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Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective

Explore the daring films of a controversial auteur

Join us this August for Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective, featuring a selection of five films by the acclaimed, sometimes controversial Austrian auteur.

Published

Thu 31 Jul
A man wearing a yellow raincoat sits on a boat with two other people wearing yellow raincoats, who look distressed

The season opens with family drama The Seventh Continent, and continues with the chilling Funny Games on 35mm, erotic literary adaptation The Piano Teacher, psychological thriller Caché, and riveting historical masterpiece The White Ribbon.

You can see any two films in the season for the special price of £16 when you book them at the same time. 

A man and a woman sit in a room surrounded by video tapes while a television plays.

"For me, Michael Haneke is one of the great contemporary filmmakers," says David Nixon, DCA's Head of Cinema.

"Designed to provoke and challenge, his films explore themes of social collapse, collective guilt, and bourgeois complacency, and carry a uniquely distinct tone that lingers long in the memory after watching. Haneke stares where others fear to glance, and he affirms that we are all complicit – even him, even you."

Coming up

Complicit: Michael Haneke
Parents and a young girl sit on the floor of an empty apartment eating breakfast quietly.

The Seventh Continent

Duration: 1h48m
Sat 9 Aug 2025
Complicit: Michael Haneke
Two men argue with one another, while another man looks on

Funny Games (35mm)

Duration: 109 minutes
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Complicit: Michael Haneke
A man plays the piano in front of a small audience.

The Piano Teacher

Duration: 2h11m
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Complicit: Michael Haneke
A man stands in the street, looking angry and gesturing with his arm. Two people stand next to each other.

Caché

Duration: 1h59m
Sat 23 Aug 2025
Complicit: Michael Haneke
A black and white photo shows a group of children in 1900s dresses walking down a dirt path.

The White Ribbon

Duration: 2h38m
Thu 28 Aug 2025