Bright Future Competition

The Babai is the night-time bogeyman for children: traumas determine who you are, according to this claustrophobic portrait of two Russian brothers.

1934. Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Led by a mercenary German general, native soldiers push ever deeper into the hostile Chaco region.

By day, Koki is a nice tourist guide in Guatemala City, but at night he lures men to a hotel – where they are relieved of their property.

Poignant psychodrama about young Stephanie, whose life is characterised by her symbiotic relationship with her mentally unstable mother.

During a sultry summer holiday in the remote Spanish mountains, estranged family members are forced to relate to one another.

Whilst making her debut film, a young director is driven to commit the perfect murder and edges towards madness.

A subtle portrait of three generations of a family forced to live under one roof by circumstance.

Excerpts from the diary of a woman and beautiful images made in the post-war decades by a man combine to weave an enchanting narrative.

Two young women are reunited in the Argentine pampas, in a place where they spent their childhoods.

A descendant of the Panamanian Dole community returns to his roots. An enchanting film poem about myths, memory and identity.

Intimate documentary about Indian communist rebels who put down their arms to safeguard their future.

This refined, painstaking debut follows Sebastian through three phases of his life, on the road to self-discovery.

A film about the disrupted relationship between man and nature. Edward Burke, founding father of modern conservatism, climbs the Alps in search of 'the sublime'.

Earth's richest people have fled into space. This speculative documentary is tender portrait of a desert town.

A thriller/coming-of-age film in which Guxi and her half-brother's harmonious lives are shaken up by an attractive saviour.