2073: A British science fiction docudrama film set in a grim dystopian 2073, it is inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 featurette La Jetée. The future on display takes some inspiration from both 12 Monkeys and Terminator. Samantha Morton plays a woman in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, we hear about the event of 2036, but seemingly it was more of a process. She lives a hand-to-mouth existence, uses a windup torch and cooperates with others who live underground, facing capture or death from human security forces, drones and AIs. Some AI androids defect, one is a sort of friend of hers. She ruminates on how things changed, more public spaces privatised, public protests criminalized. We see an interrogation carried out by an AI. How did we get here? The film is interspersed with documentary footage of the rise of the Tech oligarchs, development of facial recognition technology, attacks on investigative journalists and indeed any media workers who question despotic politicians or the oligarchs. Maybe it's a bit too shotgun style in its approach and a tad didactic but it covers important issues. The future SF sections are interesting even if they are a bit mystifying at times. Commentary by Anne Applebaum, Douglass Rushkof, James O'Brien, Antony Lowenstein, Carole Cadwalladr and others. Directed by Asif Kapadia. Written by Kapadia and Tony Grisoni. 7.5/10.

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