Armenian Film Society London | Jukebox Film Club

The soundtrack includes dance anthems by New Order, Rudimental, Kings of Tomorrow, Jack’N’Chill, Defected Records, Tidy Trax, Lisa Lashes, Jess Bays — and of course Sam Divine.
🎥 The film was selected as one of Film London's breakthrough documentaries in 2024 at their London Screenings.

🎧 Filmed over 8 years, Married to the Music features heavyweight names such as Hannah Wants, Smokin Jo, Lisa Pin-Up and Roger Sanchez, plus an unseen interview with the godfather of house music Frankie Knuckles.

🔥 At the centre is DJ Sam Divine, the First Lady of House Music, who opens up with rare honesty about her rise to fame, struggles with addiction and mental health, and her relentless passion for music. Her fight for equality exposes an industry where women still account for only 30% of festival acts

❤️ The film charts the wild rise of dance music — from its birth in the gay black clubs of Chicago, through Manchester’s acid house revolution, the days of illegal raves and pirate radio, to its global takeover. It’s the story of a genre that terrified the establishment and captured hearts worldwide

ICA | Married to the Music + Q&A The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...

🎬 The Jukebox Film Club is proud to announce our next screening, the UK premiere of Married to the Music by Garo Berberian (Rebel Republic Films).
🕡 6:30 pm, Sat 25 Oct
📍 ICA
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Followed by an in-person Q&A hosted by music journalist Sophia Hill and a DJ set by Pinks ✨

👉 To take part, send an image + short note to london@armenianfilmsociety.org with subject line “pop-up fair” before midday, 14 September.
🎟 Tickets to the screening via ICA website (link in bio). Access to the Art Fair is free
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🎤 Followed by in-person Q&A hosted by curator + AFSL co-founder Kira Adibekov.
🌟 OPEN CALL — POP-UP ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR 🌟
Before the screening, we’re hosting a one-night-only fair!
We invite creatives to bring one object to showcase or sell (please note: no stalls or tables provided).

📽 Following its world premiere at SXSW and UK premiere at SXSW London, this freewheeling documentary essay arrives at the ICA. Through role-play, magic, and encounters with doppelgängers, Doppelgängers³ imagines pluralistic, queer, and ecofeminist futures in space.

✨SCREENING + OPEN CALL ✨
📽 It’s official! This month, we are presenting ARMENIA CITY IN THE SKY: DOPPELGÄNGERS³ by Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian as a part of our JUKEBOX FILM CLUB
📍 ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
🗓 Saturday 21 September, from 7 pm ART FAIR // 8:30 pm SCREENING

🎬 Save the Date! 🎬
🗓️ The Armenian Film Festival London returns to the iconic ICA London from 4–7 December!

Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/film-hub-london

Two lovely pics by @Tuftenstein on Twitter, Stephen Sayadian on the left and me on the right, sitting in front of the screen at the ICA. In the first pic I am laughing, in the second (black and white) I am more serious, in both Stephen is gesturing as he talks.

A joy talking to Stephen Sayadian last weekend for @afsl.bsky.social ‘s DR. CALIGARI & CAFÉ FLESH double bill. From working as art director at Hustler, to making “the first p*rn film that had people asking for their money back”, Stephen is a fascinating artist that more people should know about.

We had an exciting evening at ICA, screening the inimitable Stephen Sayadian’s double bill (Dr Caligari & Café Flesh). Thanks to Daniel Bird for restoration & Elena Lazic (@elazic.bsky.social) for her moderation. We're also very grateful to @icalondon and to everyone who turned up yesterday.

Prévert for Perverts: A Glossary of Dirty Discourse in Café Flesh As Stephen Sayadian's cult post-apocalyptic film Café Flesh premieres in a new 4K restoration, Daniel Bird offers a guided tour through some of its most memorable lines.

Thrilled to publish this on @animusmagazine.bsky.social ahead of the UK premiere at the ICA of the new 4K restoration of Stephen Sayadian's CAFÉ FLESH—a fantastic guide by Daniel Bird to the beautifully mad dialogue crafted by Sayadian and writer Jerry Stahl: animus-magazine.ghost.io/cafe-flesh-g...

‘Porn is the most conservative business I was ever in’: behind the scenes at Café Flesh The 1982 film was rejected by its conservative financiers but had an influential afterlife at cinemas such as the Scala in King’s Cross. A restored print is showing in London this month

Our first screening of the Jukebox Film Club is covered by The Guardian - come and join us this Saturday at ICA.
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Screening at our Jukebox Film Club on 29 March, ICA London www.ica.art/films/fluore...

ICA | Fluorescent Apocalypse: Dr. Caligari and Café Flesh The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...

On 29 March, the Armenian Film Society and Daniel Bird present Fluorescent Apocalypse at the London ICA from 7:30 pm with host @elazic.bsky.social

Book tickets today and tune in to our Daniel Bird podcast as he shares his journey into Eastern European film 🗣️✨

🎟️ ica.art/films/fluorescent-apocalypse

MIND YOUR NERVE ENDS LOVE BUNCH - DR. CALIGARI (1989) DIR. STEPHEN SAYADIAN This is "MIND YOUR NERVE ENDS LOVE BUNCH - DR. CALIGARI (1989) DIR. STEPHEN SAYADIAN" by daniel bird on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the…

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Watch this exclusive clip from Dr Caligari, screening next week, followed by a Q&A with the director Stephen Sayadian, moderated by @elazic.bsky.social.
🗓️ Sat, March 29
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍Institute of Contemporary Arts
🎟️ Tickets www.ica.art/films/dr-cal...
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Come and see this special, deranged, unhinged and absolutely wonderful Stephen Sayadian double bill and we are excited to have @elazic.bsky.social moderating the conversation. www.ica.art/films/fluore...