The 2026 programme is here

The 14th Silk Road International Film Festival runs from 9 to 15 November 2026 at Trinity College Dublin and online on Silk Road ON DEMAND.

This year’s programme travels from Luxembourg to Bangladesh, from Mexico to China, and back home to Ireland.

At Trinity College Dublin

• Mon 9 Nov, 19:00: Opening night with the Irish premiere of CHILD by Cyrus Neshvad, Luxembourg’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards
• Tue 10 Nov, 19:00: About My Mom by Soner Sert (Irish premiere)
• Wed 11 Nov, 19:00: Authentic Worlds, a free production design masterclass with BAFTA and IFTA-winning production designer Anna Rackard
• Thu 12 Nov, 19:00: Glorious Summer by Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak (Irish premiere, shot on 16mm)
• Fri 13 Nov, 19:00: International Shorts, seven films from Japan, China, the USA, Poland, the Netherlands and Canada
• Sat 14 Nov, 09:00: New Irish Shorts, thirteen new Irish films, seven of them by student filmmakers

Online, 9 to 15 November

Most of this year’s films stream on Silk Road ON DEMAND, including features and documentaries you can only see online: The Blind Girl and an Elephant, winner of a Golden Goblet at the Shanghai International Film Festival; Those Who Whistle After Dark, winner of Best Actress at the Istanbul Film Festival; A Bigger Place; Budapest Diaries; and Texas Ollie. Available to watch in Ireland.

See the full programme and book tickets

The masterclass is supported by Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland. Screenings hosted at Trinity College Dublin. Festival poster by João Fonseca.