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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Bright Future

Overview of films

  • The Driver

    Jarkko T. Laine, J-P Passi | 62' | Finland | International premiere

    When romance develops between a driver at the racecourse and his pupil, he has to choose: her, or his wife? But decision-making is not his…
  • Dzma/Brother

    Téona Mghvdeladze, Thierry Grenade | 94' | France | World premiere

    Georgia right after the collapse of the USSR: chaos, freedom, war. Two brothers, the younger a talented pianist, the elder a secret criminal. A poetic
  • sound//vision: Sun 29 Jan

    Visit sound//vision 2019! Sunday night is reserved for a unique collaboration between the PolyBand (mainly based in Amsterdam) and the Filmwerkplaats from Rotterdam. PolyBand is…
  • Ecce Momo!

    Anastas Charalampidis | 116' | Greece | International premiere

    A philosophical and contemplative film diary of a Greek filmmaker of Russian origin who observes the streets of St.Petersburg and its inhabitants, del
  • L’éclat furtif de l’ombre

    Alain-Pascal Housiaux, Patrick Dechesne | 90' | Belgium | World premiere

    The horrors of war cast young fisherman Adisu adrift in vast Ethiopia. Forty years later, he is a taxi driver in a Northern European city,…
  • Les éclats (Ma gueule, ma révolte, mon nom)

    Sylvain George | 84' | France | None

    Sylvain George has aimed his camera for more than four years at the ups and downs of refugees stranded in the French port of Calais.…
  • Eco Village

    Phoebe Nir | 82' | USA | World premiere

    A folk opera romance set in a modern-day farming commune from debut filmmaker Phoebe Nir.
  • Edén

    Elise DuRant | 95' | Mexico | World premiere

    A young woman tries to unravel the puzzle of the past spent with her open-minded father until society cruelly expelled them. She returns to the…
  • Eden’s Ark

    Marcelo Felix | 80' | Brazil | None

    Compiled from found footage, real and fake, alongside beautifully shot images in the footsteps of the curious narrator: Eden’s Ark is a hypnotic film
  • Eighteen

    Jang Kun-Jae | 95' | South Korea | None

    Sensitive, slightly melancholy teenager-in-love drama about the relationship between two 18-year-olds, who are not able to see their budding love grow
  • Die Einsiedler

    Ronny Trocker | 110' | Germany | None

    Is there any future for the lonely, hard life of farmers in South Tyrol? Thirty-something Albert faces a tricky decision in this drama, shot in…
  • elbowroom

    Ham Kyoung-Rock | 102' | South Korea | World premiere

    Korean drama, almost filmed like a documentary, about Sohee, a physically handicapped girl who is the victim of the good intentions of a volunteer who