{"title": "In The Shadows", "start": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Genesis Cinema", "address": "Mile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/sports-drama", "sport/boxing"], "description": "In The Shadows + Q&A is a film screening followed by a question-and-answer session with its director and lead actor. The film, directed by Anthony Wonke and written by Ursula Rani Sarma, tells the true story of Ramla Ali, a Somali refugee who became the first Somali British Boxing Champion without her family's knowledge. BAFTA-winning Jasmine Jobson plays Ramla Ali, alongside Finn Cole as her husband Richard Moore and Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as her coach Clinton, with Hodan Yusuf, Suhayla Ahmed, Roda Asha Aden, Mustafa Aden, Moe Hashim and Samater Ahmed among the cast. 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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. 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Thirty years after Laith's parents fled Iraq to escape Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and claimed asylum in the UK, his family is falling apart as he struggles to hide his darkest secret. It was written by award-winning British-Iraqi playwright Laith Elzubaidi and directed by Olivier Award-nominee Emily Ling Williams, starring Tommy Sim'aan as Laith. The play explores British-Iraqi identity, generational trauma, family expectations and the realities of the refugee experience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/insane-asylum-seekers-63506/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/36684510bee6ab13648ff2b3b4fa538f64f993efcb9836e60a254b0614813d18-600.webp"}, {"title": "Palestine Cinema Days Around the World: Blessed Blessed Oblivion & With Hasan in Gaza", "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "LUX", "address": "Dartmouth Park Hill, N19 5JF London", "price": "Free, RSVP", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tzkrti.com/en/events/4873", "category": "film", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "film/documentary"], "description": "A special screening of two films: Jumana Manna's 'Blessed Blessed Oblivion' and Kamal Aljafari's 'With Hasan in Gaza', shown as part of Palestine Cinema Days Around the World. LUX and Mosaic Rooms are collaborating on the event, organised by Filmlab Palestine for its 4th edition. 'Blessed Blessed Oblivion' (2010, 21') sketches a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, manifested in gyms, barber shops and body parlours and inspired by Kenneth Anger's 'Scorpio Rising'. 'With Hasan in Gaza' (2025, 106') is a filmic journal of a journey the filmmaker made in 2001 from the north to the south of Gaza, searching for the man with whom he had spent seven months in an Israeli prison, capturing daily life amid moments of vibrancy and darker realities.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/palestine-cinema-days-around-the-world-blessed-blessed-obliv-37113/", "official_url": "https://lux.org.uk/event/palestine-cinema-days-around-the-world-blessed-blessed-oblivion-with-hasan-in-gaza/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67c9f6fdfb102dda26d16327e9bb5f77f5a2f4d17578863558e396b6471bf114-600.webp"}, {"title": "Golden Boy", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Genesis Cinema", "address": "Mile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/historical-drama"], "description": "National Theatre Live: Golden Boy is a cinema screening of a play, filmed live from the Almeida Theatre and featuring a live string quartet. Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates directs this revival of Clifford Odets' American classic, with Josh O'Connor leading a cast that includes Daniel Mays and Hayley Squires. Set in 1930s New York at the height of the Depression, it tells of Joe Bonaparte, a gifted young violinist lured by fame and fortune into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he is willing to sacrifice, who he is willing to become, and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/golden-boy-69832/", "official_url": "https://genesiscinema.co.uk/event/113512", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6b2b1073dc5ec1cac769713e59aa4bcc5e84cb9d9b548d2cb5d0bf463b564d18-1200.webp"}, {"title": "NT Live: Golden Boy", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lexi Cinema", "address": "Chamberlayne Road 194b, NW10 3JU London", "price": "", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinema.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_605.TcsWebTab_606", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama", "stage/theatre"], "description": "NT Live: Golden Boy is a filmed theatre performance, screened at a small cinema, of a revival of Clifford Odets' American classic about 1930s New York during the Depression. 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The story explores ambition, identity, and the high price of success, as Joe confronts what he is willing to sacrifice and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nt-live-golden-boy-36998/", "official_url": "https://thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=10229596", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98fa1571a35f5746adcb8214361a005066cd899a77626cd420a43a68051e66e4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nobody Nowhere – Self Portrait of a Ghost", "start": "2026-10-29T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["society/disability/autism", "film/documentary"], "description": "A screening of the film Nobody Nowhere – Self Portrait of a Ghost (2026), followed by a short run ending at 8:00 pm, held in a relaxed format with reduced volume, low lighting and freedom to move in and out. The film is both by and about Polly Samuel, also known as Donna Williams, an autistic artist and advocate, and was filmed in the last months of her life. It offers her personal account of her experience and understanding of autism, multiplicity, relationship, fame, terminal illness and what it means to be human, taking the writing and publishing of her best-selling 1992 autobiography Nobody Nowhere as its turning point. In her words, it is not just a film about her, but a film about humanness, made to help people find themselves through it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nobody-nowhere-self-portrait-of-a-ghost-43649/", "official_url": "https://camhra.soas.ac.uk/event/screening-of-nobody-nowhere-self-portrait-of-a-ghost-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/168beb9d8e728cebf8792437ac5b48bc1883e6a2c1d6603203de4cb113318dc1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Of Times There Were Before", "start": "2026-11-03T17:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/historiography"], "description": "A documentary film screening, followed by a discussion with the director. 'Of Times There Were Before' is a portrait of Romila Thapar, one of the world's most influential historians and public intellectuals, filmed at her home in New Delhi. Directed and produced by Eshan Sharma and edited by Anant Raina, it began with the question of who the person behind the historian's name is. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/of-times-there-were-before-43655/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/times-there-were", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ab70484a4756c054d26543610c7f85665046d8a07044512675b0a187c2f3a49a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "First Scares", "start": "2026-11-01T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T14:00:00Z", "place": "The Cinema Museum", "address": "Dugard Way 2, SE11 4TH London", "price": "£22.50 – £40", "price_from": "22.50", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketlab.app/series/2886#/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film/horror"], "description": "First Scares is a two-show event in which broadcaster and writer Matthew Sweet explores what film or TV moments genuinely terrified stars of stage and screen. The 14:00 session features interviews with Peter Straughan (Conclave), BAFTA-winning Best Actress Joanna Scanlan (After Love) and Angela Allen; the 17:00 session features Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, The League of Gentlemen), Lesley Manville (The Crown, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris), Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Dune) and Carol Morley (The Falling, Typist Artist Pirate King). Expect favourite scares, childhood nightmares and plenty of debate about what really gets under our skin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/first-scares-39074/", "official_url": "https://cinemamuseum.org.uk/scheduled/first-scares/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ebfb7bc7dfa7390977add9f248e9b3ad2d4a1460661cafeefc340e263f69f84d-2000.webp"}]}