Review: Animated Sci-Fi Film ‘Arco’ is a Wondrous Look into the Future

“Little boys don’t just fall from the sky. It’s as if his didn’t exist.” Oh he does exist! But only if you have the courage to imagine his future. Another wonderfully original animation creation from this year is a film titled Arco, a French animated feature made by illustrator / filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu as his feature directorial debut. Arco already premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival earlier in the year, and I caught up with it at the 2025 Sitges Film Festival this fall where I’m lucky to have been able to watch it on the big screen with an audience. It’s the latest hard sci-fi animated film I’ve seen since the excellent French film Mars Express a few years ago. This year we also have Pixar’s sci-fi movie Elio, which is quite similar to this one, about how one child’s life is changed by a sci-fi experience. Arco goes all out with a double dose of sci-fi world building, setting the film in the year 2932 and also in the year 2075. Ultimately it’s a story the cleverly plays with the time travel idea that you can and will influence the future by interacting with the future. I surprisingly loved this film & highly recommend it to those who enjoy science fiction no matter if it’s animation or otherwise. // Continue Reading ›