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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Bright Future

Overview of films

  • The Damned Rain

    Satish Manwar | 99' | India | International premiere

    Many farmers’ suicides have occurred in the Indian state of Maharastra since the 1990s. The film tackles this sensitive globalisation issue from an in
  • Darkness by Day

    76' | Argentina | World premiere

    Martín Desalvo (Kept and Dreamless, Tiger Awards Competition 2005) is finally back in Rotterdam with his latest – breathtaking and unsettling – work.Virginia and her…
  • Darkness by Day

    Martín Desalvo | 76' | Argentina | European premiere

    Virginia receives a visit from her cousin Anabel. In the old house, situated in a dark wood, Anabel’s behaviour grows evermore restless. Outside, thei
  • The Daughter

    Simon Stone | 96' | Australia | None

    Does the truth have to come out no matter what the cost, even if a whole life has been built around the lie? Ibsen’s play…
  • The Day I Disappeared

    Atousa Bandeh Ghiasabadi | 61' | Iran | World première

    Very personal film essay about immigration, seen through the eyes of a refugee. About what it’s like to be a foreigner in a strange country,…
  • The Day Is Over

    Qi Rui | 108' | China | European premiere

    Upset by an anonymous note, a 12-year-old girl from a mountain village and her friends decide to visit her father in Shenzhen.
  • Daytime Drinking

    Noh Young-Seok | 116' | South Korea | None

    Noh did almost everything himself in his charming, successful low-budget début. A humorous road movie about a young man who drowns his unrequited love
  • De chair et de lait

    Bernard Bloch | 104' | France | None

    How long have cows been part of our civilization? In 16 tableaux this film takes us to different countries across the globe where not only…
  • DEAD BODY WELCOME

    Kees Brienen | 80' | Netherlands | World premiere

    When he arrives in India, Kees Brienen hears that his friend has died. It’s a bitter welcome, taking him to his friend’s remote village and…
  • Dead Dogs Don’t Bite

    Nuri Cihan Özdoğan | 105' | Turkey | World premiere

    A high-stakes drama in which mild-mannered Ismet enters a brutal gangland war, amid the illegal waste trade.
  • The Dead Girl’s Feast

    Matheus Nachtergaele | 115' | Brazil | None

    Exuberant film and incomparable narrative about a village at the source of the Amazon that is in the grip of an exotic mystical cult: a…
  • Dear Lorde

    Emily Vey Duke, Cooper Battersby | 27' | Canada | None

    Bone collector Rose, a 14-year-old girl, is looking for validation from her heroes, including comedian Louis C.K., bishop Desmond Tutu and pop star Lo