Bi Gan's Post-Apocalyptic Film 'Resurrection' Wins Cannes Special Prize, Opens in Italy April 2026

Bi Gan's visionary film 'Resurrection' premiered at the Festival di Cannes 2025, where it secured the Premio Speciale. The post-apocalyptic narrative, set for Italian theatrical release from 23 April 2026 through I Wonder Pictures, explores a future where humanity has lost the ability to dream. A woman suspended between life and death encounters a half-human, half-machine creature, possibly the last repository of dreams, in a landscape of ruins. Through storytelling—drawing on ancient legends, forgotten memories, and fragments of Chinese history—she attempts to reawaken imagination as an act of salvation. The film blends science fiction, philosophical reflection, and visual poetry in a hypnotic journey where reality and illusion continuously intertwine. Bi Gan conceived the work as a reflection on human destiny and cinema's role in capturing it, abandoning a previous project to create a story spanning an entire century. Described as a dense, layered experience, 'Resurrection' constructs an emotional and symbolic flow rather than a linear narrative, positioning imagination as essential even in desolation. The article by Margherita Bordino was first published on Artribune.