The Brits are coming… to the Croisette! The  British Film Institute  ( BFI ) continued an annual tradition on Thursday, unveiling its 2026 crop of “Great 8” movies, eight features from the “most exciting first-time and early career filmmakers” that it will showcase to  international  distributors and festival programmers in the run-up to and during the  Marché du Film  market taking place during the  79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival . This year, the program features only debut films.  Now in its ninth year, the Great 8 showcase will screen unseen footage from all of the titles, introduced by their filmmakers, online exclusively to buyers and festival programmers from midday Friday.    Among the movies being presented is the feature directing debut of Boiling Point actor Ray Panthaki, starring Clarence Maclin in his first leading role, as well as films starring the likes of Christina Hendricks, Joe…