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How much should we let technology control?
Attack drones stop listening to commands and begin targeting all humans.
("IRIS" by Hasraf 'Haz' Dulull)
All progress has a price.
A pioneering mind transfer procedure offers a quadriplegic soldier the chance of a new life... but at a terrible cost.
Starring Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey), Joseph Mawle (Benjen Stark in Game of Thrones) and Ana Ularu (the Wicked Witch of the West in the upcoming Emerald City).
("Trial" by The Brothers Lynch (David and Keith))
Miles of separation cannot break their bond.
Lovers face their unexpected separation.
If you could move through any solid object, what would you do?
An office drone (Napoleon Ryan) finds a mysterious piece of paper that allows him to pass through solid objects, so he takes advantage of this new power.
Facing global resource depletion, mankind sends out Space Rovers to find potentially inhabitable planets.
("Planet Unknown" by Shawn Wang)
In the midst of a war between humans and sentient androids, a Delta Force team must battle a dangerous enemy to rescue the US President.
("Singularity" by Samuel Jorgensen)
*WARNING - flashing lights may cause problems for people with epilepsy
Upon entering an omniscient technological device known as “The Chamber,” a man is presented with multiple projections of himself - from his past memories, to his own digital avatars, and beyond..
The fires of our past and present burn within each of us, casting a glow upon the many facets of ourselves, waiting to be set free as the story of our future is illuminated.
("The Chamber" by GMUNK)
A dog sees more in the household helper robot, and the robot begins to attain sentience as it observes the family with their pet dog.
In the year 2084, the fate of mankind will rest in the hands of a total moron.
Planet Earth is invaded by the evil organization known as “The Triangle Gang”, who wants to establish terror and rule our planet. Driving to their first target of destruction, the Triangle Gang doesn’t know that they will have to reckon with Metaman Gatsu, the last cosmo-fighter and defender of humanity.
Certain robots are treated as second class citizens, facing harassment from figures of authority, leading to a revolt. It serves as a grim reminder of the way history has a way of repeating itself.
("Robots of Brixton" by Kibwe Tavares)
A woman’s date takes a strange turn when the man she’s been seeing reveals his strange backstory.
2045 A.D. A new genetic disease is causing humans to reject their own organs. Cybernetic enhancements are the only means to survive. One desperate man (Osric Chau) is forced to steal cybernetic implants to save an innocent life.
A young woman has the power to change a futuristic society controlled by an evil corporation.
("Hello World :)" by Rafael Mathe & Etienne Larragueta)
Marooned on a dead Earth, a lone space traveller must delve into the planet’s history in order to find his way home.
After losing control of his engines, bumbling spaceman Fripp finds himself at the mercy of his spaceship. A thrilling descent through an asteroid belt ensues, after which he finds himself marooned on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Without a working spacecraft, the interstellar time-traveler must dip into the dead planet’s history in order to find a way home.
300 years in the future, a forensic accountant reviews the video stream from one mercenary’s drop-pod which has been damaged during the initial stages of a colonial invasion.
An advanced data courier called Sync delivers a dangerous package.
2 friends, 1 giant fish, and the photo that changed their world.
Featuring "Get Out" star Daniel Kaluuya.
Simultaneously an exploration of nature and psyche, "In the Pines" documents a young woman's hunt for extraterrestrial meaning.
A recently disabled 11-year-old boy constructs a fantasy world around his affliction to defeat his tormentors at school and heal his fractured family before they separate permanently.
("James" by Kyle McCauley)
Set in a landscape which combines London’s brutalist architecture with CG-generated skyscrapers, the new short film by Factory Fifteen for The Bug's Function / Void sees the daily, monotonous routine of its protagonist suddenly and inexplicably start to crumble. A collaboration with digital studio and production company Nexus, the new video, was created for two tracks off The Bug's album, album Angels & Devils (out now on Ninja Tune) and was produced in conjunction with The Creators Project.
("The Bug" by Factory Fifteen)
When statistician John Wilkins is sucked out of a plane at 43000 feet, he calculates that he has exactly 3 minutes and 48 seconds before he hits the ground.
("43,000 Feet" by Campbell Hooper)
To contend with the bullies at school, 9-year-old Caleb decides to 3D print himself. Back home there's confusion, discord and reshuffled schedules...But maybe this is just what his family needs? With humor at its heart, CALEB is a fundamentally human story about family dynamics and the inevitability of moral dilemmas in the face of advancing technology.
