# Seduction: The Cruel Woman

Seduction: The Cruel Woman at Institute of Contemporary Arts, Thursday 12 November 2026, 20:40.

- Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London
- With: Nico Hughes
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A screening of the film Seduction: The Cruel Woman, introduced by season curator Nico Hughes, an MA student in Film Studies at the National Film and Television School. Directed by Elfi Mikesch and Monika Treut, the film follows Wanda, a dominatrix and businesswoman who stages sadomasochistic rituals as spectacles in a Hamburg gallery. Inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs, it places a woman's bisexual desire at the centre, starring Mechthild Großmann and Udo Kier. Banned for 18 years by the German Federal Board of Censorship, it is now a seminal work of queer cinema.

## Dates

- Thursday 12 November 20:40 — Institute of Contemporary Arts

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