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Black Sound moving image display
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Library

Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music

Free

This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.

Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
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Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Spirited Away
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Cinema

Family Film Club: Spirited Away

Studio Ghibli on the big screen is an absolute must for cinephile families – and why not come along before the film and try your hand at some themed Origami?

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

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Cinema

Parent & Baby Screening: Warfare

Alex Garland's latest thriller is a collaboration with veteran Ray Mendoza, telling the story of the Iraq War from a US troop's perspective.

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Cinema Take part Talks & events

CYFF: Scavenger Hunt

Stamp your card at every station of our one-of-a-kind film trail through the Conservatory and get a chance to win two tickets to a film of your choice!

Conservatory
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Take part Talks & events

CYFF: Conservatory Events

Join us at the Conservatory for events that explore the themes of the festival’s films. Nestled among exotic plants, our Conservatory will become a living hub for film, music and discovery. 

tiger writing workshop
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Cinema Take part

CYFF: Tiger Writing Workshop

Taking place before the screening of Tiger, this writing workshop encourages participants to explore ideas of masculinity. Open to everyone, regardless of writing experience. 

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Cinema

Flow

See the Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature following a lone cat who joins a ragtag group of animals after their home is destroyed by a flood in this lyrical-fantasy adventure.  

Tiger
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Cinema

CYFF: UK Premiere: Tiger

A breathless exploration of toxic masculinity. José María Cabral's unflinching semi-autobiographical film unpacks the making and unmaking of machismo in a ‘Tigueres’ bootcamp.

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Cinema

An Army of Women

A documentary from Julie Lunde Lillesæter following a group of women in Austin, Texas, who join forces to legally challenge the system that allowed their rapists to walk free.

Two people perform on stage among large pieces of draping white fabric with bright lights projected onto it.
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Theatre & dance

Queer East: When the cloud catches colours

Thought-provoking theatre exploring the experience of two queer Singaporeans as they grow older. Based on true accounts, the show delves into relationships, family, insecurity, kindness and safety.

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Cinema

Sinners

Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.

Talking About Trees
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Cinema

CYFF: Apostles of Cinema + Talking About Trees

Earnest and spirited, Apostles of Cinema and Talking About Trees put the spotlight on two passionate groups of East African film workers bringing cinema back to the community.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono sit at a piano, reading music in their New York apartment
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Cinema

One to One: John & Yoko

A captivating documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time in 1970s New York, and the Beatles star's final full-length performance.

happyend live music
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Cinema

CYFF: Happyend DJ Set by Sarra Wild/OH141

Echoing the soundscape of Happyend, be transported to a world of hypnotic techno futurism in the Barbican's concrete garden.

Happyend
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Cinema

CYFF: Preview: Happyend + Recorded Q&A

Neo Sora’s breathtaking fiction feature debut explores a dystopian near-future Tokyo through the eyes of a group of teenagers rebelling against societal expectations.

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Cinema

Swimming Home

A surreal and darkly comic journey into the unresolved traumas that lurk in the shadows of all our lives, based on the novel by Deborah Levy.

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Theatre & dance

Hamlet: Teatro La Plaza

This joyous and defiant ★★★★★ (The Stage) reimagining breathes new life into Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.

Charlie Cunningham in blurred, black and white image looking to the right pensively
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Contemporary music

Charlie Cunningham

Acclaimed London singer-songwriter Charlie Cunningham makes his Hall debut, performing new music from his highly anticipated fourth album, In Light.

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Cinema

Julie Keeps Quiet

Leonardo van Dijl’s first feature film is a gripping psychological drama told from the perspective of a young athlete in crisis.

An American soldier stands in a room flooded with pink light, hiding in the corner next to the window.
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Cinema

Warfare

Alex Garland's latest thriller is a collaboration with veteran Ray Mendoza, telling the story of the Iraq War from a US troop's perspective, following on from his research on Civil War.

Three teenagers ride on top of a red tractor, grinning
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Cinema

Holy Cow

In rural France, 18-year-old Totone must face reality and take responsibility for his younger sister. His solution, to make the best Comté cheese in the region and bag the prize money. 

Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
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Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

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Cinema

Members' Screening: Warfare

Alex Garland's latest thriller is a collaboration with veteran Ray Mendoza, telling the story of the Iraq War from a US troop's perspective, following on from his research on Civil War.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

An image of the conservatory
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Talks & events

Experiments in Utopia: Conservatory Takeover

Free

Step inside our iconic conservatory for a day of talks, interventions, and workshops exploring practices of intentionality and experimentation in the interplay of community and creativity.

An overgrown graveyard with pink flowers in front of a block of flats.
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Experiments in Utopia Workshop: Solfi – Noise from Nowhere

Join Solfi for this sound workshop and create a collective song about utopia in the here and now. What does togetherness sound like in a broken world?

Figures are dancing in a dark room lit by yellow, green and blue lights.
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Talks & events

Experiments in Utopia: Keynote Talk

In a climate of fear and division, how do we forge communities of hope to enable experimentation and imagine better futures? Discover more at this keynote talk. 

Dessert for Constance
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Cinema

CYFF: Dessert for Constance

This archival film centres on two Senegalese street sweepers who stumble into the world of French cuisine, raising questions of migration and belonging in 70s Paris.