May 2023

Below is a selection of physical screenings in the London area throughout May 2023. There is no specific criteria here but for a general focus on the alternative, the avant-garde, and the unusual. Priority is given to one-off and repertory screenings rather than films with official distribution, though we sometimes note previews and Q&As for the more experimental work that does manage to get a theatrical release. For the latest gallery installations please see our Exhibitions page.

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Monday 1 May
15:00 Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006), The Garden Cinema, £5
18:40 Enys Men (Mark Jenkin, 2022) + live score, BFI Southbank (NFT1), £19

Tuesday 2 May
20:50 Celebrating Black Female Directors, Genesis Cinema, £8.50

Wednesday 3 May
20:15 Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989). The Garden Cinema, £12
20:40 New Films by George Barber, BFI Southbank (NFT3), £13

Thursday 4 May
19:30 Piripkura (Bruno Jorge, Mariana Oliva & Renata Terra, 2017), The Cinema Musuem, £10
20:30 The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008), BFI Southbank (NFT2), £13

Friday 5 May
18:30 South (Chantal Akerman, 1999), ICA, £14

Thursday 11 May
18:45 The Cassandra Cat (Vojtech Jasný, 1963), The Castle Cinema, £9

Friday 12 May
18:00 Antigone (Sophie Deraspe, 2019) + discussion, Birkbeck Cinema, £FREE

Saturday 13 May
14:00 Abolition (Zózimo Bulbul, 1988), BFI Southbank (NFT3), £6.50
15:00 Sounding Images, Birkbeck Cinema, £FREE

Sunday 14 May
16:00 In Fields of Words: Conversations with Samar Yazbek, Barbican Centre, £13
16:30 Berg (Joke Olthaar, 2021) + Q&A, ICA, £14
18:45 1871 (Ken McMullen, 1990) on 35mm, ICA, £14
20:15 'Still Living': Frans Zwartjes Album Launch, Close-up Film Centre, £12

Monday 15 May
18:00 The Dialogue (Maria Lalou, 2018) + discussion, Birkbeck Cinema, £FREE
20:45 Inferno (Dario Argento, 1980), BFI Southbank (NFT1), £13

Tuesday 16 May
18:00 Black Girl (Ousmane Sembène, 1966), Price Charles Cinema, £14 (£1 for members)
18:00 Jam Money & Aimée Henderson, Markus Acher, The Gentlist, Black Tower Projects, £10
18:15 The Stranger (Ameer Fakher Eldeen, 2018), Barbican Centre, £13
20:15 Storming Heaven, Close-up Film Centre, £12

Wednesday 17 May
18:00 Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970), Prince Charles Cinema, £14
18:15 One Hand Don’t Clap (Kavery Kaul, 1988) + Q&A, Barbican Centre, £13
19:00 Michelle Williams Gamaker in conversation with May Adadol Ingawanij, South London Gallery, £6

Thursday 18 May
18:45 Skip Norman: Programme 1: The DFFB Years, ICA, £14

Friday 19 May
18:15 Purple Sea (Amel Alzakout and Khaled Abdulwahed, 2020), Barbican Centre, £13
18:30 Images of Enchantment + Q&A #ECHOES, ICA, £14
19:00 Skip Norman: Programme 2: 1 Berlin-Harlem, Goethe Institut, £5
19:00 Spencer Kansa in conversation: the fascinating lives of Marjorie Cameron and Burt Shonberg, Horse Hospital, £5

Saturday 20 May
12:00 Skip Norman Study Day: includes Programmes 3: Collaborations and 4: The American Years I, Goethe Institut, £5
15:10 Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982) on 35mm, Prince Charles Cinema, £14
16:30 Ritual Body + Q&A #ECHOES, ICA, £14
18:20 Dissolution (Nina Menkes, 2010), BFI Southbank (NFT£), £13
20:45 Inferno (Dario Argento, 1980), BFI Southbank (NFT1), £13

Sunday 21 May
16:30 Possible Universe + Q&A #ECHOES, ICA, £14
18:45 A Letter to Jane (Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1972), Close-up Film Centre, £12
20:30 El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970), Prince Charles Cinema, £14

Monday 22 May
19:00 Both Sides Now 8: Queer Realities/Virtualities, Horse Hospital, £3
20:40 Phantom Love (Nina Menkes, 2007) on 35mm, BFI Southbank (NFT2), £13

Tuesday 23 May
18:30 Skip Norman: Programme 5: The Independent Years, ICA, £14
18:45 Reichsautobahn (Hartmut Bitomsky, 1984), Barbican Centre, £13

Wednesday 24 May
20:30 Queen of Diamonds (Nina Menkes, 1991), BFI Southbank (NFT2), £13

Thursday 25 May
18:30 Skip Norman: Programme 6: The American Years II, ICA, £14
18:30 Dislocation Blues: Jane Jin Kaisen, Tate Modern, £10

Friday 26 May
18:30 Dislocation Blues: Tate Late, Tate Modern, £FREE
19:00 Dalí In New York (Jack Bond, 1966), Horse Hospital, £8
19:30 Denpa Disassociate:Double Wonderful x Denpa Diary, Poster Hauss, £7

Saturday 27 May
11:00 Dislocation Blues: Saodat Ismailova, Tate Modern, £10
13:40 The Bloody Child (Nina Menkes, 1996), BFI Southbank (NFT3), £13
15:45 Experimental Half-Hours, BFI Southbank (NFT2), £13
18:45 A Letter to Jane (Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1972), Close-up Film Centre, £12

Sunday 28 May
14:00 Le Mépris (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) on 16mm, The Castle Cinema, £11
20:15 25 Fireman's Street (István Szabó, 1973), Close-up Film Centre, £12

Monday 29 May
16:20 The Great Sadness of Zohara (Nina Menkes, 1983), BFI Southbank (NFT3), £13

Wednesday 31 May
20:30 Magdalena Viraga (Nina Menkes, 1986), BFI Southbank (NFT3), £13