Neon has announced the U.S. release date for 2073, the latest documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy), confirming the genre-blending film will hit select theaters on 27 December 27. Along with the date, Neon also dropped a new trailer, showcasing the film’s striking dystopian visuals and intense storyline.
Inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 sci-fi classic La Jetée, 2073 stars Samantha Morton (The Serpent Queen) and Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice). Set in the year 2073, the film imagines a world where society’s worst fears have materialized: surveillance drones hover ominously in the skies, heavily armed police units patrol desolate streets, and survivors retreat to underground shelters, haunted by memories of a freer world. Kapadia’s film fuses speculative nonfiction with sci-fi, using present-day footage to evoke the crises of our time, from climate change to authoritarianism and tech overreach. Morton plays a survivor trapped in a nightmare of past and present, as the horrors of today unfold as visions of the past in her dystopian future.
2073 premiered at the Venice Film Festival and has since screened at the BFI London Film Festival and Sitges, with upcoming showings planned at IDFA and DOCNYC.
The documentary’s script is co-written by Kapadia and Tony Grisoni, with Kapadia and George Chignell producing under Lafcadia Productions. Executive producers include Tom Quinn and Dan O’Meara for Neon, alongside a lineup of talent from Concordia Studio, including Emily Thomas, Dana O’Keefe, Emily Selinger, Ollie Madden, Farhana Bhula, and Nicole Stott. Additional support came from Double Agent, Film4, and a team of executive producers including Chris King, Eric Sloss, and John Sloss.
This new release marks another addition to Neon’s slate of impactful documentaries, which has recently included Brats by Andrew McCarthy, Seeking Mavis Beacon by Jazmin Jones, Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated Orwell, and Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme, which debuted at Tribeca. Additionally, Neon is handling sales for Men of War, a political documentary from filmmakers Billy Corben and Jen Gatien.
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