{"title": "Crocodile", "start": "2026-10-28T20:20:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lexi Cinema", "address": "Chamberlayne Road 194b, NW10 3JU London", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinema.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_605.TcsWebTab_606", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/africa"], "description": "CROCODILE is a coming-of-age story about nine young Nigerians who, in a country shaped by Christianity and marked by political difficulties, discover their voice through sci-fi filmmaking. The film is directed by The Critics and Pietra Brettkelly. Shot by the protagonists themselves over twelve years, it reveals a widening worldview as they grow beyond the boundaries of their Nigerian homeland. 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When their ailing mother comes to live with them, old wounds surface and the sisters' fragile family bonds are tested as they confront grief, ambition, desire and expectations.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/dear-ajayi-38171/", "official_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_436.TcsWebTab_437.TcsProgramme_2949792", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/8aacda989ad23f5c4048d33f0ddd624ee545b6ad6dd87feb560931dc49bf93ea-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sad Girlz", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/coming-of-age-drama"], "description": "A screening of the feature film 'Sad Girlz'. 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It is run by London Screen Academy and invites teenagers to watch a film or TV pilot together, take part in mini-activities to sharpen storytelling skills, and meet other young cinema fans. No experience is needed, and it is aimed at young people under-represented in the screen industry without pre-existing connections in film, TV or related media. 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Made by Michel Gondry using hand-made paper cut-out animation, stop motion and live action, it follows Maya and her dad, who live in two different countries; each night he asks her for a title and turns it into a cartoon with Maya as the heroine, forming a poetic and fun journey for children and grown-ups alike.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/maya-give-me-a-title-38174/", "official_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_436.TcsWebTab_437.TcsPerformance_2889316.TcsSection_936", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/ecd18a9e4e731ba4dab3e6c274ffb1b011dd7f397d7dfc2b87596d385932e94c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Rumba Rules, New Genealogies", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Goldsmiths CCA", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["music/world/african", "film/documentary"], "description": "A special screening of the film Rumba Rules, New Genealogies (2020). It was produced by Twenty Nine Studio and directed by David N. Bernatchez and Sammy Baloji with the collaboration of Kiripi Katembo Siku. The film goes into the daily life of the Brigade Sarbati Orchestra, one of the great orchestras of the current generation in Kinshasa, with nearly thirty artists. Through studio work, rehearsals and concerts, it offers portraits of Congolese rumba as an essay on the meaning of self and rootedness.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/rumba-rules-new-genealogies-60635/", "official_url": "https://goldsmithscca.art/event/screening-rumba-rules-new-genealogies-2020/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/476aebbf9550c0061b29d48b3e955f9ea92987106b28623ab50cdec024a32d85-2000.webp"}, {"title": "All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "nature/environment", "society/activism"], "description": "An evening screening of the documentary 'All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea', followed by an in-person Q&A. It was made by writer/director Jeanie Finlay, a Teessider, and features Joanna Scanlan alongside her at the talk. The film follows fisherman Stan Rennie, who has worked the same stretch of North-East England coastline where the river meets the sea for over fifty years, as his world is upended when a vast tide of poisoned crabs and lobsters washes ashore after a new development on that coast. Facing the ruin of his business and failing health, he becomes the unlikely figurehead of a grassroots campaign for the truth about the die-off, in a wry David and Goliath story about grief and finding power in community.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/all-rivers-spill-their-stories-to-the-sea-37851/", "official_url": "https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00018496/all-rivers-spill-their-stories-to-the-sea-jeanie-finlay-q-a", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/c2662510b5f751f189626ca183257ac08650341f6a51f769b07eea242797daaf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Animol", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/crime-drama"], "description": "Animol is a film set behind the walls of a young offender institution, where new arrival Troy is thrust into a brutal world of gangs, loyalty and violence. It is the directorial debut of actor Ashley Walters, from a story by Nick Love. An unspoken bond develops between Troy and a fellow inmate, which becomes a dangerous vulnerability for them both. The cast includes Stephen Graham, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Tut Nyuot, Vladyslav Baliuk, Ryan Dean and Sekou Diaby.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/animol-37795/", "official_url": "https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/004/HO00018742/animol", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/99df8bea0da49721079c78343650b1b26ec0cab77ed35e52c22051df16691734-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Autumn Term Film Writer/Director Ideas Lab", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Roundhouse", "address": "Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH London", "price": "£15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["film"], "description": "Film Writer/Director Ideas Lab is a project for aspiring screenwriters and directors aged 18-25 that explores screenwriting and directing, turning an initial concept into a professionally structured short film project. Participants dive into script analysis, learn directing methodologies, sharpen writing skills, and map out career steps in film. The programme is led by Nadira Amrani, a British-Algerian director working in film and TV, with personalized mentoring from BAFTA-winning director Stella Corradi. 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Their bond with other female workers helps them endure harsh conditions, until abuse and harassment shatter their hopes. With the support of a Spanish lawyer, they must decide whether to speak out against a powerful system, risking everything to seek justice.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/strawberries-38172/", "official_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_436.TcsWebTab_437.TcsProgramme_2949849", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/567dc26b5e41c66b2c5f213938c7015d76132fc79b0f4036c104e27903f8f7c3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tutu", "start": "2026-10-28T18:20:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Rio Cinema", "address": "Kingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_436.TcsWebTab_437", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary"], "description": "This is a screening of the documentary film TUTU. 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