László Nemes’ Orphan gets a trailer and a UK release date

MUBI has released the official trailer & artwork and announced the theatrical release date for Academy Award-winning director László Nemes’ (Sunset, Son of Saul) highly anticipated third feature Orphan (Árva) which will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 15 May 2026.

Orphan, which Nemes wrote with Clara Royer, is a profoundly personal film, based on Nemes’ own father’s childhood in 1950s Budapest.

1957. After the uprising against the Communist regime, a young Jewish boy, Andor, raised by his mother with idealized tales of his deceased father, has his world turned upside down when a man appears, claiming to be his true father.

You can read our review here.

A chronicle of a child confronting the truth of his origins, Orphan traces a family history shadowed by some of the darkest chapters of 20th‑century Europe. Spanning the devastation of the Holocaust and the authoritarian grip of the Communist era, Nemes’ latest feature offers a deeply moving exploration of identity, memory, and the fragile process of rebuilding a sense of self. The film stars Bojtorján Barabas, Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics and Hermina Fátyol.