickets

Wed 3 Feb

1 event

19:30
Theatre
A Thing of Beauty
Tabard Theatre · W4
Tickets

Thu 4 Feb

2 events · 1 rows

14:00
Theatre
A Thing of Beauty
Tabard Theatre · W4
Tickets

Fri 5 Feb

1 event

19:30
Theatre
A Thing of Beauty
Tabard Theatre · W4
Tickets

Tue 13 Apr

1 event

18:00
Talk
The Prisons Memory Archive in the North of Ireland
Gresham College · EC1N
FreeTickets

Wed 5 May

1 event

19:30
Music
Green Note Presents: Jim White
Green Note · NW1
£22Tickets