{"title": "In Waves", "start": "2026-11-19T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/animation"], "description": "In Waves is a hand-drawn animated film that rides through the sun-soaked surf culture of California. Directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen, it is adapted from AJ Dungo's autobiographic novel and tells of Dungo's first high-school love, first surf session and the dreadful illness that breaks a perfect picture. The first animation film to open Cannes' Critics' Week, it celebrates the origins of surf in Hawaii, its sensitive characters and an animation style inspired by Hockney's melancholic art. The screening is preceded by a recorded introduction by the director.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-waves-36656/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/in-waves/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/371c3b16b104c778d5fcd3e7699b8e672f9aa0e6a500f6da04fb12d67c8b1a2c-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-19T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-12-01T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Maya, Give Me a Title!", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "£5 or £3 with a Hackney Library Card", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/animation/stop-motion"], "description": "A screening of the animated film 'MAYA, GIVE ME A TITLE!' for all ages. 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://noky.io/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://noky.io/images/ecd18a9e4e731ba4dab3e6c274ffb1b011dd7f397d7dfc2b87596d385932e94c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Sirocco & The Kingdom of the Winds", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/animation"], "description": "An animated film for families, winner of the Audience Award at the Annecy Animation Festival 2023, about two sisters, 4-year-old Juliette and 8-year-old Carmen, who find a passage from their world into the Kingdom of the Winds, their favourite book. To return to the real world, they must find Sirocco, a terrifying magician who can control the wind. It was directed by Benoit Chieux, with voices by Loïse Charpentier and Maryne Bertieaux.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sirocco-the-kingdom-of-the-winds-74185/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/sirocco-the-kingdom-of-the-winds/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e489a3c766be1d331666f40c40fbfe68571cddf32db909030ef2007e42b05ab-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Forgotten Island", "start": "2026-11-08T12:20:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Genesis Cinema", "address": "Mile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London", "price": "", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/animation"], "description": "Forgotten Island is an animated film screening at a cinema in London. It was made by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, with H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco, Jenny Slate and Manny Jacinto among the voices. The story follows Jo and Raissa, high school graduates and lifelong best friends about to take separate paths in life, who during their last night together stumble upon a mysterious portal. It transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali, full of magical and mythological creatures from the stories they grew up hearing from their Filipino families.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/forgotten-island-36983/", "official_url": "https://thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=10229641", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0c0232119d7e34d9015b2e018e5e406692cae2b7b8b4b894505047c8b5e144e3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "La Gradiva", "start": "2026-11-18T20:20:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/coming-of-age-drama"], "description": "La Gradiva is a feature film screening on a cinema screen. Director Marine Atlan follows a pack of rowdy French teenagers on a school field trip to Pompeii, where sunshine, desire, passion, angst and class tensions unfold against the ruins and beauty of the ancient past. As the journey progresses, pressures build between the students as they confront the hidden economic realities structuring their social lives. The film captures the fleeting nature of adolescence and summer, and was nominated for the Golden Camera and the Queer Palm at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/la-gradiva-74200/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/la-gradiva/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c3acad915477f3220f2a109b4dd7da5860fa7ab4ed31106ac94482b1c7fe8b4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Moana", "start": "2026-11-18T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T16:30:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/silent-film", "society/indigenous"], "description": "Moana 100 marks the centenary of the historic London premiere of Moana, a pioneering silent docufiction from 1926, with a live performance and a screening at the National Maritime Museum. Before the film, Moana: A Moving Meditation, devised and directed by Siliga Sani Muliaumaseali'i, explores the spirit and legacy of Moana through music, movement and spoken word, including its portrayal of Samoan culture and its later association with Disney. The performance features international Samoan soprano Aivale Cole, Nikoo Saeki, pianist Satoshi Kubo, Muliaumaseali'i and members of GAFA Arts Collective UK and the London Pacific community. The screening follows in the Lecture Theatre, with the black-and-white film running one hour and 25 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/moana-120098/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/moana-100", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2f0aeb0873fd6a001615c24d34455601d927463103561317f9a901f7b111c53-1200.webp"}]}