The national organisation for the development and support of independent film exhibition in the UK.
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Mapantsula - In UK cinemas now
“South Africa from a Black perspective… it’s about time.” - Spike Lee
Registration now open for Inclusion & Diversity Screening Days
ID Screening Days is our annual event comprising preview screenings and curated sessions for film exhibitors who want to show a broader range of films to a broader range of people and be an essential part of their community for everyone in it.
Lists
Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Competition 22 films
Titles selected to play in competition at Cannes 2024
The Cinema of Ideas 51 films
Full list of films which have screened on the ICO's online platform, The Cinema of Ideas
Spring Screening Days 2024 30 films
Films screened at Spring Screening Days, March 2024
Art of Action 12 films
Core titles available to book for screenings as part of the upcoming BFI FAN Art of Action season (in cinemas…
Our film catalogue 9 films
Titles currently available to book through the ICO.
We focus on sharing films that make a cultural contribution to cinemas…
2016 Foreign Language Oscar Nominations 74 films
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In partnership with Noods Radio, this sold-out May Day special screening of The Blood on Satan's Claw at Watershed is accompanied with Maya Deren's short Witch's Cradle, rescored live by Tara Clerkin Trio!
This acts as a precursor for Watershed's May Sunday season Curses, Cults & Covens: The Birth of British Horror, running weekly from the 5th to 26th of May.
Titles currently available to book through the ICO.
We focus on sharing films that make a cultural contribution to cinemas and expand the possibilities for audiences all across the UK. Our special interest is in uncompromising new work, reissues of key works of world cinema and artists’ film.