Dir: Arie and Chuko Esiri | Nigeria, Drama 2026 Clarissa is an ambitious reworking of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, relocating its exploration of love, regret and social privilege to contemporary Nigeria....

Dir: Lisa Mandelup | US Doc 2026 Grandmasters sets out to make the esoteric world of competitive chess accessible, following the disruption caused when an eccentric German entrepreneur recruits reigning world...

Dir: Serge Ioan Celebidachi | Biopic, 145’ The Yellow Tie is an ambitious, lavishly mounted biopic about a man who believed that music was too precious to be captured on record....

Dir: Jonathan Glazer | UK 38’ Joy of Joys: Jonathan Glazer finds the light in the darkest places in this star-studded musical gathering with a devastating sting in its tail. Jonathan Glazer is...

Dir: Federico Borgia | Comedy Drama 94’ There are worse things to inherit than a luxury seaside villa. An Afghan hound, for instance, might seem an unlikely beneficiary — until you...

Dir: Lee Chang-dong | Drama 164’ 2026 Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love is the kind of film that seems to be doing very little until, almost imperceptibly, it gets under the skin....

Dir: Manon Coubia | Drama France 2026 There is something almost magical about the mountain refuge at the heart of Manon Coubia’s Forest High. Perched high in the northern Alps, it’s...

Dir: Ankur Hooda | India Drama 77’ Ankur Hooda’s captivating first feature The Calf Doll is a film that finds poetry in a world seemingly disappearing before our eyes. Set amid...

Cairo Film Connection backs the next wave of Arab cinema Sixteen projects. Twelve countries. One of the Arab world’s key film-industry springboards. Cairo Film Connection has unveiled its selection for its...