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Genre: Literary Adaptation


A man and woman stand outside at night dressed in upscale attire, the couple is smiling warmly and behind them is greenery and string lights.

Clarissa

Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri

Adapting Mrs. Dalloway to modern Lagos, this evocative drama captures post-colonial class tensions, memory, and desire across a single momentous day.

A woman and child stand together bundled in coats, the woman has a hat and scarf, her arm around the child. The child points into the distance smiling, a blurry city behind them.

The Diary of a Chambermaid Le journal d'une femme de chambre

Radu Jude

In this potent satire, a Romanian nanny working in France grows weary of her employer’s exploitation while rehearsing a play that echoes her plight.

Black-and-white, a woman and older man sit side-by-side at a table, while a uniformed official watches behind them.

Fatherland

Paweł Pawlikowski

At the height of the Cold War, writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) embark on a road trip across a divided Germany.

Two young women in close up sit at a table on the floor, they draw with dip ink pens as warm sunlight spills into the room through the windows behind them.

Look Back

Hirokazu Kore-eda

This ode to the creative spirit follows two small-town girls whose friendship is fueled by their shared passion and dream of becoming manga artists.

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