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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Bright Future

Overview of films

  • The Wanderer

    Avishai Sivan | 86' | Israel | None

    Debut with a clean design about a young Orthodox Jewish student with failing parents and a failing body. He silently seeks solace in long and…
  • Was du nicht siehst

    Wolfgang Fischer | 89' | Austria | None

    In Fischer’s debut film, occasionally resembling a horror thriller, 17-year-old Anton accompanies his mother and her new boyfriend to a remote holiday
  • Wasteland

    Rowan Athale | 106' | United Kingdom | None

    In sombre Yorkshire, a blood-covered Harvey is interviewed by Inspector West. In flashbacks, we see how Harvey, determined to get his revenge on a dru
  • Water Hands

    Vladimir Todorovic | 93' | Montenegro | World premiere

    ‘Water hands’ is the literal Chinese word for ‘sailor’. The sailor himself remains off-screen in this film, just like the woman who is waiting for…
  • Wavumba

    Jeroen van Velzen | 80' | Netherlands | World première

    Fascinating, personal debut that follows an old fisherman in Kenya who can immerse himself in a world of stories, especially concerning his unwavering
  • We Chose the Milky Way

    Eva Marie Rødbro | 27' | Denmark | International premiere

    An anthropological visit to a mysterious tribe of young girls on a planet called Earth. Welcome to a world where everything is artificial, except frie
  • We Make Couples

    Mike Hoolboom | 57' | Canada | World premiere

    We Make Couples is a master documentary maker’s six-years-in-the-making Marxist love story. Crammed full of thoughts on cinema, politics and the pleas
  • Weekend

    Andrew Haigh | 96' | United Kingdom | None

    A chance encounter between the shy Russell and the extrovert Glen unexpectedly grows into something beautiful. It’s followed by a weekend of dri
  • The Well

    Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | 115' | India | European premiere

    The everyday cares and uncertainties with which 14-year-old Sameer wrestles are suddenly unimportant when his best friend drowns in the well where the
  • Die Welt

    Alex Pitstra | 80' | Netherlands | European premiere

    Revolution! And then what? At first, usually insecurity and economic decay. A young Tunisian has doubts about his future after the 2011 revolution. Sh
  • Weltstadt

    Christian Klandt | 104' | Germany | None

    Episode film about the run-up to a gruesome murder of an old homeless man by two German kids does not give any clear explanation, but…
  • Wereldsneak!

    80' | -

    We’re not going to give anything away about this film debut, because it is a one-off sneak screening. Oh, very well then, a couple of…