Courtesy of MUBIFilm & TVNewsFilm & 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, 2022TextDazed 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. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeKısmet by MilkaKate Moss takes over London for Kısmet by MilkaJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameWatch: Owen Cooper on Adolescence, Jake Gyllenhaal and Wuthering HeightsOwen Cooper: Adolescent extremesIt Was Just An Accident: A banned filmmaker’s most dangerous work yetChase Infiniti: One breakthrough after anotherShih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker’s film about a struggling family in TaiwanWatch: Rachel Sennott on her Saturn return, turning 30, and I Love LA Mapping Rachel Sennott’s chaotic digital footprintRachel Sennott: Hollywood crush