Cinecity 25: Arco

DIR: UGO BIENVENU. WITH: WILL FERRELL, AMERICA FERRERA, FLEA, NATALIE PORTMAN, MARK RUFFALO, ANDY SAMBERG. FRANCE 2025. 88 MINS.

A young boy from the future may hold the key to saving the world in an award-winning sci-fi animation for all ages.

10-year-old Arco accidentally crash lands in 2075 - a world devastated by environmental changes. He is rescued and befriended by Iris, a young girl, and her robot companion Mikki, who try to help Arco return to his own time. As the friends learn from eachother, can they find a way to protect the planet?

Strikingly filmed in 2D animation, Arco won Best Feature Film and Soundtrack awards at the Annecy Animation Film Festival in June. The film is co-produced by Natalie Portman who features among the voice cast of this English-language dubbed version.

‘...a considered meditation on ecological disaster within the dulcet grooves of a charmingstory about adolescent friendship.’ - Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter