Institute of Contemporary Arts

A season of documentaries from Oscar-laden directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, in support of our Milk preview.

We are proud to host a choice selection from the sixth London Short Film Festival.

We are delighted to have a selection of events from the 2009 Mime Festival at the ICA.

Seven international artists examine the role of money, desire and power in our accelerated image economy.

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The last in Yoji Yamada's elegant samurai trilogy.

Ring director Hideo Nakata directs this spin-off from the Death Note series, with genius detective L racing to stop environmental extremists causing global catastrophe.

The mumblecore massive comes to the ICA with the latest low-low-budget indie flick about awkward hipsters (awksters?).

The previous feature from Hannah Takes the Stairs director Joe Swanberg: a painful tale of three young men stumbling into grown-up relationships.

Can art provide a panacea in economic and social gloom? Artists, curators and writers discuss.

Special preview: Sean Penn gives a remarkable performance as Harvey Milk in this brilliant biopic from one of our greatest indie directors.

Jean Cocteau's haunting and romantic version of the classic fairy-tale, to complement Hansel & Gretel.

The quietly formidable debut feature from Duane Hopkins: an oblique drama about the struggle to live, day to day, for four characters in the Cotswolds.

Artist Yinka Shonibare talks about his new commission for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, and other upcoming work, with Dr Anthony Downey.

What can traditional science not tell us about the universe, and how do we fill in the gaps? With Rupert Sheldrake, Michael Brooks and Vivienne Parry.

Horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa tries a new genre with great success: this is an acutely observed, blackly funny drama about family secrets.