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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Bright Future

Overview of films

  • Counting Tiles

    Cynthia Choucair | 85' | Lebanon | World premiere

    Whistle at the ready, prepared to blow bubbles: Clowns Without Borders are eager to give refugees a cheerful welcome on the Greek island of Lesbos,…
  • Court

    Chaitanya Tamhane | 116' | India | None

    Best debut at Venice Festival, reflects on the painful inequalities in the judicial system in contemporary India. A captivating story around the court
  • The Crab

    Rona Mark | 102' | USA | None

    His ‘crab hands’ form a welcome excuse for the blunt cynicism with which Levi keeps everyone at arm’s length. Disappointed by life, he gets on…
  • The Creator of the Jungle

    Jordi Morató | 77' | Spain | World premiere

    Near the Catalan village of Argelaguer, Garrell spent 45 years building spectacular jungle structures, tree houses, waterfalls and labyrinths with his
  • La creazione di significato

    Simone Rapisarda Casanova | 90' | Canada | None

    Award-winning debut follows the shepherd Pacifico, born soon after World War II, when so many victims fell in the beautiful landscape of the Apuan Alp
  • Crippled Symmetries

    Beatrice Gibson | 26' | United Kingdom | None

    The latest work by two-time Tiger Award for Short Film winner Beatrice Gibson shows that music and capitalist economy have unexpected similarities.
  • Croma Kid

    Pablo Chea | 92' | Dominican Republic | World premiere

    After Emi transports his parents to another dimension, he must find a way to bring them home.
  • 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.
  • Crying with Laughter

    Justin Molotnikov | 93' | United Kingdom | None

    Sardonic British tragicomedy about the Scottish stand-up comedian Joey Frisk (a beautiful leading role by Stephen McCole) who unwittingly becomes invo
  • The Cusp of Your Credenza

    Anita Delaney | 10' | Ireland | World premiere

    Thanks to absurdist language, toenail clippings and large, soft muffins are assigned a place in this out-of-control categorisation of life.
  • Dag’aa

    Shadi Habib Allah | 19' | Palestine | World premiere

    A tough journey with a Bedouin group across the Sinai Peninsula, far from habitation. Everything seems to take place outside political and historical
  • Damascus Dreams

    Émilie Serri | 83' | Canada | World premiere

    Poetic film essay on Syria – a country that for many now only exists in memories, or dreams.