Future Yesterday: Non-Competition Films

MODERN HISTORY 24′, Oleksandr Hoisan, Valeriy Hrysha, Oleksandr Kosiak, France, Ukraine, 2025

The first week of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022: a sudden rupture when modern history begins anew. Observing three rear areas at different distances from the frontlines, three filmmakers capture fractured moments of daily life — a collective testimony of tragedy and awakening.

EGO 14′, Vegard Dahle, Norway, 2025

Molecular gastronomy, pretentious self-realization, and the weird choice of having children are all ingredients in this semi-apocalyptic double date from hell.

A NORMAL LIFE 26′, Mykola Nosok, Ukraine, 2026

After escaping the russia’s occupation, a mother of many children struggles to keep her family together, trying to build a “normal life” on the ruins of a destroyed world — and gradually discovers that normality no longer means peace, but only the ability to go on living, to love, and not to lose herself.

PEOPLE LIVE HERE 12′, Gabrielle Côté, Canada, 2026

Montrealers enjoy parks, balconies, cafés, and biking, sharing in a rich cultural diversity. But a truck full of orange cones arrives, disrupting neighborhoods and leaving behind construction sites that reshape the city. Built heritage disappears, replaced by towers so tall they cast Montreal into shadow. In this cyberpunk era, streets are ruled by AI-driven towers, erasing the last traces of the past. A revolt emerges, demanding radical change. When the system collapses, nature reclaims its rights. Among the ruins, a solarpunk community rises — one where life adapts with its environment.

WHITE CLIFFS OF VINNYTSIA 23′, Karolina Uskakovych, Ukraine, 2026

Khimprom was once among the largest fertilizer producers in the Soviet Union. The chemical plant went bankrupt, leaving a toxic legacy in its wake. A phosphogypsum stack, known locally as the “White Mountain,” stands as the silent guardian to an obscured industrial past, while simultaneously offering refuge to an emerging ecosystem of thriving urban wildlife. The White Cliffs of Vinnytsia unravels hidden histories of agricultural chemical production and the unexpected natures that emerge from post-industrial landscapes.