‘2073’ Foretells Apocalyptic Future on Digital, VOD Jan. 7; on DVD, Blu-ray Feb. 25

Inspired by Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073 — a not-so-distant dystopian future — and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.

Directed by: Asif Kapadia
Starring: Samantha Morton, Naomi Ackie, Hector Hewer, Maria Ressa, Carole Cadwalladr
Written by: Asif Kapadia, Tony Grisoni
Rating: NR
Running time: 85 minutes
Genre: SciFi Documentary
Theatrical Release: December 29, 2024
US & Canada Boxoffice: $5,078
Worldwide: $7,125
Country: UK/US
Studio: Neon
Website: https://2073.film/overview/

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, Academy Award®-winning 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 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. “2073” is an urgent, unshakable vision of a dystopic future that could very well be our own. Inspired by Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 featurette “La Jetée.”