NEON has revealed the trailer and poster for 2073, from Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia and starring Samantha Morton. 2073 is an urgent, unshakable vision of a dystopic future that could very well be our own.
It’s the year 2073, and the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies, and militarized police roam the wrecked streets while survivors hide away underground, struggling to remember a free and hopeful existence.
In this ingenious mixture of visionary science fiction and speculative nonfiction, filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy) transports us to a future foreshadowed by the terrifying realities of our present moment.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Samantha Morton (In America, Sweet and Lowdown, Minority Report) plays a survivor besieged by nightmare visions of the past—a past that happens to be our present, visualized through contemporary footage interconnecting today’s global crises of authoritarianism, unchecked big tech, inequality, and global climate change.
NEON, Double Agent, and Film4 co-financed and executive-produced the film, which will premiere out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2024. Kapadia (Senna, Diego Maradona) and George Chignell are the producers.
“I want to make an epic about the state of the world, using elements of science fiction as a lens through which to examine the huge questions we are facing as a species and hopefully find solutions before it’s too late,” said Kapadia previously.
“We bet on filmmakers, and Asif is among the very best out there,” commented Double Agent President Dana O’Keefe. “His track record really speaks for itself as he consistently delivers unparalleled storytelling, so this is a truly formidable team between NEON, Film4, Concordia, and Left Handed. We are all proud to be joining forces on this innovative, bold, and unconventional look at the future.”
“Asif is a consistently ground-breaking filmmaker who we’ve been lucky enough to work with on a number of his previous films,” added Film4 Director Ollie Madden. “This new project, a documentary-style vision of the future, as terrifying as it is an urgent call to action, had us immediately hooked. We can’t wait to see what Asif and his expert team create.”
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.