Bright Future
Overview of films
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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. -
White Lies
Alba Zari | 99' | Italy | International premiere
A dive into the devastating consequences of cult indoctrination and a powerful monument to acceptance and understanding. -
White River
Ma Xue | 91' | South Korea | World premiere
This exquisite erotic drama finds new intimacies in a city of loneliness. -
The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights
Emmett Malloy | 92' | Canada | None
The mean blues-rock duo The White Stripes tours the whole of Canada in 2007. The whole of Canada, so not just the big cities. In… -
Why Do I See You in Everything?
Rand Abou Fakher | 70' | Belgium | World premiere
Two friends drift through dreams and memories, searching for tenderness amid unending cycles of violence. -
Why hasn’t everything disappeared yet
Stefan Koutzev | 98' | Germany | World premiere
A lyrically ascetic, audiovisually rich and seductive reflection on trauma and migration.