Clarissa brings Mrs. Dalloway to Lagos at VIFF tonight

Arie and Chuko Esiri's adaptation screens October 1 at Fifth Avenue Cinema in VIFF's Showcase programme.

Clarissa is scheduled to screen at 5:45 pm on October 1 at Fifth Avenue Cinema in VIFF's Showcase programme. The festival also lists an October 4 screening at the Park Theatre. Twin filmmakers Arie and Chuko Esiri relocate Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway to present-day Lagos, following a society hostess preparing for a

party while memories and social tensions surface. Sophie Okonedo stars alongside David Oyelowo, Ayo Edebiri and India Amarteifio. VIFF says the film was shot on 35mm and premiered in the 2026 Cannes Directors' Fortnight. The official VIFF page gives the schedule and film credits. Headline image: © Courtesy of Elevation

Pictures, via VIFF. Official promotional still.

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