("Caleb" by Amanda Mesaikos & Susanne Aichele)
A war between 2 robots fight for the fate of the world while a bomb ticks away ready to explode.
A Woman arrives on a barren highway where a mysterious Man waits, as he always has. He has things to offer, and she has things to trade, but what to choose?
("Love, Lots of It" by Rob Feld)
When two universes collide and create exact duplicates of both people and inanimate objects on a single version of Earth, a hopeless romantic finds himself able to win the heart of his dream girl's double.
("Doubles" by Jacob E. Motz)
A man's consciousness transferred from his own diseased body into something manmade and he must deal with the horror of his new reality.
Four teens travel into a desolate and decrepit urban wasteland brought forth by the very being they wish to find, dead or alive.
("King Ripple" by Luke Jaden)
In a world sputtering under ecological ruin and self imposed eugenics one couple search for some hope in their lives.
("Populace" by Aaron Bevan-Bailey)
It's a fight against religion and society for a metal man trying to save his family.
("Battery Life" by Justin Nixon)
For a curious young boy, The War of the Worlds is just the beginning.
On the evening of October 30th, 1938 Orson Welles’ voice traveled far across the radio waves, bringing word of an invading alien army from Mars. The theatricality and delivery of the performance, along with recent memories of the Hindenburg disaster (one year prior), sent many listeners into a panic. Unfortunate coincidence would fall upon the town of Concrete WA where, at the height of the invading alien attack, a power transformer blew out sending the entire town and surrounding areas into darkness.
("Embers & Dust" by Patrick Biesemans)
An Arctic inhabitant is fascinated by the sudden appearance of a mysterious box.
("The Arctic Circle" by Kevin Parry)
Joseph is an astronaut set to go where no man has arrived in the Universe through the 'Hibernation' program. But something happens between him and his instructor Claire, and decisions that seemed unbreakable begin to crack. The countdown has begun.
("Hibernation" by Jon Mikel Caballero)
An old man and his dog make their routine walk to the isolated clifftops of Cornwall… but this time they find out they’re not so isolated after all.
With the progression of culture and technology, what would the interaction between the first human and the last human be like?
Sometimes breaking everything still can't break the cycle you're stuck in.
("Vicious Cycle" by Michael Marczewski)
Caroline (Sophie von Haselberg) can't stand that she is a virgin...and then the world ends. In post-apocalyptic LA, after a dust storm has wiped out the planet, she is convinced that Francis (Martin Starr) was sent as the man to pop her cherry. YOYO is a heartfelt, dark comedy about finding meaning in life, even when life ceases to exist. The short features music by Jean Grae.
("YOYO" directed by Nicole Delaney)
Female astro-miner Shona has been mining under dangerous conditions on the moon for the past two years in order to pay for expensive medical treatments in hopes of save her bed-ridden daughter Darla, and now that her tour is completed, a younger astronaut Paige has come to replace her. Shona is reluctant to return to the world she once knew, but in meeting Paige realizes that returning to Earth isn’t where she’ll find peace – she will have to return home.
Trapped inside the Space Freighter/Refinery DÉDALO, SIENA tries to survive an infestation of Diabolic Creatures. "Dedalo" directed by Jerónimo Rocha
In a dystopian future where the world has devolved into a pre-industrial state, the Purists rule supreme. The Purists blame technology for all the world’s past ills, and have deemed it to be inherently sinful.
A handful of Companions, human-like artificial intelligence, have managed to make it through the apocalypse. They survive the only way they can –by hiding in plain sight.
("Sinner" by Stash Capar)
Haunted by the memory of his girlfriend, Ben becomes obsessed with reliving their best moments together through the company, AGAIN™.
A twenty-something busboy finds a business card for a company called AGAIN™ that specializes in a procedure known as “simulated time placement.” He becomes obsessed with reliving certain moments of his life until an overlooked side effect begins to take hold.
A short film set in the near future, where augmented reality has become so ubiquitous that the line between the real and virtual worlds have become blurred. When a new, dangerous technology is created that can manipulate the perception of this brave new world, who will exploit it? Who will monetize it? Who will become twisted by it?
Augmented is directed by Ross Peacock and produced by Ben Mortimer of Black Arrow Pictures, and executive produced by Tim Clayton of Sweet Potato Productions. Starring Sabine Crossen, Brett Fancy and Camilla Roholm.
