Bright Future
Overview of films
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Parque vía
Enrique Rivero | 86' | Mexico | None
Up close and detailed, this intriguing début shows the boundaries of loneliness. Housekeeper Beto can’t imagine any other life after many years in the -
Parts of the Heart
Paul Agusta | 90' | Indonesia | World première
Lessons in life about love: eight of these lessons about Peter from the age of ten to forty. Growing up as a homosexual in Indonesia.… -
El pasante
Clara Picasso | 65' | Argentina | World premiere
A bellhop and a young receptionist at a five-star hotel in Buenos Aires set out at night to investigate and unravel the secrets of the… -
The Patience Stone
Atiq Rahimi | 98' | Afghanistan | None
Somewhere in Afghanistan during an unnamed war, a young woman, abandoned by her family, diligently looks after her paralyzed husband. Praying seems to -
The Patron Saints
Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | 72' | Canada | International premiere
Disturbing portrait of life in a nursing home. A handicapped resident shares his experiences in an openhearted and occasionally funny way. Thanks to t -
Pays
Chloé Robichaud | 98' | Canada | None
In a fictional island country, complex political negotiations between the government and a private company take place. Three women from both camps are -
Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses
Yosep Anggi Noen | 90' | Indonesia | None
Another side of Indonesia. With ordinary locations around Yogyakarta (and hence not the tourist Borobudur), an original story told in fragments about -
Pela janela
Caroline Leone | 87' | Argentina | World premiere
Sensitive, heart-warming debut about a journey undertaken by a middle-aged brother and sister. As they set out from São Paulo, the unhappy -
Pepperminta
Pipilotti Rist | 80' | Austria | None
The feature debut by the Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist is an example of idiosyncratic cinema, a hallucinogenic trip in which she throws all the… -
Perfect Life
Emily Tang | 97' | Hong Kong | None
Winner of the Dragons & Tigers Award in Vancouver is a combination of film styles: an intriguing, fictional portrait of a stubborn young woman who… -
Permanent Green Light
Dennis Cooper, Zac Farley | 91' | France | World premiere
In Northern France, a young man is obsessed with the idea of making himself explode in public. He’s not suicidal. He’s not driven by ideology.… -
Perpetuum mobile
Valdas Navasaitis | 86' | France | International premiere
A powerful and subtle character film about the midlife crisis of a group of friends in which betrayal, romance and disappointment eventually turn out