Gala Screenings
Clarissa
Clarissa prepares to host a party at her home in Lagos, Nigeria, where she will unexpectedly encounter once-intimate friends from her youth. As the group reflects on their shared past over the course of a single night, memories of their intricate relationships, passionate love, hidden desires, and lost aspirations give rise to bittersweet reckoning in this reimagining of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. A Neon release.
A Q&A with actor and Breaking Big honoree India Amarteifio immediately follows the screening.
Southeast premiere
Presented in English and Nigerian Pidgin with English subtitles.
DIRECTORS
Arie Esiri
Chuko Esiri
PRODUCERS
Theresa Park
Nicholas Weinstock
Arie Esiri
Chuko Esiri
WRITER
Chuko Esiri
CAST
Sophie Okonedo
David Oyelowo
India Amarteifio
Toheeb Jimoh
Ayo Edebiri
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri are twin Nigerian filmmakers whose acclaimed debut feature, Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), premiered at the 2020 Berlinale and earned international recognition. Their latest feature, Clarissa, premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.