("Augmented" by Ross Peacock)
Madeline is enjoying a quiet evening at home while her boyfriend, Rich, films her with his new VHS camera when they are interrupted by a visit from a stranger bearing a message from Madeline's future self. After receiving the message, the tape stops and starts again, only things begin to play out differently.
This short was produced by Experience Everything Productions Inc.
("Timelike" by Richard Boylan)
In 2069, New Earth is declared open for civilian migration, a decade after its discovery. As tales of wonder and opportunity reach the Old World, taking ‘the leap’ becomes the dream of millions. Unable to afford the journey, many of the less fortunate risk their lives being smuggled aboard cargo ships. The inter-planetary Migration Administration, or IPMA, deals with human trafficking on a biblical scale.
Fifteen years later, Jacob Reiss, a disillusioned IPMA veteran, has a fateful encounter with a young cartel prostitute. A meeting that forces him to confront a dark chapter from his past in order to save them both from a bleak future in one final, violent shot at redemption.
("The Leap" by Karel van Bellingen)
A millennial has to deal with the unexpected consequences of swiping himself on a dating app.
("Swiped" by Joseph Kahn)
An imaginary friend is forced to consider retirement when his creator starts to grow up.
After the murder of Leo's wife a single idea circles endlessly within his head: revenge.
("The Guilt" written & directed by David Victori )
Paul, a journalist with a penchant for the unexplainable, meets with a man claiming to be a time traveler. As his skepticism is put to rest, Paul is sucked into the traveler’s anecdotes and tales, completely unaware of the real reason he has been invited there, and how it will change his life forever.
A self-aware robot seeks out love and meaning with horrifying results.
("Abe" by Rob McLellan)
In a post nuclear era where owning books is a felony and the intellectual community is persecuted, a group of scientists is trying in vain to find a way to save the world. A Professor's assistant will be called upon to make the most difficult decision of his life.
("Amendment 10/60" by Akis Polizos)
Unknown. Unexplainable. The phenomenon of silence.
Atoms of Uncontrollable Silence depicts a moment in which two scientists of different studies bear witness to an interconnection of separate events that extend beyond their realm of understanding.
On the eve of a rebel uprising in a dystopian underground society, one miner finds the key to freedom and attempts to escape before the hostile government kills him first.
HELIO is a short, visceral film centered on a post-apocalyptic underground society where miners work for light to survive. But when a dying rebel thrusts the unexpected onto an unassuming worker’s lap, all hell breaks loose. What begins as one man’s race to escape the hostile government quickly escalates into a city-wide uprising of the people.
("Helio" by Teddy Cecil)
Based on the DARK HORSE comic, NUMBER 13, a young cybernetic amnesiac, wanders a post-apocalyptic wasteland searching for a father he can’t remember.
In a far-off future where hope is a forgotten word, a teenage boy awakens in a wasteland patrolled by mechanized monsters. With no memories of his past life, no belongings and no home, the only thing he truly possesses are mysterious, cybernetic powers. It is these abilities, coveted by rival factions intent on exploiting him, that quickly entangle him in a deadly struggle for the future of humanity. Known only by the number tattooed on his head, he is NUMBER 13.
("Number 13" directed by Steve Petersen)
Via an app on his phone, Bert discovers that a 97% love match is near. Will he find her before the subway reaches the end of the line?
"Divisor" shows the unexpected consequence as a result of mind shifting.
Cyberpunk and virtual reality have shaped the esthetics of this short film.
("Divisor" by Nick Luchkiv)
A psychiatrist is compelled by his patient, an institutionalized mathematician, to consider the existence of a secret integer between three and four.
Doctor Simon Tomlin, a psychiatrist in a mental hospital, has a disturbing conversation with one of his patients-- a brilliant mathematician named Ersheim, who intends to prove the existence of a secret integer between three and four. Tomlin is compelled to dig deeper, but he only uncovers more questions. When Ersheim mysteriously disappears from the hospital, Tomlin realizes that their fates are deeply entwined.
("The Secret Number" by Colin Levy)
10 years after leaving a war his father started, Quinn and Amp live in the slums selling illegal custom-tech just to afford the batteries that keep Amp alive.
When an old childhood friend tracks him down, Quinn is confronted with the dilemma of choosing to remain idle in a city run by the corrupt Coreley Corporation or finally finish the war he never wanted to be a part of.
