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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Bright Future

Overview of films

  • Ma belle gosse

    Shalimar Preuss | 80' | France | International premiere

    Summer vacation. Island, beach, ice cream, family. It is all so relaxed and innocent, but seventeen-year-old Maden seems to be somewhere else. There i
  • MA

    Celia Rowlson-Hall | 82' | USA | None

    In red cowboy boots and a T-shirt-like gown, a young woman wanders a desolate, American desert landscape. Instead of dialogue, the artistic choreograp
  • Magical Girl

    Carlos Vermut | 127' | Spain | None

    The big winner at the San Sebastian Festival, a contemporary, stylised and occasionally Surrealist film noir. A father wants to grant the last, expens
  • Mai morire

    Enrique Rivero | 84' | Mexico | None

    To care for her dying mother, Chayo returns to the village where she once left her husband and children behind. Despite being surrounded by beauty…
  • Majority

    Seren Yüce | 102' | Turkey | None

    A wonderful portrait of a rural family and modern city existence, told through the life (and its problems) of a teenage boy, his relatives and…
  • La mala familia

    Nacho A. Villar, Luis Rojo | 82' | France | International premiere

    A crime haunts a group of friends who remain prisoners of their past.
  • Malaventura

    Michel Lipkes | 67' | Mexico | International première

    One day, a nameless old man in Mexico City feels that he his life will end – and with it his memories. Dignified debut by…
  • Manakamana

    Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez | 118' | Nepal | None

    Award-winning cinematic and ethnographic triumph points a 16mm camera at the people (and animals) in cable cars high above the Nepalese jungle, on the
  • Manifesto

    Julian Rosefeldt | 94' | Germany | European premiere

    An outstanding tribute to various (art) manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth century, ranging from Communism to Dogme, in connection with thirte
  • Manuel De Ribera

    Christopher Murray, Pablo Carrera | 90' | Chile | World premiere

    Tired of society, Manuel De Ribera travels to his inheritance: an uninhabited island in southern Chile. There he wants to establish the society he dre
  • Las marimbas del infierno

    Julio Hernández Cordón | 73' | France | None

    A melancholy marimba player, a long-haired doctor who sings heavy metal and a wannabe rapper form the unlikely musical group that dreams of success. S
  • Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy

    Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | 127' | Thailand | None

    A cheerful title for a playful, jittery film. The story of schoolgirl Mary jumps around all over the place, because the filmmaker based the story…