2073

Asif Kapadia’s groundbreaking film 2073 premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and quickly became a global talking point — reaching No. 1 on HBO Max in April 2025. Starring Samantha Morton, 2073 is an urgent and genre-defying science-true-fiction thriller that blends archive, nonfiction, and scripted drama to tell a haunting story of a near-future dystopia shaped by surveillance capitalism, ecological collapse, and unchecked technological power.

Told through fragments of the past, 2073 offers a chilling vision of what may lie ahead — or what may already be our present. Kapadia describes the film as “urgent, shocking, confrontational — but ultimately hopeful,” and positions it as a cinematic call to action:

“I want to connect the dots between the breakdown of democracy, the use of data and technology, the increasing power of the Tech Bros, the destruction of the planet, and surveillance capitalism… My aim was to provoke dialogue, raise awareness, and offer hope that we can change course — if we act now.”

With its hybrid form and powerful message, 2073 marks a bold new chapter in Kapadia’s career — one that pushes the boundaries of documentary storytelling to confront the most pressing challenges of our time.