("AMP" by Adam Marisett)
Harry, a troubled young boy with a vivid imagination wants to fight the forces of evil like his television hero, the Star Ship Captain. When he meets the athletic but slightly awkward Jordan, the two boys set a plan in motion to defeat the forces of evil and save the day. Set in Melbourne in the late 1970‘s, this is the story of a suburban Space Captain, his Lieutenant, the Rocket they built and the heroes they become.
("Rocketman" by Nicholas Colla)
When Thom broke up with his girlfriend Celia to follow his dreams and become an astronaut he didn’t realize it would lead her to use her robotics skill against all of humanity. Now he must try to heal her broken heart and save the world.
The story of an AI unit who is anything but artificial.
("EI: Emotional Intelligence" by Dennis Sungmin Kim)
A Japanese man mysteriously wakes up inside of his phone and is forced to confront the destruction his addiction to technology has wreaked on his life. In the face of these unusual obstacles, he attempts to escape the phone and return to his normal life—all before draining his battery down to zero...
("Man in Phone" by Mackenzie Sheppard)
A short film about falling in love... with a terrorist.
Nevin has lived a safe simple life, despite the dystopia that surrounds him, but will his fixation on the sexy dangerous girl next door lead him out of his comfort zone?
("Next Door" by Drew Mylrea)
A lone astronaut on an endurance mission is forced to cope with an intrusive force which threatens to derail the operation.
During the space race of the 1960's, the Soviets and Americans were at each other's throats, vying for a foothold in galactic exploration. Simultaneous to the superpower's struggle, a wealthy eccentric by the name of Arthur Whitman set out to search for his own stellar glory. His self-financed voyage would see him try to break the record for the longest single-manned space mission, and remain in orbit for 1 week.
This is a story of one man's struggle against the forces of nature, and the more powerful forces that lay within his own psyche.
Originally released June 19th, 2012 to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the longest solo space flight in history. The record was set by Valery Bykovsky with a total flight time of 4 days and 23 hours.
("Waltz for One" by John Merizalde)
In a world where time travel spreads as a virus, a fugitive uses 1-5 second time jumps to escape a police raid.
Echo/Back depicts a world where time travel is becoming commonplace. There are no time machines- instead the ability spreads through a virus. Those infected can jump several seconds through time.
Amidst this upheaval, a renegade time traveller, Vance, steals an experimental weapon. Police surround him in an abandoned factory. To escape, Vance is forced to outmaneuver (and outthink) them, using time jumps.
("Echo/Back" directed by Tristram Geary)
Michael (Tom Hollander) is a broken man with a gun, surrounded by armed police. A robot with a medical degree is dispatched –but can it save him?
("Dr. Easy" by Shynola)
A family of scavengers. A corrupt spaceport. A callous matriarch. A home in the shadow of a space elevator. After a brutal attack on his father, Simon Carter must sacrifice everything to save his family.
("Payload" by Stuart Willis)
With the help of her drones, a young woman faces the horrors outside in a search for a paradise she may never find.
("Terrarial" by Nicholas Colla)
Bibo is a robot who sells ice cream. The world around him is destroyed. Just a few houses are left in the middle of the desert. Everybody loved Bibo in the past. Children, adults, everybody... He was a star! And now, the only thing that keeps Bibo going is his job. This is his life. Every day he comes to his workplace no matter what. And every day, at the same time, 3 children run towards him to buy ice cream. Again and again... Until that one day, when a girl in a red dress freezes in the middle of the street.
("Bibo" by Anton Chistiakov)
What would you sacrifice to save the world? In Rob McLellan's short "Always the Sun" one woman must take on this devastating responsibility.
("Always the Sun" by Rob McLellan)
In a dusty Texas bar, a chatty stranger insists on striking up a conversation with the man sitting next to him. The more this stranger talks, the more obvious it is he’s not from ’round here. Heck, he’s not even from this planet! Based on the short story by Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep, Hap and Leonard).
A man (Dante Basco) returns to the scene of a terrible crime where he lost everything, determined to face his demons and rewrite a little bit of history.
A young man walks in to a dingy and seemingly abandoned building with nothing but a chair, a notebook and a backpack of supplies. He looks like he's been walking forever. After looking over the bleak surroundings, he sets up his chair in the middle of the room and begins to prepare himself.
After downing a large amount of food and water, he reaches into his pocket and retrieves a notebook. The notebook is filled from cover to cover with hand-drawn symbols, equations and notes.
Near the end of the book are several pages containing patches, each with a hand-drawn value next to them. The young man takes a patch with the value of '1' written next to it and applies it to his neck. He takes a deep breath, closes his eyes and then...
("Cradle" by David Holechek and Jake Hart)
This 3D experimental short is about synesthetic drones, neon dubstep and the surveillance state.
("Dysco" by Simon Russell)
The story of two men who find themselves in the center of Earth’s first encounter with extraterrestrial life.
An homage to Blade Runner.
Time travelers are hidden among us and they aren't friendly. "Plurality" by Dennis A. Liu.
After the state of New York gives the police access to "The Grid," a new technology that allows people to purchase anything with a quick scan of their fingerprint, crime drops almost instantly. However, they also discover that certain people are popping up in two places at once.
A group of friends build a jet-powered craft to teleport across the universe. It’s only when they succeed that their problems begin.
("Traveler" by Simon Brown)
Ever since there has been people, there has been explorers.
Explorers is a short film which shows an idealistic look at the future of space travel, seen from the perspective of those who dare to venture into the unknown. The film is a tribute to science fiction films of my youth and to those real life pioneers that inspire it.
A solo project completed in six weeks (in my spare time) and produced entirely in Unreal Engine 4.
Humanity makes a deal with a new client, "Good Business" by Ray Sullivan.
Deep underground, a second-rate scientist mans a discarded research facility struggling to cope with extreme boredom, a desperate voiceless companion and a mystery he'd really rather not have to solve...
Alone in an underground facility deep below the mountains, a tired researcher performs endless tests on Eddie, his desperate, mute test subject.
With no response from his employers, he juggles running the facility and keeping his sanity whilst all the while doing his best to ignore the ever-growing list of questions in the back of his mind.
Just what is wrong with Eddie anyway? How long does he have to stay down there? And why won’t his employer return his messages?
("Eddie" by John Lynch)
As seen in many sci-fi films tapes, we've been invaded again, but this time is our own fault: We've created New Media.
They've dominated the human race, changing themselves into biomecanical appearance self-sufficient organisms.
Far from the action footage and the explosions which define this film genre, the world is now an unshakeable place; victim of the alienation caused by the sent signals.
("NewMedia" by Julian Cooke and Sebastian Dias)
K just crashed his Mercedes-Benz into a tree, moments after trying to avoid running down a small wild animal that ran across his path. He is on a backwater road in the countryside and it’s a very dark night. His evening has only just begun...
("Macabre" by Jerónimo Rocha and João Miguel Real)
Set in a dystopian future where the world is dying from a crippling disease, a mysterious figure visits an illegal drug den in the hope of sourcing a rumored cure, but unwittingly gets caught up in a robbery that could threaten his chances of making it back out alive...
("The Pale Moonlight" by Tin Pang)
Two Worlds is a story about two opposites coming together out of necessity and finding hope at the end of the world. "Two Worlds" by Andy Lefton.
Snibb, a stranded and lonely character, but not by choice. He has been marooned on a desolate planet where he struggles to utilize his weak and failing satellite link to attempt daily distress beacons for rescue. But with little power available, he is unable to get just enough solar power to send that one frequency “S.O.S”.
L.O.I.D., a two-bit cargo droid en route to his galactic destination is in a suspended state of consciousness, drifting through space in his cargo vessel the “Lucky Strike”. Through fate or just unfortunate circumstance, L.O.I.D's ship collides with a piece of space debris and is woken by the chaos of his ship speeding through space uncontrollably towards Snibb's lone planet.
With L.O.I.D's ship crash landing on Snibb's planet, these two characters are able to benefit from each other through their new friendship and attempt to find a solution off this isolated world.
A young Cessna pilot and an aging air traffic controller's lives collide one fateful night in and over Roswell, New Mexico.
Based on a true story, 'The Last Transmission' tells the story a young pilot, Delta Sierra Juliet, and an aging air traffic controller, Fred, on the brink of retirement. As the pilot flies from Colorado Springs to Carlsbad, he calls to Roswell, just as the old man is about to clock out for good, inquiring about other traffic in his airspace. Tension quickly builds they both learn that what's up there isn't of this earth.
("The Last Transmission" by Stephen Turselli)
Detroit, 2029 is a thoughtlog from former military operator Tony Demayo, whose combat footage capturing Detroit's invasion became the 21st century’s Zapruder film.
Love transcends all boundaries. Even in space. Starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster. "Orbit Ever After" by Jamie Magnus Stone
Nigel has fallen in love. But when you live in orbit, aboard a ramshackle space hovel with the most risk-averse family imaginable, it isn't easy to follow your heart - especially when the girl of your dreams is spinning around earth the wrong way!
He fished for life but The Life caught him.
Mr Wong is a third generation fisherman in Hong Kong, struggling to keep this tradition alive. One night, he decides to leave the crowded waters of the harbor, and fish in calmer waters. His luck changes when he catches something that does not belong to this world.
("The Fisherman" by Alejandro Suarez Lozano)
An experimental pessimistic short film about humanity. An extraterrestrial and poetic reflection on the sources of the collapse of humanity.
Biopunk is set in 2054, some thirty years after a virus has devastated half the world’s population and transformed them into something other than human.
("Biopunk" by Liam Garvo)
As her deceased daughter's birthday approaches, Dr. Mara Stevens begins to ask herself, what if Wendy hadn't died?
WHAT IF WENDY takes place in a near future in which genetic engineering is the norm for couples looking to have a child. DR. MARA STEVENS, a case manager for a genetic engineering firm, leads an isolated, meticulous existence consumed by work and little else.
But as her deceased daughter's seventh birthday approaches, Mara begins to ask herself, "what if Wendy hadn't died?" In opening this Pandora's box, Mara is faced with the debilitating grief she has suppressed for so long.
("What if Wendy" by James A. Sims)
Infinitude is a meditation on the cosmic evolution of matter and energy over time. Filmmaking techniques such as time-lapse, high-speed, and stop-motion photography were used to photograph handmade props, fluid dynamics, and gravitational light-painting. Infinitude is a handmade representation of the exponential growth of complexity in the cosmos.
("Infinitude" by Scott Portingale)
Marshall discovers a deep space distress call from his estranged brother and must choose to save himself or venture into the Recoil effect for a chance at redemption.
Recoil follows apathetic deep space freighter, Marshall Walker, who has a crisis of conscience when he discovers a distress call from his estranged brother, Alec. With the help of his digital navigator, Bodhi, their search leads them to the edge of a black hole where Alec’s ship is found at the mercy of the paralyzing time loop known as the Recoil effect. With time running out, Marshall must choose between saving himself or venturing into the unknown for a chance at redemption.
(“Recoil” directed by Evan Matthews)
In the near future, when status has become more important than ever before, a woman with a fake identity must decide how far she's willing to go to move up the social ladder.
("Iris" by Justin S. Lee)
After spending his entire life on display, Jim discovers that they're about to change the exhibit.
As the only living part of a futuristic museum exhibit meant to replicate the “ideal” human existence, Jim has everything a man could wish for. With complimentary microwave dinners, unlimited thirst-quenching soda, and over five television channels to choose from, who could ask for anything more? But when his cyborg caretakers decide to introduce a female into the exhibit, his world changes forever. As he tries to relate to Caz, a living, breathing woman, Jim discovers that maybe his sheltered life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. After a few chaotic days together, they decide that Caz is going to leave on her own. After she escapes, a lonely Jim is forced to decide whether he has the courage to follow her and face the outside world.
("In Captivity" by Michael Koerbel)
Two Indian astronauts must cope with the death of their captain on a one-way voyage to the nearest Earth-like sanctuary.
Set in the near future, three Indian astronauts are on a one-way trip to a distant planet, Gliese 581g. Unfortunately, the ship's captain, Rishi, passes away after an adverse reaction to the hyper-sleep. Now it's up to the two remaining astronauts, Pankaj and Naaz, to come together and land the vessel in his memory.
To complicate things, India's mission control requires them to jettison the corpse in order to avoid bringing biological contaminates to the new planet. But Naaz, who has fallen in love with Rishi, refuses to let this happen. While Pankaj finds her actions weak and in direct compromise of the mission, Naaz must prove that strength comes from a place that is elevated far above scientific protocol—and is what makes us human in this great expanse called the cosmos.
("Vimana" by Faroukh Virani)
An unhappy man sets out to shut down an outdated storage facility, but his interaction with the unusual caretaker will make it an unforgettable experience.
