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2073 (film)

2073 is a 2024 British documentary film directed by Asif Kapadia. Set in a dystopian future, this genre-bending film is inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 featurette La Jetée. It follows a time traveler, who risks his life to change the course of history and save the future of humanity.[3]

2073
Official poster
Directed by
Screenplay byAsif Kapadia
Tony Grisoni
Based onLa Jetée
by Chris Marker
Produced by
  • George Chignell
  • Asif Kapadia
Starring
CinematographyBradford Young
Edited byChris King
Music byAntonio Pinto
Production
companies
Distributed byAltitude Film Distribution[2]
Release dates
  • 3 September 2024 (2024-09-03) (Venice)
  • 27 December 2024 (2024-12-27) (United Kingdom)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The documentary premiered out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2024.[4][5]

Cast

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Production

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In September 2022, it was reported that Neon, Double Agent, and Film4 will co-finance and act as executive producer of the film with Kapadia and George Chignell producing it. Whereas Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott, and Jonathan Silberberg acting as executive producers for Concordia Studio alongside Riz Ahmed's Left Handed Films.[7][8]

Release

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2073 had its world premiere as part of the 'Out of Competition – Non-Fiction' at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[9] It was first screened on 3 September 2024 at Sala Grande.[10] It was also presented in 'Strands: Debate' section of the 2024 BFI London Film Festival on 16 October 2024.[11]

The film competed in the 57th Sitges Film Festival in the 'Oficial Fantàstic Competició' section. It was screened on 11 October 2024.[12][13] The film is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom by Neon on 27 December 2024.[1]

Reception

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On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10.[14]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film with 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "2073 is certainly a relevant shout of rage against the authoritarian forces despoiling our democracy and our environment—and the bland and complaisant naivety that’s letting it happen."[15]

Lee Marshall reviewing for Screen Daily giving positive review wrote, "Does the alternation between documentary inserts and sci-fi superstructure work? Not always... But Kapadia and his co-scribe Tony Grisoni seem to understand that the pummelled audience can take only so much cinematic doomscrolling."[16]

Matthew Carey for Deadline Hollywood giving positive review wrote, "There’s a disturbing plausibility to director Asif Kapadia’s docudrama 2073". He concluded the review with quote from film, "This is not fiction. This is not documentary. This is a warning."[17]

Robbie Collin for The Daily Telegraph rated the film with 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The conceit of a film as a warning from the future is a promising one, but 2073 feels more like political signalling for the present."[18]

Roberto Oggiano reviewing at 2024 BFI London Film Festival for Cineuropa wrote, "Asif Kapadia’s new movie is a documentary with apocalyptic undertones which takes a confused approach to blending the past, the present and the future, reality and fiction."[19]

Finally, Davide Abbatescianni writing for New Scientist underscored how the scope of Kapadia's film is "too broad" and oversimplifies complex issues. He added: "While individual facts cited are often correct, the way they are linked can loosely resemble works where shedding light on global issues becomes a platform for diving into conspiracy theories."[20]

Accolades

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The film was selected in Competition at the 57th Sitges Film Festival, thus it was nominated to compete for Best Feature Film award.

Award Date Category Recipient Result Ref.
Sitges Film Festival 13 October 2024 Best Feature Film 2073 Nominated [21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Neon schedules December 27 release for Asif Kapadia's docu-fiction hybrid '2073'". Screen Daily. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ "2073 (2024)". BBFC. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ Etan Vlessing (12 September 2022). "'Amy' Director Asif Kapadia Set to Helm '2073' Documentary Thriller". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2024 | Out of Competition". La Biennale di Venezia. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ De Marco, Camillo (23 July 2024). "Venice selects 21 films to compete for the Golden Lion". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2024 | 2073". La Biennale di Venezia. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  7. ^ Manori Ravindran (12 September 2022). "Neon, Double Agent, Film4 Team for Asif Kapadia Documentary Thriller '2073'". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  8. ^ Kay, Jeremy (12 September 2022). "Neon, Double Agent, Film4 partnering on upcoming Asif Kapadia doc '2073'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  9. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (23 July 2024). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: 'Joker: Folie A Deux', Almodovar, Guadagnino, Kurzel, Larrain & More In Competition – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  10. ^ "2073 at Biennale Cinema 2024 | Out of Competition". La Biennale di Venezia. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  11. ^ Ntim, Zac (4 September 2024). "BFI London Film Festival Lineup: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin To Debut 'Endurance', Baker, Heller, Berger & Abbasi's Trump Movie Among Headline Galas — Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Sitges2024 Completes its Constellation of the World's Best Fantastic Genre". Sitges Film Festival. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  13. ^ "2073". Sitges Film Festival. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  14. ^ "2073 (2024, Documentary)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  15. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (3 September 2024). "2073 review – Asif Kapadia rages against the death of democracy and our planet". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  16. ^ Marshall, Lee (3 September 2024). "2073: Venice Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  17. ^ Carey, Matthew (3 September 2024). "2073 Review: Director Asif Kapadia's Dystopian Portrait Of The Future Feels All Too Real – Venice Film Festival". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  18. ^ Collin, Robbie (3 September 2024). "2073: the apocalypse is now, in Asif Kapadia's oddball dystopian 'documentary'". Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  19. ^ Oggiano, Roberto (16 October 2024). "Review: 2073". Cineuropa. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  20. ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (25 September 2024). "Review: 2073". New Scientist. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  21. ^ Romero, Miguel Ángel (10 September 2024). "Sitges 2024 anuncia su programación definitiva: las mejores películas de terror que podremos ver este año" [Sitges 2024 announces its final programming: the best horror films we can see this year]. Cinemanía (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
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