{"title": "Barbican Cinema Family Film Week 2026", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Barbican Cinemas", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://onecitylondon.com/shop/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/animation", "occasion/half-term"], "description": "Barbican Cinema Family Film Week 2026 is a week of family-friendly film screenings, with various timings and days. It is the Barbican's annual celebration of cinematic discovery for young people, welcoming family audiences for a big screen experience during the October half term. 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It is organised by The Garden Cinema as part of their Halloween programme, with eerie movie clips, cocktails, dress-up encouraged with a costume prize, and prizes including cinema vouchers, drinks, books, blu-rays and gifts donated by local businesses. 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While the children watch the films, parents can enjoy a drink from the bar, and food is available for everyone. Entry is free and no booking is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/kids-cinema-fridays-45920/", "official_url": "https://heathcoteandstar.co.uk/whats-on/kids-cinema-fridays/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/867604769ade85c4606bbb3e2dfdc509719529f3def72fc963b9d9cbdd809677-2000.webp"}, {"title": "SET Film Festival 2026", "start": "2026-11-05T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-12-05T22:00:00Z", "place": "Set Social", "address": "Nigel Road 55, SE15 4NP London", "price": "£5 - £9", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://set-film-festival.eventive.org/welcome", "category": "film", "tags": ["art/media-art/film"], "description": "SET Film Festival is an independent, grassroots platform for contemporary, artist and archival film, returning to SET Social in Peckham for its fourth edition across a month of screenings and events. It was founded in 2023 and curated this year by Amina Ali, Ellie Dobbs and Verity Monroe with the wider SET FF26 team. The programme brings together four themed short film nights, a feature-length screening, a free evening of archival film and performance, a first online screening and an inaugural awards night, with selected screenings followed by Q&As with filmmakers. 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It features sing-alongs, dance moments, exciting games and magical surprises, where audience participation is a must. For the very first time, families can join two on-screen hosts on a brand-new adventure around Disneyland Paris for the ultimate Disney Junior playdate. It is a magical, value-packed movie party for the whole family to enjoy together.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/disney-junior-cinema-club-2026-63836/", "official_url": "https://hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk/HebdenBridgePictureHouse.dll/WhatsOn?f=5535530", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8194d2173b585d52380517ba9a83eccd7863329276358201abe40b10430f77f3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Explore the Wild: Family Saturdays", "start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T15:00:00Z", "place": "Company Drinks", "address": "Longbridge Road, IG11 8TA Barking", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["occasion/seasons"], "description": "Explore the Wild: Family Saturdays is a free series of seasonal activities for families held every other Saturday. It is hosted by Company Drinks at their pavilion at the Barking Park Outdoor Bowls Club. The pavilion becomes a space for creativity, making, growing and rest, with activities aimed at children aged 4 to 13 who must be accompanied by an adult. There is access to inside and outside space, free warm drinks and toilet facilities, and booking is advised.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/explore-the-wild-family-saturdays-41295/", "official_url": "https://companydrinks.info/event/explore-the-wild-saturday-5/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/86b864e549db4be12384e0025d71e42ba739695bfc8765fdb24d4d944c85f158-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Film Africa 2026", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["society/africa", "film"], "description": "Film Africa 2026 is a festival of African cinema taking place across London, opening and closing at BFI Southbank. It is run by the Royal African Society and returns from 23 October to 1 November 2026. The programme brings together new voices, established filmmakers and essential works from across Africa and its diasporas, spanning features, documentaries, shorts, retrospectives and conversations. Highlights include a special screening and conversation honouring Tunisian filmmaker Férid Boughedir, whose documentaries Caméra d'Afrique and Caméra Arabe are landmark works on African and Arab cinemas.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/film-africa-2026-74233/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6e08461265938bcfe1b85ae17682528e1ec42c84bdc12594b74e6547e8cebeaa-2000.webp"}, {"title": "NFF 2026: East Anglian Student Showcase", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "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"], "description": "NFF 2026: East Anglian Student Showcase + Q&A is a 90-minute showcase of student work with a question-and-answer session, rated 18. It is part of the Norwich Film Festival 2026 programme at Picturehouse, celebrating films made by students from the East of England. Attendees can hear from the filmmakers themselves during the discussion after the screening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nff-2026-east-anglian-student-showcase-37884/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c8a81c5bf225858a9efe5b91c126d0b931ea1e0186019fef057563b171b7194-1200.webp"}, {"title": "NFF 2026 Shorts: Sci-Fi Stories", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "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/science-fiction"], "description": "An evening of science fiction short films lasting 90 minutes. The programme is presented as part of Norwich Film Festival 2026. It brings together stories of imagined worlds and futures from the festival's selection.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nff-2026-shorts-sci-fi-stories-37882/", "official_url": "https://cpanel.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00018782/nff-2026-documentary-shorts-q-a", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b98aaef11db3f4d0ab1bb22c40f0b420908de6aa25845b42fa3456b3a1bb8f5b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "SET Film Festival 2026 - Night #1: Impossible Cinema", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T22:00:00Z", "place": "Set Social", "address": "Nigel Road 55, SE15 4NP London", "price": "£9 general admission / £7 concessions", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://set-film-festival.eventive.org/schedule/night-1-impossible-cinema-6accbcefd1712e4ba1f9f180", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/experimental"], "description": "An evening of four short films that explore what the organisers call 'impossible cinema', presented as the opening night of SET Film Festival 2026. The festival is an independent, grassroots event for contemporary, artist and archival film, founded in 2023, run by London-based arts organisation SET and curated by Amina Ali, Ellie Dobbs and Verity Monroe. The programme gathers works by Jani Peltonen, Maryam Tafakory, Basma Alsharif and Oleksiy Radynski in which borders, bureaucracy and censorship challenge conventions of filmic completion, reclaiming impossibility as a productive condition. The screening is preceded by an introduction by Phoebe Campion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/set-film-festival-2026-night-1-impossible-cinema-38494/", "official_url": "https://setspace.uk/event/set-film-festival-2026-night-1-impossible-cinema/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d0d52d340eb24cdf1daf377adfd3c4c0364e714a0f5dad6304923ea7caea6e28-2000.webp"}, {"title": "October half term", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "Hertsmere Road, E14 4AL London", "price": "Free, but some activities require booking tickets in advance", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["occasion/halloween"], "description": "October half term is a series of free, family activities at London Museum Docklands, running in person from 24 to 31 October 2026. It is organised by London Museum and invites families to dive into London legends and spooky superstitions in the historic heart of Canary Wharf. Children can set sail with superstitious sailors, sculpt clay lucky charms, learn about London's loneliest griffin, explore fairytale forests and write ten-word stories with former Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho OBE. All activities are free, though some require booking tickets in advance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/october-half-term-37052/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/556f1e18cf69ec01c06199511520f9d11dd94d7839ccca872cd57f38aada9586-2000.webp"}, {"title": "NFF 2026: LGBTQ+ Shorts + Q&A", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "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/short-film", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of LGBTQ+ short films followed by a question-and-answer session. The event runs 135 minutes and is rated 18. It is part of NFF 2026, presented by Picturehouse in London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nff-2026-lgbtq-shorts-qa-41883/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e07fc515127ad7758c6c50f6397611ad25af228ab88b7b72f9c39d36d73bf9e1-1200.webp"}]}