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THE DIFFICULT BRIDE
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by Rubaiyat Hossain
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"There is something wonderfully bold about this film"
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INTERNATIONAL CINEPHILE SOCIETY
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"A sharp feminist body horror"
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SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
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2026 - Bangladesh/France/Norway/Portugal/Germany - Supernatural Drama - 88 min
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with Zaineen Chowdhury Karim, Saberi Alam Motaher, Azmeri Haque, Reekita Nondine Shimu
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In Dhaka, Zaineen prepares for her wedding following beauty rituals and family expectations. However, her body reacts in many unexpected ways. Amongst home remedies, social pressures, and haunting visions, the path to marriage becomes a physical and psychological struggle against what is imposed on her.
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Screenings:
FRI 9 OCT 14:15 PHC2 P&I
SUN 11 OCT 21:00 BFI Southbank NFT1
MON 12 OCT 13:20 BFI Southbank NFT3
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HOT WATER
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by Ramzi Bashour
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"Entirely satisfying"
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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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"Winning Road Drama Comes to Life in the Little Details"
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THE WRAP
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2026 - USA - Drama/Roadmovie - 97 min
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with Lubna Azabal (INCENDIES, THE BLUE CAFTAN), Daniel Zolghadri (IF I HAD LEGS, I’D KICK YOU), Dale Dickey (WINTER’S BONE, A LOVE SONG)
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After he’s kicked out of his Indiana high school, an American kid and his Lebanese mom hit the road west.
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Screenings:
TUE 6 OCT 09:15 PHC2 P&I
WED 7 OCT 18:00 Curzon Soho 1
FRI 9 OCT 20:55 BFI Southbank NFT2
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MARIINKA
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by Pieter-Jan De Pue
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"A poignant diary of change and resilience"
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VARIETY
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"Wide-ranging in scope and ambitious in its execution"
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SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
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2026 - Belgium/Netherlands/Germany/Sweden - Documentary - 94 min
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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Best Documentary Nominee
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In Eastern Ukraine, childhood neighbors find their lives violently derailed by a shifting frontline. Natasha, a promising boxing talent, becomes a military paramedic. Angela, who lost her parents at a young age, survives by moving goods to both sides of the front. Caught in a modern Greek tragedy, brothers Mark and Ruslan now fight on opposite sides - against each other. In the safety of his adoptive family in the United States, their youngest brother Daniil follows the war from afar.
Filmed over a decade on 16mm, MARIINKA begins long before the world watched the full-scale invasion. It is the highly anticipated second feature by Pieter-Jan De Pue, following his Sundance award-winning debut, THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED.
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Screenings:
WED 7 OCT 15:00 PHC6 P&I
WED 7 OCT 20:45 Curzon Soho 2
WED 7 OCT 21:00 Curzon Soho 3
FRI 9 OCT 15:55 BFI Southbank NFT3
SAT 17 OCT 19:30 BFI Southbank NFT4
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SENSE OF WATER
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by Mohammad Rasoulof
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2026 - Iran/Germany - Drama - 39 min
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Supported by Cate Blanchett and the Displacement Film Fund & the Hubert Bals Fund
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with Ali Nourani, Behnush Najibi
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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Best Short Film Nominee
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On a winter night, in the northernmost reaches of the world, Ali, an Iranian writer living in exile, retreats with his former lover, Nazanin, to a glass cabin beneath the northern lights. There, in the silence of the polar night, he intends to say goodbye. Despite facing a long prison sentence, Ali has decided to return to Iran —to continue the struggle he once left behind.
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Screening:
FRI 9 OCT 14:45 BFI Southbank NFT1
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