Martina Paseggi stars as Elisa in Un futuro brillante (A Bright Future), a film by Uruguayan director Lucía Garibaldi. Credit: Courtesy Image / Raza CósmicaInternational film festival Raza Cósmica, now in its fifth year, showcases independent cinema for underserved communities and prides itself on curating a “constellation of Latinx sci-fi cinema.”Created by the San Antonio-based organization MonteVideo and sponsored by the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) and American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM), Raza Cósmica spotlights science fiction and sci-fi-adjacent films by Latinx and BIPOC filmmakers. The opening night film is the Texas premiere of Un futuro brillante (A Bright Future) by director Lucia Garibaldi. “I think a film like Un futuro brillante is a great example of that – exploring immigration from a fresh lens. Free, various times, Thursday, Oct. 9-Saturday, Oct. 11, Arthouse at Blue Star and Central Library, 134 Blue Star and 600 Soledad St, montevideo210.com.