France, 2025, 82′
In French with Slovenian and English subtitles

Directed by: Ugo Bienvenu
Written by: Ugo Bienvenu, Felix De Givry
Music Composer: Arnaud Toulon
Editing: Nathan Jacquard
Sound Design: Nicolas Becker, Andrea Ferrera, Cyril Holtz
Set Design: Fabio Besse
Animation Supervisor: Adam Sillard
Producers: Felix De Givry, Natalie Portman, Sophie Mas
Production: Remembers, MountainA
Cast: Alma Jodorowsky, Swann Arlaud, Margot Ringard Oldra, Oscar Tresanini, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel, William Lebghil, Oxmo Puccino
Distribution in Slovenia: Cenex / Fivia

When Iris, 10, sees a strange boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky, this is the beginning of her greatest adventure. Named Arco, the boy comes from the future where people live in harmony with nature and use rainbows to travel through time. Iris, who spends most of her time with a robot nanny and communicates with her parents via hologram calls, sets off with Arco to get him back home. On their journey, they find a world where people have forgotten about genuine connections, miracles, and imagination—but also a way to rediscover them.
A poignant, visually captivating animated adventure about friendship, courage, and the power of imagination, Arco reminds us that hope keeps shining like a rainbow after a storm.

Director’s Statement

The times which we live in are particularly uncertain, complex, difficult to live in. I therefore needed the opposite, a story that would give hope and invite us to imagine a world, not of tomorrow (which already seems doomed) but of the day after tomorrow. A desirable, possible horizon, a world in which it would be good to live, a goal to achieve.

It seems to me, more than ever before, that anything is feasible, we must believe that the best is possible, we must imagine it for the best to happen.

From the initial stages, my idea was to make a film for everyone, in a classic style, ambitious, in the line of the adventure films that left an indelible mark on me and have inspired me to do what I do. To name a few: E.T., Peter Pan, Pinocchio, My Neighbour Totoro, Ponyo, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The King and the Mockingbird, or Kirikou. So many general-public films, light-hearted on the surface yet demanding; films that empower us for reality, question our humanity, our relationship to others and the world.

The crystalline purity of the character of Arco prompted me to work with all my heart on this project. When they leave the theatre after seeing the film, I hope the audience will never again see the magical phenomenon that is a rainbow in the same way. I hope that they will be able to project themselves into the promise of another future.

Awards and festivals (selection):

– Cristal for Best Feature Film, Annecy IAFF, 2025
– Golden Camera nomination, Cannes FF 2025
– Best Animated Feature, Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg 2025
– Special Screenings, Cannes FF 2025
– Locarno Kids official competition, Locarno FF 2025
– official competition, Viennale IFF 2025
– official competition, Toronto IFF 2025