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Tuesday 6th May

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Live Art Development Agency (LADA)

Festival Bookshop at Unbound

ADDRESS: The Garrett Centre, 117 Mansford St, London E2 6LX Unbound, LADA’s bookshop, will be hosting a curated bookstand of publications. Titles from and about filmmakers in this year’s and past festival programmes will be available alongside anthologies and artists’ publications from Open City friends and collaborators. Unbound is the world’s only shop dedicated to Live Art, performance and interdisciplinary art practice. Order online or in person at The Garrett Centre, Tuesday to Friday... Read more...

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Rich Mix

May 6 —
May 11

Rich Mix Venue Pass

Save on tickets to our talks, workshops and screenings taking place at our festival hub Read more...

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Barbican

18:30
Tue 06 May

Opening Night: Siticulosa

Maeve Brennan's new film Siticulosa screens alongside her earlier, related short An Excavation Read more...

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Fishtank Workshop

May 6 —
May 11

The Land of Common Disgrace 

The Land of Common Disgrace is a participatory, collective act of resistance against the prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters in Britain Read more...

Wednesday 7th May

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Live Art Development Agency (LADA)

Festival Bookshop at Unbound

ADDRESS: The Garrett Centre, 117 Mansford St, London E2 6LX Unbound, LADA’s bookshop, will be hosting a curated bookstand of publications. Titles from and about filmmakers in this year’s and past festival programmes will be available alongside anthologies and artists’ publications from Open City friends and collaborators. Unbound is the world’s only shop dedicated to Live Art, performance and interdisciplinary art practice. Order online or in person at The Garrett Centre, Tuesday to Friday... Read more...

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Rich Mix

May 6 —
May 11

Rich Mix Venue Pass

Save on tickets to our talks, workshops and screenings taking place at our festival hub Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Mix)

May 7 —
May 10

Expanded Realities Exhibition

Audio, publishing, installation and VR non-fiction storytelling presented in our exhibition Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

11:00
Wed 07 May

T A P E Meet Your Producer

The session is an opportunity to meet and speak with eight different producers practicing in the UK, with 15 minutes sessions available to discuss your project, practice, and anything else. Read more...

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Fishtank Workshop

May 6 —
May 11

The Land of Common Disgrace 

The Land of Common Disgrace is a participatory, collective act of resistance against the prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters in Britain Read more...

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Close-Up

May 7 —
May 11

Student Programme

Free screenings each day of the festival for students in higher education only Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

14:00
Wed 07 May

On Kino: the Afterlives of the Obsolete

Guangzhou-based artist, filmmaker and publisher Qin Dao will present On Kino, a self-initiated film theatre and moving image archive Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Lab)

14:00
Wed 07 May

1-1 Surgeries: FLAMIN

1-1 sessions with members of the FLAMIN team Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

17:00
Wed 07 May

Moving Image Review and Art Journal launch

Join us to celebrate the launch of MIRAJ’s double issue 13.1/2 and 14.1 Read more...

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ICA

18:00
Wed 07 May

VALIE EXPORT

We present a selection of canonical and lesser-known films by VALIE EXPORT, followed by a conversation about the artist's work.  Read more...

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Bertha DocHouse (Renoir Screen)

18:15
Wed 07 May

Jocelyne Saab’s Egypts, 1976 – 1989: Class Ruptures

Three films from Jocelyne Saab's time in Egypt from 1977 and 1986 Read more...

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Close-Up

18:15
Wed 07 May

Christelle Oyiri

A showcase of the films of multidisciplinary artist and DJ Christelle Oyiri aka Crystallmess Read more...

Pages: 12

Thursday 8th May

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Live Art Development Agency (LADA)

Festival Bookshop at Unbound

ADDRESS: The Garrett Centre, 117 Mansford St, London E2 6LX Unbound, LADA’s bookshop, will be hosting a curated bookstand of publications. Titles from and about filmmakers in this year’s and past festival programmes will be available alongside anthologies and artists’ publications from Open City friends and collaborators. Unbound is the world’s only shop dedicated to Live Art, performance and interdisciplinary art practice. Order online or in person at The Garrett Centre, Tuesday to Friday... Read more...

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Rich Mix

May 6 —
May 11

Rich Mix Venue Pass

Save on tickets to our talks, workshops and screenings taking place at our festival hub Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Mix)

May 7 —
May 10

Expanded Realities Exhibition

Audio, publishing, installation and VR non-fiction storytelling presented in our exhibition Read more...

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Close-Up

May 7 —
May 11

Student Programme

Free screenings each day of the festival for students in higher education only Read more...

