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NEXT SCREENINGS

Opening Night: This Time It's Personal

23rd Jan 18:20
Curzon Soho

London Lives (+ filmmakers intro)

23rd Jan 21:20
Curzon Soho

Trans Sister Seventies! (+ panel discussion)

24th Jan 15:00
ICA

Wildest Grief (+ collective remembrance ceremony)

24th Jan 15:00
Metroland Studios

Can You Imagine A World? (screening only)

24th Jan 15:00
Lexi Cinema

The Colonial Present in Cinema and Sound (+ reflective listening soundscape)

24th Jan 18:00
ICA

Gothic

24th Jan 18:20
Curzon Soho

My Eye Is My Ear (+ filmmakers Q&A | BSL & DS)

24th Jan 18:20
BFI Southbank

British Lives (+ filmmakers Q&A)

24th Jan 20:40
BFI Southbank

A CoreCore Mixtape (+ pre-recorded Q&A)

24th Jan 21:00
ICA

Can You Imagine A World? (+ filmmakers intro)

25th Jan 14:20
Garden Cinema

the silent image of a woman (+ filmmakers Q&A)

25th Jan 15:00
ICA

Fantastic Fictions

25th Jan 15:00
Curzon Soho

A Raised Voice, Amplified (+ panel discussion | BSL & DS)

25th Jan 16:00
Garden Cinema

This Is a Switchboard for Conjuring Dimensions (+ filmmakers Q&A)

25th Jan 17:45
ICA

Everybody’s Darling: Melodrama in 80s & 90s Punk Cinema (+ extended intro)

25th Jan 18:20
BFI Southbank

Paving Paradise (+ filmmakers Q&A)

26th Jan 18:20
Curzon Soho

Lo-Budget Mayhem (+ filmmakers intro)

26th Jan 18:30
Rio Cinema

UK Competition: Drifting Towards Dreamsource (+ filmmakers Q&A)

26th Jan 20:40
BFI Southbank

Trans Sister Seventies! (screening only)

27th Jan 16:00
Toynbee Hall

Forms of Truth: Rising Non-Fiction Filmmakers (+ Q&A)

27th Jan 18:30
ICA

UK Competition: Memories of the Earth (+ filmmakers Q&A)

27th Jan 20:45
BFI Southbank

Wonders and Disasters: Nature, Architecture, and Colonialism in Central Asia (+ panel discussion)

27th Jan 20:50
ICA

Funny Shit (+ filmmakers intro)

27th Jan 21:00
Curzon Soho

British Lives (screening only)

28th Jan 14:30
ActOne Cinema

Not Her First Rodeo (+ music performance)

28th Jan 18:00
Rich Mix

Looking Through the Square Window (+ filmmakers Q&A)

28th Jan 18:20
Curzon Soho

International Competition: Visions and Voices (+ filmmakers Q&A)

28th Jan 18:30
ICA

Uncanny Sally (+ 80's horror themed quiz)

28th Jan 18:30
Rio Cinema

A Raised Voice, Amplified (screening only)

28th Jan 19:30
Newington Green Meeting House

East London, Bangladesh & Tales of Becoming (+ extended intro)

28th Jan 20:45
Rich Mix

International Competition: Talk About The Passion (+ filmmakers Q&A)

28th Jan 20:50
ICA

London Lives (screening only | DS)

28th Jan 20:50
Lexi Cinema

Vision On: New UK Animation (+ filmmakers Q&A)

29th Jan 18:00
Blinkink

So Long To The Valleys, So Long To The Seas (+ filmmakers Q&A)

29th Jan 18:20
Curzon Soho

In Order Not To Be Here (+ Q&A)

29th Jan 18:30
ICA

London Lives (screening only)

29th Jan 19:00
Metroland Studios

Paving Paradise (screening only)

29th Jan 19:30
Good Shepherd Studios

Palestine Looks Back (+ spoken word performance)

29th Jan 20:45
Rio Cinema

It’s Probably Fine (We Tried Our Best) [+ filmmakers Q&A]

29th Jan 20:45
Rich Mix

Emo Tapes (+ panel discussion)

29th Jan 21:00
ICA

You're A Red Flag (+ filmmakers Q&A)

30th Jan 18:20
Curzon Soho

British Lives (screening only)

30th Jan 18:30
Social Cinema Bromley

Express Yourself (+ filmmakers Q&A)

30th Jan 18:30
ICA

Wonders and Disasters: Nature, Architecture, and Colonialism in Central Asia (screening only)

30th Jan 19:30
Zoroastrian Centre

Palestine Looks Back (screening only)

30th Jan 20:30
Riverside Studios

Animation Variety Show (+ filmmakers Q&A)

30th Jan 20:45
Rich Mix

Eye to Eye (+ filmmakers Q&A)

30th Jan 21:00
ICA

Midnight Movies (+ filmmakers intro)

30th Jan 23:30
Rio Cinema

Am I Still Young? Can I Dream A Few Months More? (+ filmmakers Q&A)

31st Jan 12:00
BFI Southbank

My Eye Is My Ear (screening only)

31st Jan 15:00
Rich Mix

WTF?! (+ filmmakers Q&A)

31st Jan 15:00
Rio Cinema

Romantic Matinee (+ filmmakers Q&A)

31st Jan 15:00
Curzon Soho

Documentary: Tracing What We Inherit (+ filmmakers Q&A)

31st Jan 15:00
ICA

Society Is A Hole

31st Jan 17:30
Rich Mix

Documentary: Then, Now, Becoming

31st Jan 18:00
ICA

British Lives (screening only)

31st Jan 18:30
Kiln Theatre

London Lives (screening only)

31st Jan 19:30
Nunhead Community Cinema

Documentary: Fragile Landscapes

1st Feb 12:00
ICA

Awards Ceremony & Screening

1st Feb 14:00
Curzon Soho

The Colonial Present in Cinema and Sound (+ reflective listening soundscape)

1st Feb 14:30
ActOne Cinema
Plan Your Visit
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Emo Tapes (+ panel discussion)

Start Time:
29th Jan 21:00
Location:
ICA
Runtime:
43 min
Program:
Book

It's the early 2000s and the emo subculture emerges online. Young fans post on YouTube expressing a shared love of the music by uploading personal videos of lip-synching, dancing and emo makeover tutorials, putting their teenage bedrooms on show for the first time in youth culture history.

This programme of DIY YouTube videos gives us a snapshot of emo youth culture - showing us fun, freedom, and creativity across fashion and music. There will be a short symposium on emo superstars My Chemical Romance by Eylem Boz and a spoken word performance by Emmeline Hartley to investigate her personal small town teenage life. Plus a discussion hosted by co-curator Molly Miles, to include Jamie Brett, co-founder of the Museum of Youth Culture, and emo YouTuber Conor Peek. 

This programme is curated by Philip Ilson and Molly Miles.