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[New York Film Festival @TheNYFF]

CLARISSA (Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri) | U.S. Premiere

Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo stars in twin filmmakers Arie and Chuko Esiri’s tender adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s MRS. DALLOWAY, which transports the 1925 novel to contemporary Nigeria while retaining the spiritual essence of Woolf’s themes.

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Best of July

📚:
Things Fall Apart (a: Achebe)

📽️:
The Odyssey (d: Nolan)

📺:
Suzhal: The Vortex (Amazon Prime)

🎶:
YEARNALISM (Baby Rose)

[TIFF @TIFF_NET]

#TIFF26 North American Premiere:

💐 CLARISSA
dirs. Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Arie and Chuko Esiri’s ‘CLARISSA’ to screen at TIFF.

Starring Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Amarteifio, Ayo Edebiri, Toheeb Jimoh and Nikki Amuka-Bird.

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@imoteda 😂

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@AlbumTalksHQ @blessinguzzi come and collect your husband.

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Best of June

📚:
Arkadia 🎭 (a: Stoppard)
The King Of Elfland's Daughter (a: Dunsay)

📽️:
Spirited Away (d: Miyazaki)

📺:
N/A

🎶:
So Help Me God (Kelsey Lu)

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@DikaOfoma Kalu is holding it, you know what to do 😌

cc: @blessinguzzi

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@blessinguzzi Not for Kalu 😌

[African Film Press @africafilmpress]

NEON Sets December 11 U.S. Release for "Clarissa"

NEON will open "Clarissa" in select U.S. theaters on December 11, 2026, the studio announced Wednesday.

The film is the second feature from twin directors Arie and Chuko Esiri, following "Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)." It premiered as a Directors' Fortnight selection at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, becoming only the second Nigerian feature to be officially selected in its history.

"Clarissa" reimagines Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway," relocating the story to Lagos. Sophie Okonedo and India Amarteifio play the title character across different decades, with Okonedo hosting a party where she reconnects with old friends over the course of one night.

The cast also includes David Oyelowo, Ayo Edebiri, Toheeb Jimoh, Fortune Nwafor, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Jude Akuwudike, Danny Sapani, Modesinuola Ogundiwin, Chuks Joseph, Kehinde Cardoso, Jable Osai and Joke Silva.

Casting was done by Nina Gold.

Chuko wrote the script; Arie and Chuko directed together.

The film was produced by Theresa Park (Per Capita Productions), Nicholas Weinstock (Invention Studio) and the Esiri brothers, and was shot entirely in Nigeria by Jonathan Bloom.

In his review, AFP's Tambay A. Obenson observed that the film stylistically captures a stratum of British-Nigerian elite life that rarely reaches the screen.

#Clarissa #NEON #Cannes2026 #NigerianCinema

[NEON @neonrated]

“Exquisite and moving.” Arie and Chuko’s CLARISSA, starring Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Amarteifio, Toheeb Jimoh, and Ayo Edebiri, opens only in theaters December 11.

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@DikaOfoma Lolll, it’s weekend 2 that counts, let’s wait and see.

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@DikaOfoma @eldivine Efuru

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@DikaOfoma https://t.co/n5IQjIFA9w

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@blessinguzzi Looll, I have issues with that film 😌

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Best of May

📚:
Love In A Fallen City (a: Chang)

📽️:
Memories Of Murder (d: Bong)
Kokuho (d: Lee)

📺:
N/A

🎶:
1942 (G-Eazy ft Yo Gotti, YBN Nahmir)

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The Brothers Who Made Virginia Woolf the Talk of Cannes https://t.co/jlVxw7PkGB via @NYTimes

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Best of April

📚:
N/A

📽️:
Casablanca (d: Curtiz)

📺:
N/A

🎶:
N/A