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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Bright Future

Overview of films

  • 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…
  • What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love

    Mouly Surya | 101' | Indonesia | European premiere

    A wondrous film, and that is clearly what the maker wanted. She tells cheerful love stories about young blind people, played by blind actors. Apparent
  • Wheat Harvest

    Xu Tong | 98' | China | European premiere

    Controversial documentary sketches the double life of the young Niu Hongmiao, who cares for her sick father in the countryside and works in Beijing as
  • Where I Grow Old

    Marília Rocha | 99' | Brazil | World premiere

    Two young Portuguese women try to put down roots in Brazil. Teresa is newly arrived; Francisca has been there a while. This sure-footed, loving portra
  • Where Is Rocky II?

    Pierre Bismuth | 93' | Belgium | None

    The title is as misleading as the conceptual joke once played by artist Ed Ruscha: he placed a rock in the desert that could not…
  • Where the Chocolate Mountains

    Pat O’Neill | 55' | USA | European premiere

    O’Neill treats us to a hypnotising, mysterious collage named after the Chocolate Mountains in south-eastern California. With this digital tour de forc
  • The Whirlpool

    Alvin Case | 74' | USA | International première

    Two lonely twentysomethings meet by Niagara Falls. A fleeting relationship blossoms, that should provide comfort for both their unhappy pasts. But it
  • Whispering Mountains

    Jagath Manuwarna | 87' | Sri Lanka | World premiere

    In Sri Lanka, a youth revolt is being violently silenced.