Westminster & St James's

30 October 2009 to 26 November 2009

Institute of Contemporary Arts SW1Y 5AH[map]

A film tackling life's heavy weight topics in love, age and life, with a sense of humour attached.

11 December 2009 to 24 December 2009

Institute of Contemporary Arts SW1Y 5AH[map]

Wim Wenders reflects on the influences of American pop culture in post-war Europe. The story is based around a German reporter, Philip, who after a chance encounter with an elusive American woman accepts temporary custody of her young daughter Alice. Their friendship grows while traveling through Europe in search of the girl's grandmother.

Open all year Mon - Fri 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM; Sat 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM Closed Boxing Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day

The Embroidery Art Gallery SW1Y 4UY[map]

The gallery houses a permanent collection of Embroidered Paintings.

28 November 2009

Institute of Contemporary Arts SW1Y 5AH[map]

Writer-director Shonali Bose's debut is both a hard-hitting drama and a riveting thriller about a young woman who attempts to uncover the suppressed history of the 1984 genocide in Delhi. The film was cut by the Indian Censor Board to remove mentions of governmental complicity.

20 November 2009 to 26 November 2009

Apollo Cinema West End SW1Y 4LR[map]

Jenny's life is transformed when she meets a charismatic older man who introduces her to a glittering new world of classical concerts, art auctions, and late-night suppers. Soon her plans to study at Oxford are replaced with a more alluring type of education.

9 December 2009

Apollo Cinema West End SW1Y 4LR[map]

The film is about three Iranian army recruits are at the end of two months’ training – but still 22 months away from demobilisation. They are first seen enjoying a hot spring, relaxing tired bodies. Then, with their troop, they head into an endless countryside blanketed under deep snow. Suddenly, Essi has had enough and escapes with his two buddies – a bid for freedom that begins a struggle for survival in a pitiless environment. This 2007 film is directed by Naghi Nemati.

27 November 2009 to 3 December 2009

Odeon Panton Street SW1Y 4DP[map]

A comedy about a girl who decides to leave her boyfriend and run away. They meet one last time, to look back on their shared life.

27 November 2009 to 3 December 2009

Odeon Panton Street SW1Y 4DP[map]

This film with its powerful photography explores the two sides of the migration process. The story is set on the border between Tijuana and San Diego and follows the people aiming to cross the border ('pollos'), and their helpers ('polleros').

8 December 2009

Institute of Contemporary Arts SW1Y 5AH[map]

In recent times, the culture industry has capitalised on the work ethic of the art world - its ever-youthful energy, allure of freedom, flexible working hours, short-term or lack of contracts - and converted it into a standard production model. Following the success of Capitals of Culture schemes and the creative industries, governments have also been keen to embrace this post-Henry Ford work model and link it to the global neoliberal market economy. How have artists, curators and other arts professionals reacted? Can they offer alternative strategies and policies? Speakers: Matthew Herbert, musician and producer; Rudi Laermans, professor, Centre for Sociological Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Irit Rogoff, professor of visual cultures, Goldsmiths; Pil and Galia Kollectiv, artists, writers and curators working in collaboration; Pascal Gielen, co-editor (with Paul De Bruyne) of Arts in Society: Being an Artist in Post-Fordist Times, and author of The Murmuring of the Artistic Multitude: Global Art, Memory and Post-Fordism. Followed by book launch.

16 December 2009 to 20 December 2009

Mall Galleries SW1[map]

Art Liberating Lives, now in its fifth year, returns to the Mall Galleries. A truly diverse exhibition, showcasing a variety of 'liberating' artworks from across the world. Money raised from the exhibition will help Sue Ryder Care deliver expert and compassionate care to people living with conditions including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, stroke and cancer.

27 November 2009 to 3 December 2009

Odeon Panton Street SW1Y 4DP[map]

This multi-award winning documentary made by a group of Chilean students investigates how Chile's most influential newspaper El Mercurio manipulated information to hide human rights violations carried out during Pinochet's dictatorship. This is a groundbreaking documentary, the first that has dared to challenge the power of media mogul Agustín Edwards.

27 November 2009 to 3 December 2009

Odeon Panton Street SW1Y 4DP[map]

Bagatela' provides a portrait of justice against the backdrop of petty crimes that occur on a daily basis in Bogotá, a city accustomed to both violence and inequality.