Bright Future
Programme IFFR 2025
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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1 Girl Infinite
Lilly Hu | 102' | USA | World premiere
A colour-drenched portrait of girlhood, obsession and frustrated desire in Changsha, China. -
Les arènes
Camille Perton | 94' | France | International premiere
A promising young footballer grapples with the price of glory in a Faustian sports drama. -
Camp d’été
Mateo Ybarra | 78' | Switzerland | World premiere
Joyful documentary about the Swiss Scout Movement for youth, at an annual, life-changing Summer Camp. -
The Crowd
Sahand Kabiri | 70' | Iran | World premiere
Met with restrictions a group of Gen-Z/Millennial friends in Tehran make a goodbye plan for their friend. -
Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued
Julian Castronovo | 78' | USA | World premiere
A low-budget detective story; a highly inventive investigation into the ethics and aesthetics of forgery. -
Deuses de pedra
Iván Castiñeiras Gallego | 85' | Spain | World premiere
Playful, poetic and heartwarming, shot in a sublime 16mm, Deuses de pedra transcends ethnography. -
An Errand
Dominic Bekaert | 83' | Philippines | International premiere
A stylish, elliptical neo-noir scrutinising the psychosexual underside of a deeply class-riven society. -
The Flying Meatball Maker
Rezan Yeşilbaş | 106' | Turkey | World premiere
Kadir is obsessed with flying, but forces conspire to clip his wings. -
La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés
Antón Álvarez | 95' | Spain | International premiere
Antón (aka C. Tangana) Álvarez’s intimate documentary of flamenco guitar player Yerai Cortés. -
Later in the Clearing
Márton Tarkövi | 72' | Hungary | World premiere
A meandering journey through art and time with Hungarian artist and animator Péter Molnár. -
Nyamula
Oskar Weimar | 88' | Kenya | World premiere
Daisy and Dani’s friendship is tested when one is wrongly accused of witchcraft. -
On This Land
Renata Dzhalo | 98' | Russia | International premiere
18th-century Russian village life, shaped by superstitions, religious violence and the class struggle against feudalism.