Bright Future
Overview of films
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Stillleben
Sebastian Meise | 77' | Austria | None
A father pays prostitutes to play Lydia, his own daughter. His shameful secret comes to light before the entire family in the most embarrassing way.… -
The Story of Southern Islet
Chong Keat Aun | 105' | Malaysia | European premiere
In a Malaysian village, a fishmonger suffers from a mysterious illness. Is it black magic? Did he upset a god? -
The Strange Case of Shiva
Arun Karthick | 75' | India | International premiere
A real piece of author’s cinema that contemplates a young designer’s obsession with the photo of a girl. With no words, yet eloquently, the film… -
Strange Love
Natasha Mendonca | 75' | India | World premiere
Transgender Khush wants to transform his female body into a muscly Bollywood one. Suman is a musician whose work criticises the conservative socio-pol -
Subtítulos: saber sin estudiar
Manuel Saiz | 6' | Germany | World premiere
Funny and intimate film in which a sequence of handmade subtitles translates, confirms, or denies what the only character of the film says while he’s -
Suffering of Ninko
Niwatsukino Norihiro | 70' | Japan | European premiere
A cult classic in the making, the debut feature by Japanese newcomer Niwatsukino Norihiro mixes exquisite animation and ghostly folklore. A devout Bud -
Suite Armoricaine
Pascale Breton | 147' | France | None
When Françoise returns to her birthplace Bretagne to teach at the university, it evokes memories of her lively time as a student. For less nostalgic… -
A Summer Family
Iwana Masaki | 78' | Japan | World premiere
Mix of theatre, dance and film about a Japanese dancer who lives in the French countryside in a commune with two women. When his daughter… -
The Summer Is Gone
Zhang Dalei | 108' | China | None
Shot in sumptuous black-and-white, debut filmmaker Zhang presents a melancholy recreation of the end of an era unaffected by market forces. A sle -
Sunshine Boys
Kim Tae-Gon | 85' | South Korea | International premiere
Two students visit their school friend who has a weekend’s leave from military service. Subtle, melancholy drama about friendship, class differe -
Super Dark Times
Kevin Phillips | 100' | USA | World premiere
A terrible accident transforms best friends from high school Zach and Josh into enemies. This ambitious thriller is set in the American suburbs of the -
Sur la planche
Leïla Kilani | 106' | France | None
Badia and Imane work in Tangier peeling shrimps and at night they earn money robbing men. The determined Badia hates peeling shrimps and sees two…