A BRIGHT FUTURE
(Un Futuro Brillante)

Drama, 2025
World premiere Tribeca Film Festival 2025

Elisa is one of the last young women chosen to go North, a kind of promised land where history is being made. Everyone around her, including her beloved Mother, eagerly awaits her departure. But soon Elisa realizes that she does not want to leave and that simply saying so is not enough.

Director
Lucía Garibaldi

Writer
Lucía Garibaldi
Federico Alvarado

Producer
Isabel García
Pancho Magnou Arnabal

Executive Producer
Isabel García
Pancho Magnou Arnabal
Patricia Celesia

Coproducer
Santiago López
Diego Robino
Hernán Musaluppi
Lilia Scenna
Jamila Wenske

Associate Producer
Petra Costa (Busca Vida Filmes)

Cast
Martina Passeggi
Soledad Pelayo
Sofia Gala
Alfonso Tort

Editing
Sebastián Schjaer

Cinematographer
Arauco Hernandez

Sounddesign
Mercedes Tennina

Production Design
Cecilia Guerriero

Costume
Dominique Souberbielle

Music
Fabrizio Rossi

Production
Montelona (UY)

Coproduction
Cimarrón (AR)
ACHTUNG PANDA! (DE)

Funding and Partners
World Cinema Fund
Montevideo Audiovisual
ICAU
FONA
Ibermedia Uruguay
INCAA
Ibermedia Argentina

World Sales
Compañía de Cine

Awards

Tribeca Film Festival 2025
*Viewpoints Award*