Arco
Ugo Bienvenu and Alessandro Vergonnier

Arco

Summary

Can you imagine if rainbows were time travellers? Arco, a ten-year-old boy living in the distant future, takes his rainbow suit for a spin on his first flight. But a mistake diverts him from his path and he ends up landing in our near future. There he meets Iris, a girl his own age, who decides to help him return home.

A fantastic adventure about empathy, friendship and the ability to build bridges between different worlds. Winner of the Cristal Award for Best Feature Film at the latest edition of the Annecy Festival.

Data sheet

Title
Arco
Country
France
Year
2025
Direction
Ugo Bienvenu and Alessandro Vergonnier
Screenplay
Ugo Bienvenu, Félix De Givry
Production
Remembers, MountainA.
Runtime
88 min
Idioma original
French

Direction

Ugo Bienvenu

Ugo Bienvenu

After co-directing his first short film, Jelly Domingo, in 2010, the French illustrator, filmmaker, and comic book author directed his first short film, Je t’aime, and the video Fragmentos. 

Alessandro Vergonnier

Alessandro Vergonnier

Graduated from Gobelins School in 2018 with the short film Souffle Court, Alessandro began his career as a character designer for Blinkink, Passion Pictures, Nexus Studios (Spread Your Wings by Smith & Foulkes, She Creates Change – Diksha’s Story by Neeraja Raj), and Epipheo (Light of the World by John J. Schafer and Tom Bancroft). 

Festivals and Awards

Annecy Film Festival - Cristal for Best Feature
France, 2025
Annecy Film Festival - Sacem Award (Best Original Music)
France, 2025
Cannes Film Festival
France, 2025
Locarno Film Festival
Switzerland, 2025
Calgary Film Festival
Canada, 2025