Bright Future
Programme IFFR 2023
A selection of feature-length debuts, characterised by original subject matter and an individual style, representing the cutting edge of contemporary filmmaking.
Overview of films
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Closing Film: All India Rank
Join our festive close to the 52nd edition with the world premiere of our closing film All India Rank. -
Füür brännt
Michael Karrer | 75' | Switzerland | World premiere
A prose poem celebrating a day passing with several groups of people navigating life’s adventure. -
Karparaa
Vignesh Kumulai | 71' | India | World premiere
Austere, richly atmospheric rural portrait of the cruelties of youth and the frailties of age. -
Kissing the Ground You Walked On
Heng Fai Hong | 94' | Macau | International premiere
Languidly paced, simmering take on Chekhov’s Seagull set in the suffocating summer heat of Macau. -
Het leven en de vreemde verrassende avonturen van Robinson Crusoe die acht en twintig jaar helemaal alleen op een bewoond eiland leefde en zei dat het van hem was
Benjamin Deboosere | 75' | Belgium | World premiere
An incisive, singular decolonisation of the Robinson Crusoe myth, in which a goat will capture your heart. -
La mala familia
Nacho A. Villar, Luis Rojo | 82' | France | International premiere
A crime haunts a group of friends who remain prisoners of their past. -
Natura
Matti Harju | 68' | Finland | World premiere
An unsettling mystery about desperation and class divisions in the age of digital capitalism. -
Paco
Tim Carlier | 90' | Antigua & Barbuda | World premiere
Absurdist metafictional comedy about the surreal odyssey of a soundman in search of a microphone. -
A primeira idade
Alexander David | 82' | Portugal | World premiere
Allegorical tale about the loss of innocence, featuring a children’s commune and a forbidden forest. -
Represa
Diego Hoefel | 77' | Brazil | World premiere
A delicate, metaphorical exploration of the fraught links between land rights and the patriarchal family. -
Residency
Winnie Cheung | 75' | USA | World premiere
A DIY docu-horror about a NYC multi-disciplinary artists’ residency. -
Shimoni
Angela Wanjiku Wamai | 97' | Kenya | European premiere
Shimoni is an affecting meditation on the enduring consequences of unspoken trauma and unhealed wounds.