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.

2073
Official poster
Directed by	Asif Kapadia
Screenplay by	Asif Kapadia Tony Grisoni
Based on	La Jetée by Chris Marker
Produced by	George Chignell Asif Kapadia
Starring	Samantha Morton Naomi Ackie Hector Hewer
Cinematography	Bradford Young
Edited by	Chris King
Music by	Antonio Pinto
Production companies	Double Agent Film4
Release date	3 September 2024 (2024-09-03) (Venice)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

Cast

• Samantha Morton
• Naomi Ackie
• Hector Hewer
• Maria Ressa
• Carole Cadwalladr
• Rana Ayyub Ben Rhodes
• Rahima Mahmut
• Silkie Carlo
• Cori Crider
• George Monbiot
• Nina Schick
• Chris Smalls
• Douglass Rushkof
• Carmody Grey
• Tristan Harris
• James O’Brien
• Anne Applebaum
• Antony Lowenstein

Production

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.

Release

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

The film competed in the 57th Sitges Film Festival in the 'Oficial Fantàstic Competició' section. It was screened on 11 October 2024.

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website, the film has an approval rating of 71% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10.

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."

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."

Matthew Carey for Deadline 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."

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."

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."

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."

Accolades

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

External links

• 2073 at IMDb 
• 2073 at Rotten Tomatoes