Courtesy of MUBIFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsDazed x MUBI Cinema Club returns with a preview of The African DesperateAlso featuring a Q&A with director Martine Syms – get your tickets hereShareLink copied ✔️October 5, 2022October 5, 2022Text Dazed Digital Good news, cinema fans! Dazed x MUBI Cinema Club is officially back with a bumper season of four film screenings, launching at the ICA next Tuesday with a preview screening of Martine Syms’ feature-length debut, The African Desperate. A showing of Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave will come later in the month, followed by Deep Red on October 31, and Aftersun in November. Taking place over 24 hours, The African Desperate follows new art grad Palace (Diamond Stingily), who needs to get home from upstate New York to Chicago following her graduation party. Director and multimedia artist Syms says that the film recounts her own first 24 hours as a master of fine arts – a “hilariously abject” trip through a patronising and racist art world. As part of its ongoing partnership with the film distributor and movie streaming service MUBI, Dazed will host an exclusive preview screening of The African Desperate from 6pm on October 18 at the ICA. Martine Syms will also stick around to answer audience questions after the film. Fancy it? Tickets are now available here for £6 (or £3 for Dazed Club members – learn more here). Tickets will also include drinks and a free goody bag. Revisit the trailer for The African Desperate, and see what else Dazed x MUBI Cinema Club has to offer, below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingKylie Minogue on her pop legacy and partying with Jonathan AndersonExclusive: We sit down with the Australian pop icon to chat personal style, Fever at 25, and her starring role in JW Anderson’s latest campaignFashionBeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismOakley FashionGoing ‘field mode’ with Roger ScottFashionMet Gala 2026: Dazed editors pick who they want to see on the red carpetMusicEvery track on North West’s N0rth4evr EP, rankedBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaFilm & TVWhat do sex workers actually think of Euphoria?FashionRio Fashion Week came in hot for its 2026 relaunchLife & Culture‘She was secretly the landlord’: Readers on their housemate horror storiesEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy