Bright Future Main Programme
Overview of films
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Some Kind of Heaven
Lance Oppenheim | 81' | USA | International premiere
In The Villages in Florida, 130,000 retirees live the dream they have worked so hard for. Until reality comes knocking at the door. -
Sophia Antipolis
Virgil Vernier | 98' | France | None
In southern France, mysterious links appear in the fortunes of five people connected to an elusive young woman called Sophia. -
The Sprawl (Propaganda About Propaganda)
Metahaven | 70' | Netherlands | World premiere
This documentary by the Dutch design and research studio Metahaven emphatically argues that the Internet has become a disruptive geopolitical super we -
The Strange Case of Shiva
Arun Karthick | 75' | India | International premiere
A real piece of author’s cinema that contemplates a young designer’s obsession with the photo of a girl. With no words, yet eloquently, the film… -
Suite Armoricaine
Pascale Breton | 147' | France | None
When Françoise returns to her birthplace Bretagne to teach at the university, it evokes memories of her lively time as a student. For less nostalgic… -
Suzanne Daveau
Luísa Homem | 115' | Portugal | International premiere
Passionate geographer Suzanne Daveau carried out field research in inhospitable surroundings. Her life’s story is told in stunning photo series -
Tarde para morir joven
Dominga Sotomayor | 110' | Argentina | None
Coming-of-age story about three Chilean teenagers reflects the growing pains of Chile’s new democracy in the early 1990s. -
Tenemos la carne
Emiliano Rocha Minter | 79' | France | World premiere
Face to face with (and emerging from) a culture in which cruelty and lust are linked in a shocking way, this debut provides an intense,… -
That Cloud Never Left
Yashaswini Raghunandan | 65' | India | World premiere
Waiting for a magic solar eclipse, Indian villagers work on toys that produce sound using 35mm film reels as basic material. -
Thirst
Svetla Tsotsorkova, Laila Nuñez M. | 90' | Bulgaria | None
A hot summer in the Bulgarian countryside gets even more sultry when a family acquires two extra inhabitants on their property – a man and… -
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | 120' | Italy | None
A widow in Lesotho rediscovers her lust for life when her village is threatened by the construction of a reservoir. -
Tierra adentro
Mauro Colombo | 70' | Panama | European premiere
Filmmaker Mauro Colombo’s immerses himself in the Darién Gap, a dense and mysterious jungle that divides Panama and Colombia.