Bright Future Main Programme

In a futuristic gaming world, superstar pursues comeback. Geomancer sequel plays with ideas on AI, fame and the power of megacorporations.

Air conditioners mysteriously fall from buildings in the Angolan capital. Pleasantly free film with a great soundtrack.

Entrancing underwater footage of cenotes, or holy springs, in Yucatan, Mexico. Long-lost memories echo in a hallucinatory game of light and dark.

A young couple in a humid city in the South of China drift apart. Dreamy study of the complexity of human relationships.

Alcohol-drenched, melancholy story of soulmates on the edge of society is inspiredby Bukowski's writings.

Argentine hospital thriller poses the tricky question: How to unmask a murderer if you yourself are a killer?

The ups and downs of the Yu Family in the Chinese provincial town of Fuyang. Panoramic impression of radical changes, told with calm, reserved empathy.

Dreamy coming-of-age film about shy, Peruvian skater Renzo as he tries to win Zoe's heart.

Hypnotic drama about a native Amazonian whose life is disrupted when his daughter tells him she wants to study in Brasilia.

Heart-warming look at a bird rescue centre, a microcosm where lost souls and wounded birds find one another.

A poor boy from an Indian mountain village does his utmost to be allowed to attend a wedding he wasn't invited to.

Reflective drama about civilian memories of the Spanish Civil War. How did that war, and the Franco dictatorship, shape their lives?

In two different metropolises, an estranged mother and her adult daughter struggle with depression and a complex past.

A young man leaves his wealthy adoptive home in Nairobi but demons from his past block his transition to adulthood.

A geological exploration intertwined with the history of our relation to the Earth's subsoil: the underground worlds of quarries, tunnels and caves.

Psychological thriller set in a deserted caravan park where 19-year-old Ruth struggles with her feelings for her boyfriend and a young woman.

Portrait of a surreal society in Yiwu, China where almost exclusively Christmas decorations are manufactured year round.

Crime comedy about a thief with a remarkable problem: a busy shrine was built on top of his loot.

Tied to his mother's apron strings and never had a girlfriend. It's high time 28-year-old Dejan stood on his own two feet.

Tokara wants to marry the beautiful Nafi, his cousin, bringing their fathers into a bitter conflict.

Unstable fragments as a liminal phase in a historical, personal process of solidification. Holding up a mirror to our times and committed love of film.

The painter of two stolen canvasses recognises a kindred spirit in the thief. An improbable friendship unfolds.

Doctors and other workers in a venerable old hospital form a parallel world of their own. A free-spirited impression of life and impermanence.

Former 'comfort woman' at an American base in Korea re-writes her history into something supernatural. Sublime.

Understated humour and philosophy go hand in hand in this Japanese comedy that strings offbeat moments together.

A New York actress has to face the consequences of an encounter in this dark and transgressive indie "screwball thriller".

In The Villages in Florida, 130,000 retirees live the dream they have worked so hard for. Until reality comes knocking at the door.

Passionate geographer Suzanne Daveau carried out field research in inhospitable surroundings. Her life’s story is told in stunning photo series and footage.

A widow in Lesotho rediscovers her lust for life when her village is threatened by the construction of a reservoir.

Filmmaker Mauro Colombo’s immerses himself in the Darién Gap, a dense and mysterious jungle that divides Panama and Colombia.

This hypnotic, largely silent diptych brings together an army deserter and a rich man’s pregnant wife in the Tunisian woods.

The reflections of a filmmaker on Mars, prompted by the stories told by an isolated people in Vietnam.

Life seemed so straightforward in the 1980s. A 12-year old's hilarious, bizarre home video provides a different perspective.

Two Syrian brothers flee to Europe: a sober carpenter and a sensitive musician, each with a different idea of what 'home' is.