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Fishtank Workshop

May 6 —
May 11

The Land of Common Disgrace 

The Land of Common Disgrace is a participatory, collective act of resistance against the prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters in Britain Read more...

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UCL East (Marshgate)

10:00
Thu 08 May

Dancing with Images and Film: Reassembling Al’Alma’ by Jocelyne Saab

A workshop using the physicality of the 16mm film stock from Jocelyne Saab's film Al’Alma’, Belly Dancers Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

11:00
Thu 08 May

Long Visions: developing an artist’s feature documentary

An open conversation with Rhea Storr about her new moving image installation work Subjects of State, Labours of Love and her path to developing her feature-length film. Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

14:00
Thu 08 May

Making Films Together: The London Community Video Archive and Film Flamme Workshop

This practical workshop will share methods and approaches to collective and participatory filmmaking.  Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Lab)

14:00
Thu 08 May

1-1 Surgeries: Doc Society

1-1 sessions with members of the Doc Society team Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

16:30
Thu 08 May

Non-Fiction 07: The Elephant Launch

Join us to celebrate the publication of Non-Fiction 07: The Elephant, guest edited by Elhum Shakerifar Read more...

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ICA

18:15
Thu 08 May

A vampire film by Qin Dao

Arguably the most reputed yet enigmatic film from Qin Dao, this work transcends celluloid, screen, and the social milieu of post-socialist China, while interrogating the nature of cinema Read more...

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Close-Up

18:15
Thu 08 May

Partition

Partition demonstrates how history persists, and the displacement of Palestinians has extended far beyond the original Nakba Read more...

Pages: 12

Friday 9th May

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Live Art Development Agency (LADA)

Festival Bookshop at Unbound

ADDRESS: The Garrett Centre, 117 Mansford St, London E2 6LX Unbound, LADA’s bookshop, will be hosting a curated bookstand of publications. Titles from and about filmmakers in this year’s and past festival programmes will be available alongside anthologies and artists’ publications from Open City friends and collaborators. Unbound is the world’s only shop dedicated to Live Art, performance and interdisciplinary art practice. Order online or in person at The Garrett Centre, Tuesday to Friday... Read more...

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Rich Mix

May 6 —
May 11

Rich Mix Venue Pass

Save on tickets to our talks, workshops and screenings taking place at our festival hub Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Mix)

May 7 —
May 10

Expanded Realities Exhibition

Audio, publishing, installation and VR non-fiction storytelling presented in our exhibition Read more...

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Close-Up

May 7 —
May 11

Student Programme

Free screenings each day of the festival for students in higher education only Read more...

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Fishtank Workshop

May 6 —
May 11

The Land of Common Disgrace 

The Land of Common Disgrace is a participatory, collective act of resistance against the prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters in Britain Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

11:00
Fri 09 May

Just Evidence 2: True Feelings

The second event in our Just Evidence programme will trace the intertwined histories of the victim’s rights movement, carceral feminism, and cinema Read more...

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Rich Mix (Cinema)

14:00
Fri 09 May

Student Film Showcase: Public Anthropology

A showcase of short films created by recent students on UCL Public Anthropology's filmmaking programmes Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

14:00
Fri 09 May

Just Evidence 3: They Are Shooting at Our Shadows

The third event in our Just Evidence explores Al Haq's - Palestine's oldest human rights organisation - Forensic Architecture Unit Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Lab)

14:00
Fri 09 May

1-1 Surgeries: The New Black Film Collective

1-1 sessions with members of The New Black Film Collective team Read more...

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Burley Fisher Books

16:30
Fri 09 May

The Elephant – Riso Printing Workshop

A risograph zine workshop facilitated by Burley Fisher Community Press Read more...

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Close-Up

18:15
Fri 09 May

Sanrizuka 3: The March of The Earth

The third programme in our series examining the Sanrizuka resistance movement Read more...

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ICA

18:15
Fri 09 May

Moving Statics 2: Next Journeys

Two films by the Cantrills screen in the second programme in our survey of their work Read more...

Pages: 12

Saturday 10th May

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Rich Mix

May 6 —
May 11

Rich Mix Venue Pass

Save on tickets to our talks, workshops and screenings taking place at our festival hub Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Mix)

May 7 —
May 10

Expanded Realities Exhibition

Audio, publishing, installation and VR non-fiction storytelling presented in our exhibition Read more...

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Close-Up

May 7 —
May 11

Student Programme

Free screenings each day of the festival for students in higher education only Read more...

