2073 Presents the Slow Creep to Apocalypse

With 2073, Asif Kapadia wants to make a documentary of things that haven’t happened yet. The film blends a fictional future — a post-apocalyptic New San Francisco (not the one from Mr. Show, but close) — with interviews from our increasingly authoritarian present. “2073 is a ‘true sci-fi’ horror. A warning of the world we will get if we don’t act now,� a statement accompanying the trailer reads. “Ghost lives off-grid in a dystopian New San Francisco in the year 2073. The world is controlled by Libertarians, Dictators and Tech Bros. There is no dissent, no freedom. Everyone is monitored, people disappear and the net is closing on Ghost.� Kapadia, who is best known for docs like Amy and Senna, says he was inspired by Brexit an the rising tide of populism across the world. Also La Jetée. 2073 stars Samantha Morton, Naomi Ackie, and Hector Hewit, alongside interviews with Maria Ressa, Carole Cadwalladr, Rana Ayyub, Ben Rhodes. It premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, out of competition.