{"title": "Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness", "start": "2026-11-20T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T20:30:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of the film \"Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness\", a tense drama in which Maryam, a 22-year-old woman who accidentally killed her 65-year-old husband and was sentenced to death, can only be saved if his daughter Mona publicly forgives her live on a hugely popular television show, forcing the two women to relive the past under the studio lights. It was made by Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, who won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at Sundance in 2020. The screening also launches Jacques Bidou's memoir \"Once Upon a Time in Production\", translated into English by Holly Aylett, about producing the film; Bidou, founder of JBA Production, will introduce the film and afterwards discuss the craft and politics of producing world cinema with Holly Aylett.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/yalda-a-night-for-forgiveness-80565/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/67393/yalda-a-night-for-forgiveness-massoud-bakhshi-iran-2019", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-20T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T20:30:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "London Palestine Film Festival: Janin, Jenin / Le Monde / Since You Left (Mohammad Bakri tribute)", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Rio Cinema", "address": "Kingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "film/documentary", "history/middle-east"], "description": "The London Palestine Film Festival 2026 presents a tribute to Mohammad Bakri (1953–2025), the Palestinian actor and filmmaker who helped shape Palestinian cinema and theatre for over half a century. The evening brings together three of his works spanning two decades: Janin, Jenin (2024), in which he returns with his camera to Jenin refugee camp to document the devastation of the 2023 assault; Le Monde (2026), about a birthday celebration in a café-restaurant where a blind man is the only one who registers the war on television; and Since You Left (2005), a meditation on his mentor Emile Habibi, personal memory and political history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-palestine-film-festival-janin-jenin-le-monde-since-yo-134378/", "official_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_436.TcsWebTab_437.TcsProgramme_2927957", "image": "https://noky.io/images/44c106337c68e8508b6df7ad90b1ba9305066dc2783e6b0a5e64cab4d0cdf959-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Film Screening: South by South", "start": "2026-11-18T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T20:45:00Z", "place": "South London Gallery", "address": "Peckham Road 65-67, SE5 8UH London", "price": "£10/£5 members & concessions", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["art/media-art/moving-image", "film/documentary"], "description": "An evening screening of two films by Mexican-Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir: the short 'Hairat', about a man in Harar who has bonded with hyenas for over thirty-five years, and 'Faya Dayi', a hypnotic blend of documentary and drama about the rituals and trade of the stimulant leaf Khat in Ethiopia. The films were programmed by A Month of Single Frames, a film collective led by Ufuoma Essi, Sam Williams and Tendai Mutambu dedicated to artists' moving image, with this event curated by South East London artist and filmmaker Ufuoma Essi. The screening contains depictions of drug use and addiction and themes of violence and political repression.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/film-screening-south-by-south-38710/", "official_url": "https://www.southlondongallery.org/events/film-screening-south-by-south-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0b6105be0573e1ff52b0093fc32daa13f70574dd0e2d7f0ec170bf29c492c44d-600.webp"}, {"title": "This Is Not a Burial, Its a Resurrection", "start": "2026-11-18T18:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Genesis Cinema", "address": "Mile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London", "price": "", "price_from": "4.99", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection (2019), preceded by an introduction. Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese's film explores grief, resistance, and the fight to preserve ancestral land in Lesotho: Mantoa, an 80-year-old widow preparing for her own funeral, sees her village face forced resettlement for a dam, and becomes a symbol of resistance, mobilising her community to fight for their land and heritage. The film will be introduced by Misa Mlambo, a South African creative producer and filmmaker based in London. The screening is curated by Meliza George as part of 'Whose Land? Whose Lens?', a season of works from the global south presented with the National Film and Television's Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/this-is-not-a-burial-its-a-resurrection-69840/", "official_url": "https://genesis.admit-one.co.uk/details/?eventCode=114461", "image": "https://noky.io/images/75fe60d09f77bc664f4fc7ea5ce0106576785fc994035639d0f23d20c83abcce-1200.webp"}]}