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Fishtank Workshop

May 6 —
May 11

The Land of Common Disgrace 

The Land of Common Disgrace is a participatory, collective act of resistance against the prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters in Britain Read more...

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Barbican

11:00
Sat 10 May

Listen with your eyes 3: Experimental Films for Families

The third in an ongoing series of screenings that aims to create a space for children of all ages to engage with and enjoy experimental forms of cinema Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

11:00
Sat 10 May

Wild Relations

In this panel discussion filmmakers whose work is presented in the festival will explore the ecological resonances in their image-making practices Read more...

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Barbican

13:00
Sat 10 May

Henry Fonda For President

A monumental essay-film that proposes a history of the United States through the prism of the life and career of actor Henry Fonda Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

14:00
Sat 10 May

Sanrizuka 4: Films, Rushes, Documents

This one-day event will bring together images and sounds of the Sanrizuka struggle, focusing on films and documents produced on different aspects of the movement Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Lab)

14:00
Sat 10 May

1-1 Surgeries: LUX

1-1 sessions with members of the LUX team Read more...

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ICA

15:00
Sat 10 May

Manal Issa, 2024 + The Diary of a Sky

Films by Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Elisabeth Subrin Read more...

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Close-Up

15:00
Sat 10 May

Making Films Together: Film Flamme + The Basement Project Screening

This programme brings together recent work by the Marseille-based filmmaking collective, the Film Flamme association, with videos produced in East London by The Basement Project during the 1970s. Read more...

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Tate Modern

16:00
Sat 10 May

It Would be Alright if He Changed My Name – A lecture-performance by Maxime Jean-Baptiste

Filmmaker Maxime Jean-Baptiste presents a lecture-performance exploring the continuing impact of Slavery on Black lives today Read more...

Pages: 12

Sunday 11th May

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Rich Mix

May 6 —
May 11

Rich Mix Venue Pass

Save on tickets to our talks, workshops and screenings taking place at our festival hub Read more...

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Fishtank Workshop

May 6 —
May 11

The Land of Common Disgrace 

The Land of Common Disgrace is a participatory, collective act of resistance against the prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters in Britain Read more...

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Close-Up

May 7 —
May 11

Student Programme

Free screenings each day of the festival for students in higher education only Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

11:00
Sun 11 May

Eyes That Shine at Night: A Lecture-Performance by Jessica Sarah Rinland

This lecture-performance will explore the technologies used to make images of animals and the aesthetic and political implications of these forms of capture Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Studio)

13:30
Sun 11 May

Moving Statics 4: Afternoon Tea at the Cantrills’

A panel with curators Keegan O’Connor and Audrey Lam and invited guests exploring the Cantrills’ work and a WIP presentation of Lam's film about the Cantrills Read more...

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ICA

13:30
Sun 11 May

Combined Programme: a river holds a perfect memory

New short films by Alex Nevill, Hope Strickland and Rhea Storr Read more...

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Bertha DocHouse

13:30
Sun 11 May

At All Kosts (Koutkekout)

Against a backdrop of poverty, violence and fear, an ensemble of Haitian actors and their determined artistic director rehearse for an upcoming festival Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Lab)

14:00
Sun 11 May

1-1 Surgeries: Sheffield DocFest

1-1 sessions with members of the Sheffield DocFest team Read more...

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Close-Up

14:00
Sun 11 May

In The Manner Of Smoke

Drawing from his experience as a fire-lookout in the Sequoia forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, Armand Yervant Tufenkian constructs a careful study of the visual documentation of forest fires. Shot on 16mm but bringing together various media technology (from painting to photography to surveillance webcams) and modes of representation, In the Manner of Smoke moves back and forth between California, where Tufenkian’s camera scans the landscape, and London, where artist Dan Hays is obse... Read more...

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Barbican Cinema 2

15:00
Sun 11 May

Oyoyo

Shot in a hall of residence in East Berlin, Oyoyo captures the relaxed energy of student life, featuring students from Chile, Cuba, Guinea-Bissau, and Mongolia, living and studying alongside one another. Read more...

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ICA

16:00
Sun 11 May

Ian White Memorial Lecture: Esther Kinsky, Entering the Gaze

In her talk “Entering the Gaze”, Esther Kinsky will speak to the ways that films can teach us to abandon bias and preconceived notions in our own way of looking at the world Read more...

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Rich Mix (The Mix)

16:00
Sun 11 May

Student Showcase: Designing Audio Experiences MA

Students from UCL’s Designing Audio Experiences: Art, Science and Production MA will present two immersive audio performances Read more...

Pages: 12

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