various cinemas

Style fans, look sharp: Fashion in Film Festival is back with a celebration of the industry's relationship with the moving image. This year's theme is Grounded, which means there's a focus on the natural world, explored in a teeming programme of 80 screenings of new and archival films. Unexpected gems include 'The Dancing Fleece', a quirky ballet fashion film commissioned by the British wool industry in 1950; the UK premiere of Kosai Sekine’s Dust to Dust (2024), which follows clothes' lifespan from Parisian runways to Kenyan landfill; rare 1977 Ogawa collective film 'Raising Silkworms', and a showcase of silent films with a live experimental choral soundtrack by Musarc.  Screenings will be held at Barbican Cinema, Garden Cinema, Genesis and Rio Cinema, before the festival continues at other UK locations. Various dates and times. Check website: www.fashioninfilm.com.