Arco: a girl, a visitor from the future and a way home
Ugo Bienvenu’s first feature connects two futures through Iris and Arco. A 2025 French animation discovery, distributed in Spain in January 2026.
Two futures and a home to return to
In 2075, Iris sees a boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. Arco comes from an even more distant future and needs to return to his own time. The French film’s premise places an understandable task within science fiction: helping someone far from home. Knowing time-travel rules is unnecessary for understanding that starting point.[1]
Curiosity starts with the meeting
Ten-year-old Iris welcomes the newcomer. Their meeting provides a simple way into the story: what would you do to help someone whose world you do not know? The distributor’s announced adventure revolves around getting home. That goal explains the premise; we neither reveal its ending nor turn a synopsis into a film review.[2]
Ugo Bienvenu’s first feature
Arco is illustrator and director Ugo Bienvenu’s first feature. Unifrance lists it as a 2025 French production, with Remembers and MountainA among its producers and a French release on 22 October that year. Following filmmakers starting out in features offers a European-animation discovery route alongside the calendar of major franchises.[3]
It reached Spain in January
Caramel Films released it in Spain in January 2026. Europa Creativa MEDIA Catalunya records distribution support through Films on the Move. That describes distribution, not an inferred production subsidy. This is a catalogue discovery: this article’s date does not turn its release into an October premiere.[2]
When you have time for another kind of adventure
If a story connecting time travel with a childhood encounter interests you, start with its trailer and check current availability through the distributor or your usual cinemas and services. Learning about a film after release still counts as discovery. The useful thing is finding a premise you want to follow, rather than pretending everything has just launched.
Sources and checks · 3
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- [1] Caramel Films · ficha española de Arcoofficial · Checked on 13 October 2026
- [2] Europa Creativa MEDIA Catalunya · estreno españolofficial · Checked on 13 October 2026
- [3] Unifrance · Arco (2025)official · Checked on 13 October 2026
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