Future Gate Sci-fi Film Festival 2026
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The theme of the festival’s 13th edition will be geopolitics and resources in the future. The planet is being depleted, reserves are disappearing, the climate is collapsing, and with it the political balance. Future conflicts will be fought over solar networks, asteroid mining, and control of data resources. Energy is no longer natural; it is strategic, artificial, extraterrestrial. Resources no longer lie beneath our feet but orbit above our heads, hidden in algorithms or dispersed within the structure of reality. Data has become the new source of real power. This is not just about technology, it is a test of humanity, a question of the direction we will take as a civilization. Once again, we will find inspiration in films.
Short sci-fi films by iShorts
9. 10. 2026, 20:00
- Director various
- Year of production 1985
- Length 71 min
- Origin Japan
- Format DCP
- Language version Japanese with English and Czech subtitles
What if your best friend arrived in a cardboard box? What if artificial intelligence could create a better version of you? And what could go wrong when technology starts to understand our desires a little too well? iShorts returns to Future Gate with a selection of short sci-fi films that serve up the future in small but highly concentrated doses. Expect robots, artificial intelligence, strange technologies, dark humour, and worlds only a few steps removed from our own. Because sometimes you don’t need two hours for great sci-fi. All it takes is one brilliant idea.
Arco
10. 10. 2026, 15:30
- Director Ugo Bienvenur
- Cast Louis Garrel, Swann Arlaud, Alma Jodorowsky, Vincent Macaigne, Oxmo Puccino, Margot Ringard Oldra, Oscar Tresanini
- Year of production 2025
- Length 88 min
- Origin France
- Format DCP, BR
- Language version Czech-dubbed version with English subtitles
It is 2075. Ten-year-old Iris sees a mysterious boy in a rainbow-coloured suit fall from the sky. His name is Arco, and he comes from the future. A fragile and beautiful friendship develops between Iris and Arco, connecting two very different worlds. Together with the robot Mikki, they embark on a journey to get the boy back home. At the same time, they may be the only ones capable of saving the planet.
Ugo Bienvenu’s film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the top prize for Best Feature Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Blade Runner
10. 10. 2026, 17:30
- Director Ridley Scott
- Cast Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy
- Year of production 1982
- Length 117 min
- Origin USA, Japan
- Format DCP, BluRay
- Language version Japanese with English and Czech subtitles
In 1982, Ridley Scott presented the world with a vision of the future set in 2019, where the Tyrell Corporation manufactures replicants – robots indistinguishable from human beings. Some of them, however, have rebelled against their programming. Special police officer Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is tasked with tracking down and eliminating them. But as he pursues his targets, he is confronted with a fundamental question: what does it mean to be human? This cult sci-fi classic, with its unforgettable 1980s atmosphere, continues to fascinate with its dark vision of a future in which the boundary between human and machine has become blurred.
Blade Runner 2049
10. 10. 2026, 20:00
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Sylvia Hoeks, Ana de Armas, Robin Wright, Jared Leto, Dave Bautista, Carla Juri, Mackenzie Davis, Lennie James, Barkhad Abdi
- Year of production 2017
- Length 164 min
- Origin USA, UK, Canada
- Format DCP, BluRay
- Language version Japanese with English and Czech subtitles
It is 2049, and tensions between humans and replicants – robots indistinguishable from people – continue to rise. The fragile society could be brought to the brink of collapse by a secret accidentally uncovered by special police officer K. In search of answers, he follows the trail of former Blade Runner Deckard, who disappeared without a trace thirty years earlier. Denis Villeneuve builds upon Ridley Scott’s cinematic classic to create a breathtaking sci-fi spectacle, starring Ryan Gosling alongside Ana de Armas, Jared Leto and the legendary Harrison Ford.
Metropolis
11. 10. 2026, 18:00
- Original title Metoroporisu
- Director Rintaró
- Cast Júka Imóto, Kóki Okada, Daisuke Rjú, Tomokazu Sugita, Tošijuki Honda, Rikako Aikawa, Norio Wakamoto
- Year of production 2001
- Length 108 min
- Origin Japan
- Format DCP, BR
- Language version in original language with English and Czech subtitles
In the industrial, tri-level world of Metropolis, Duke Red is a powerful leader with plans to unveil a highly advanced robot named Tima. But Duke Red’s violent son Rock distrusts robots, and intends to find and destroy Tima. Lost in the confusing labyrinth beneath Metropolis, Tima is beginning a sweet friendship with the young nephew of a Japanese detective. But when Duke Red separates the two innocents, Tima’s life – and the fate of the universe – is dangerously at stake.
