Projections

Dystopia now? This January, prepare yourself for an uneasy look into the future-that’s-already-here, as Projections presents a cinematic dispatch from the brink.

For as long as cinema has existed, filmmakers have warned us about the dangers of unchecked power, surveillance, propaganda, and the slow erosion of freedom. This year’s Projections series looks at visions of authoritarian and dystopian futures, worlds where individuality is outlawed, truth is manufactured, and resistance is the last act of humanity. 

From the bureaucratic absurdities of Brazil to the mechanized mayhem of RoboCop, the consumerist hilarity of Idiocracy to the bleak fatalism of 1984 and much more, these films aren’t just cautionary tales, they reveal futures we may already be living. Once dismissed as impossible exaggerations, their worlds now feel less like fiction and more like today’s headlines. 

Whether absurdist satire, action spectacle, or epic tragedy, each story offers a glimpse of what happens when power goes unchecked and when fear becomes the guiding force of society. This program invites you to witness these cautionary tales, marvel at their clairvoyance, and ask yourself: are these the futures we want?