{"title": "Smoke Signals", "start": "2026-11-12T18:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Rio Cinema", "address": "Kingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_436.TcsWebTab_437", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama", "society/indigenous"], "description": "A cinema screening of Smoke Signals, introduced with a video by Indigenous Caribbean filmmaker Akley Olten. The film is presented by NEVER WATCHING MOVIES and is the first feature written, directed and produced by an all Native American filmmaking crew, winning the audience award and filmmaker trophy at Sundance 1998. It follows childhood friends Victor and Thomas as they travel off their reservation for the first time after news of Victor's father's passing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/smoke-signals-38192/", "official_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/WhatsOn?f=2795918", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7de8740d9aa9aab6e8a957198b317c7488f9ba3ad72484f1c030b57e1f2627e8-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T18:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Rio Cinema", "address": "Kingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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. 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It was directed by Thomas Vinterberg, who the film announced as an exciting new voice at the dawn of the Dogme 95 movement, and it won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The screening comes with an introduction by Leo Krenzer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/festen-39076/", "official_url": "https://cinemamuseum.org.uk/scheduled/festen-1998/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/59fa475db726aebbc24ae6bc2caa59716850abc9b0497de4cc565b3a531d420c-600.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'. Mexican filmmaker Fernanda Tovar's debut feature follows Paula and La Maestra, two 16-year-old best friends and rivals on their swimming teams, whose bond is tested after Paula is raped at a party and La Maestra seeks revenge in her own way, a situation that quickly spirals out of control. The film won the Generation 14+ Award at Berlinale. 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The story is set in southwestern Nigeria in the 1990s, where sisters Ade and Titi Ajayi live under the shadow of their late father, shaped by different ideas of duty, faith and freedom. Ade, a devout Christian and the family's breadwinner, struggles to understand her younger sister, an aspiring singer determined to forge her own path. 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://noky.io/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://noky.io/images/8aacda989ad23f5c4048d33f0ddd624ee545b6ad6dd87feb560931dc49bf93ea-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Storm Damage", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:15:00Z", "place": "Victoria and Albert Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL London", "price": "£5.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/11/storm-damage", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A film screening of Storm Damage, presented by UCL Community Cinema and taking place at UCL East Cinema in London. Written by Lennie James and directed by Simon Cellan Jones, the 2000 film follows Danny, a teacher who returns to the children's care home where he grew up after witnessing violent behaviour among his students. As he reconnects with the troubled teenagers there, he confronts his own past while trying to guide young people caught between neglect, anger and urban pressures. The screening is part of a series curated by Dr Clive Nwonka for The Music is Black Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/storm-damage-40096/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/43c0b35a72daf6b73ce24de9af9bae52c991c4d197e7bbb6717b14ea5500946e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Taipei Story", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Taipei Story is Edward Yang's 1985 film about Lung, who runs a traditional textile business, and Chin, an assistant at a construction company, a couple whose dreams of marriage and emigration in a developing Taipei begin to unravel as they desperately try to maintain their relationship. The film depicts the alienation of urban life and was made in collaboration with Taiwan New Cinema master Hou Hsiao-hsien, who takes the male lead and serves as screenwriter and producer. It stars Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Chin and Ko I-Chen. Yang's exceptional directorial skills are a testament to the camaraderie among New Cinema filmmakers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/taipei-story-39247/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/taipei-story/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/df78385e0e62858f02e2617d20e19f19468d04a76d57bd296ef2249f21eda796-600.webp"}]}