("The Lost City of Tomorrow" by Auden Bui)
When an office robot attempts to express its affection for a co-worker, the fragile balance between the employees in the office is pushed to a tipping point.
An office robot named RAE decides to give a gift to its co-worker, but unknowingly offends another employee in the office. Set in the not-too-distant future, RAE sets up a likely scenario in which humans and artificially-intelligent robots work in close proximity. In such a world, how can a machine reconcile its feelings with the limitations of its design?
("RAE" by Aaron Rovner)
In Genghis Khan's last days, an encounter with a Wizard sends him to the Moon.
In Genghis Khan's last days, an encounter with a Wizard sends him to the Moon. Just as the Mediaeval anti-hero thinks he's made his greatest conquest, he finds himself on a spiritual quest, realizing the absurd clash between one man's need and the silence of the Universe.
("Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon" by Kerry Yang)
The past is a future worth saving.
Featuring Cailey Fleming (Young Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Paul Petersen, this sci-fi short follows Dr. Theodore Maine in his quest to relive a memory with his mother that he deeply regrets. Ted’s personal endeavor is taking away from his work with Alzheimer’s patients at Janus Labs and his lab partner, Shea Rose, is getting fed up with his tardiness and lack of focus. That is, until, a mysterious visitor named Obee changes Ted’s life for good.
Memoir is a short proof-of-concept for a feature film of the same title. With the short film, it was our goal to capture the tone and essence of the feature, without taking any scenes directly from the feature script.
When a mysterious creature crash lands in the mountains, a local girl finds a reclusive shepherd and his flock of sheep to be more than meets the eye.
The story revolves around Asmita, a young Nepali orphan, who by chance run into a strange shepherd in the mountains. She has stolen food from the village people, but the shepherd, named Isaac, takes it from her, determined to teach her a lesson. She ends up learning more than he expects, as she uncovers the true nature of him and his odd sheep; that he is an intergalactic defender of the planet, and the sheep are former alien invaders. When suddenly a new invader crash lands in the mountains, Asmita is put to the test: does she have what it takes to become like Issac - intergalactic protector of the planet - or is she forever doomed to the streets? After a short battle, where Isaac is loosing the battle to the invader, Asmita steps in and overpowers the alien. She is surprised to find that the shepherds staff can turn aliens into sheep. Isaac is surprised too, that Asmita was able to help him out. As a reward she gets to stay with him and join the ranks as protector of planet earth.
("The Shepherd" by Lasse Rützou Bruntse & John Muller)
The world’s first sentient machine goes on stage to accept a prestigious “Person of the Year” award as an auditorium of humans are confronted with his emotional and controversial story.
Donny the Drone (voiced by Guy Pearce) has just been named the “Person of the Year” by World Times magazine. Donny takes the stage to dramatically tell his story of how he came to have real human emotions. His anecdotes are portrayed with highlights from his world-spanning adventures that have shaped who he has become. As the ceremony goes on, Donny’s vision becomes grander, more ambitious and potentially concerning. Will Donny be able to freely pursue his dream of helping all over the world—or will mankind’s darker, paranoid instincts intervene before Donny achieves ultimate, worldwide control.
("Donny the Drone" by Mackenzie Sheppard)
In a dystopian world a young woman gets a second chance to avenge her and her family’s death and fight against the governments military death squads.
An epic brutal action story in a weak, ruling society where people are killed simply because they are poor, a young woman named Dina is brutally murdered. Her death becomes the turning point when she is given the chance to redeem her honor, and wreak cold-blooded revenge on those that took her life.
("Redeem the Beginning" by Dennis Petersen)
A lonely woman falls for an avatar in an augmented reality program and it completely upends her life.
A lonely and depressed woman named Sadie takes part in the beta testing of "Virtual Encounters," an augmented reality program where users can virtually meet different kinds of people. After meeting an avatar named Jack in a florist shop, Sadie begins to feel alive again, and she reaches out to a hacker in the program to find the real man behind the avatar.
("The Sweetening" by Grace Rowe)
Ivan has tested positive for perfection, but sadly in this world it's illegal and the law states he must attend a private clinic to be made imperfect.
("The Problemless Anonymous" by Gary Roberts)
Myosis is the constriction of the iris which decreases the diameter of the pupil. It is an unconscious phenomenon which can be triggered by an intense light, fear or the effect of epiphany.
("Myosis" by Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart)
