Bright Future
Overview of films
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Rock Bottom Riser
Fern Silva | 70' | USA | None
Hawaii as the intersection of ancient Polynesian culture, nature, colonialism, religion and astronomy. Full of immense images. -
Roland Hassel
Måns Månsson | 74' | Sweden | International premiere
The unsolved murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme (1986) is the greatest trauma in modern Swedish history. Roland Hassel, well-known detective and film -
Room 514
Sharon Bar-Ziv | 90' | Israel | World première
In this disturbing, realistic debut a determined young female soldier interrogates an officer. Contrary to her colleagues’ advice she accuses him of b -
Ruin
Michael Cody, Amiel Courtin-Wilson | 90' | Australia | None
Impressionistic drama about two lovers, a prostitute and a factory worker, trying to flee the violence and crime of Cambodia. This engaging fable walk -
Running Turtle
Lee Yeon-Woo | 117' | South Korea | European premiere
One of the top box-office films this year in South Korea is a clever and often humorous commentary on The Chaser (2008, Na Hong-jin), with… -
Sabbatical
Karabo Lediga | 110' | South Africa | World premiere
A daughter’s sudden return home threatens to unravel her frail relationship with her overbearing mother. -
Los salvajes
Alejandro Fadel | 119' | Argentina | None
A fierce escape is followed by a violent journey through the wilds of Argentina, looking for the promised new home. This mystic fable about courage… -
Samson & Delilah
Warwick Thornton | 101' | Australia | None
Painting clothes, throwing stones at kangaroos, sniffing glue: that’s all life has in store for Samson and Delilah. When the two aboriginal teenagers -
Sandstorm
Park Jaemin | 78' | South Korea | International premiere
A timely Korean addition to the debate on the position of women in sports. -
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Ishan Shukla | 103' | France | World premiere
Rumours about a mythical land of freedom cause havoc amongst the paper bag-wearing citizens of an ultra-regulated society. -
SEA STATE 6
Charles Yi Yong Lim | 10' | Singapore | World premiere
With mesmerising intensity, Singaporean artist Charles Lim’s camera dives deep underwater to investigate the changing state of the sea caused by stora -
Second Coming
Debbie Tucker Green | 105' | United Kingdom | None
Gripping debut about a typical middle-class Jamaican family in South London. Jackie has fallen pregnant in a miraculous way, but avoids any direct con