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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Bright Future

Overview of films

  • The Gulf

    Emre Yeksan | 110' | Germany | None

    While the stench of a burning oil tanker disrupts life in the Turkish city of Izmir, Selim tries to pick up the pieces after a…
  • Gutland

    Govinda Van Maele | 107' | Belgium | None

    Jens has gone wild and clearly has something on his conscience, but in the small Luxembourg village where he turns up there are things that…
  • Hail

    Amiel Courtin-Wilson | 104' | Australia | None

    Ex-prisoner Jones and his wife play the leading roles themselves in this gripping drama based on his memories. After a tender start, it soon turns…
  • Haruneko

    Hokimoto Sora | 85' | Japan | International premiere

    Those who seek to die find refuge in a mysterious café. In this feverish musical dream that recalls Terayama Shuji, the forest is a place…
  • Hashi

    Sherman Ong | 111' | Japan | European premiere

    A young film maker from Singapore was invited to make a film in Japan. He didn’t speak Japanese and there wasn’t much money for the…
  • He Was a Giant with Brown Eyes

    Eileen Hofer | 85' | Azerbaijan | World première

    After her parents’ divorce, Sabina reluctantly followed her mother to Switzerland. Five years later Sabina, now 17, finally returns to her homeland of
  • A Heart of Love

    Łukasz Ronduda | 78' | Poland | World premiere

    A fictionalised portrait of Polish artists Wojciech Bąkowski and Zuzanna Bartoszek. Their unconventional relationship is a basis for their w
  • The Heart

    Fanni Metelius | 100' | Sweden | World premiere

    What do you do if your great love can’t offer what you so desire? In this contemporary drama, a creative Swedish couple discovers what it…
  • The Heirloom

    Ben Petrie | 85' | Canada | World premiere

    A couple adopt a dog and contend with the tender, hilarious consequences of her presence. 
  • HEIS (chroniques)

    Anaïs Volpé | 92' | China | European premiere

    A twenty-something young woman goes back to her parents’ home after some trials and tribulations, dreaming of a fresh start. This tale of a Fren
  • Helen

    Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor | 79' | Ireland | None

    After 18-year-old Joy has gone missing, another girl called Helen is asked to ‘play’ Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace Joy’s last known
  • Helium

    Eché Janga | 79' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A world-weary gangster boss is forced to retreat to a wintry, deserted Dutch island. Here, he feels a peace and quiet he has never known…