PRODUCERS CLUB AND CINEMAS
358 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036
The Grand Theater
Friday, March 13, 2026
All Movie Tickets $20 dollars or Buy All Access Producer Club
Good for All Day Friday and Saturday Morning Screenings at PC.
Block 1
SCI-FI FEATURE
1100am- 1245pm
VOLUME 7
Directors Panos Pappas, Despina Charalampous
Greece, 1 hr. 47 min
In an isolated City-Building marked 7, where human knowledge is preserved in the minds of the gifted and time loops through memory, an ageless man reappears across lifetimes, challenging love, rebellion, and the illusion of escape.
Q&A after the Block
Block 2
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1245pm-230pm
Saucers, Spooks and Kooks
Director Christopher L Graybill
United States, 1 hr 47 min
Saucers, Spooks and Kooks is a journey through the lesser known history of the UFO narrative, exploring its origins, and evolution, which still to this day reverberates in how we look at the current UFO phenomenon.
Block 3
INTERNATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL SCI-Fi
230pm-330pm
CRIMSON & STEEL
Director bruce hunt
Australia, 6 min
Hollow Earth
Director Chad Adair
United States, 12 min
An experimental film exploring the notions of time and the apocalypse. Based on T.S.Eliot The Hollow Men
Rot
Director David Olonoff
United States, 6 min
A disturbed realtor traps two new homeowners in a conversation from which they cannot escape
The Detached
Director Avinash Bhaya
in Best Dramatic Sci FI Short
United States, 12 min
An aging father and his futureless daughter must decide to face the remainder of humanity together or abandon the Earth.
Alpha Macro
Directors Mark Nielson, Ryan Gilmer
United States, 5 min
A B&W 35mm film, motivated by Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville (1965).
Some Dark Matter
Director Molly Fisher
United States, 10 min
Following the sudden passing of her father, Chiara (Oona Roche) navigates a series of mysterious, alarming events.
Phobos (Sub Eng)
Director Pietro Crozza Signoris
Italy, 16 min
In a remote observatory, a physicist and a philosopher confront their ideas. When the telescope autonomously points toward the sky, something changes. A psychological journey where rationality breaks down and fear manifests. Nothing can be controlled anymore
Block 4
SCI-FI FEATURE
330pm-500pm
The Uncertainty Principle
Director Sebastian Badara
Romania , 95 min
Three scientists are on the verge of a major breakthrough in quantum mechanics only to find themselves in conflict over what the discovery actually means.
BEST OF PKD SHORTS
500pm-700pm
Beyond the Door
Directors Gregory Klino, MJ Palo
United States, 12 minutes
When a man buys a cuckoo clock for his wife, he discovers that there is more behind the cuckoo's door than just the cuckoo. Based on a story by Philip K Dick
SWiM
Director Ivo Venkov
United States, 17 min
Nope. Seriously. Androids still dream of art. After a disastrous fashion runway walk, Maggie, a low-cost, Tenzing model mountain droid with serious artistic aspirations, embarks on her never-ending and sometimes perilous journey into creativity.
UBIK: Ontological Decay and Maintenance of Reality Fields AI
Director Dalibor Barić
Croatia 11 minutes
This experimental docu-fiction essay connects Ubik's "ontological economy" with the idea that existence has a cost of maintenance, and that the characters themselves are the process of preserving the failure in which they live. In the end, Ubik is recognized as an early informatics theology: God is not the creator, but the debugger of reality
The Gun
Director Randall Christopher
United States, 11 minutes
On a distant planet all life has been annihilated through war, but when a team of scientists arrive they discover a terrifying weapon that still functions. Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick.
Are you a human being ?
Director Matthieu Moerle
France, Switzerland, 29 min
Lucie and Jean-Michel are grappling with an existential crisis and a computer crash. In this dark comedy blending poetry and artificial intelligence...They search for the meaning of their lives!
The Light of Dead Stars
Director Matthew Camfield
United Kingdom 45 minutes
A Cerebral, Sci-Fi Thriller, set in a near future cyberpunk dystopia. Agent Link (Gwilym Lloyd) a tired cop obsessed with his investigation of a string of unexplained murders, is thrown in with Jed (Medhi Duman), possessed by some form of entity, parasite, VALIS. Jed's strange consciousness threatens the very existence of Links reality forcing him to face his own existential crisis. Inspired by PKD’s Valis Experiences.
Q&A with Directors after the Block
Block 6
INTERNATIONAL SCI FI
7pm-9pm
ATTENUATOR
Director Rob Graydon
United States, 6 min
A paralyzed man relives his worst day over and over.
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting
Director Alexander Thompson
United States , 15 min
From BAFTA-winning Exec Producer Roy Lee (Weapons, How to Train Your Dragon, Barbarian, It, Welcome to Darry) comes an allegorical 1930s-set coming-of-age fable about mothers, daughters & the beasts they hunt. Starring HEREDITARY's Milly Shapiro and WALKING DEAD's Pollyanna McIntosh.
The Usual
Director Ion Adrian
The Netherlands 11 minutes
During a global pandemic, a troubled man's grip on reality begins to slip as he finds himself living his worst nightmare.
Anomaly
Director Andy Webb
Australia, United States, 10min
Austin (Evan Evagora, Star Trek: Picard), an artist obsessed with UFO theories, spends his nights searching the skies for proof of extraterrestrial life. Isolated and struggling after a breakup, he retreats further into his world.
16 Rachels Season 2 (Episode 1)
Director Keaton Smith
United States, 18 min
Planet Earth was purchased by one of the wealthiest mining companies in the universe—forcing the entire human race to migrate elsewhere in the cosmos. Emotionally intelligent androids were hired to facilitate mass exodus and prepare Earth for demolition. A lone employee, Joon, stays behind to manage demolition code synthesized within Earth’s water molecules. This mysterious process reveals a cache of video diaries by sixteen women with the same name
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Synced
Director Ilaria Serantoni
United States, 9 min
After purchasing a device that allows her to experience her mother’s memories and emotions, a woman discovers that caregiving is not just an act of duty, but one of connection.
Acid City
Directors Jack Wedge, Will Freudenheim
United States, 12 min
The movie follows a film crew as they document what life is like in the isolated city. Acid City is composed of real interviews conducted across NYC, ranging from regular people on the street, to water scientists and emergency responders, as well as invented characters. In this way, Acid City blends and recontextualizes authentic perspectives and scientific research into a psychedelic and surreal animated world. The film is an exploration of the city's resilient and self-sufficient nature, as well as its relationship to water and extreme heat through both a practical and spiritual lens.
Dreamwalker,
Directors Luca Schenato, Sinem Vardarli
United Kingdom, 15 min
Dreamwalker is a sci-fi drama about a shaman who embarks on a quest to save his village from certain extinction. Through an altered state of consciousness, he connects with the mind of a scientist from another time who is conducting research to save her civilization. The film delves into the structure of reality, exploring how time and space can be traversed, ultimately intertwining the destinies of the two protagonist
SATURNI-
Director Paul B. Frieling
United States , 5 min
A pregnant artist retreats to a secluded residency run by a mysterious gallery, only to discover that her unborn child is a key to awakening an ancient Saturnian consciousness.
Block 7
SUPERNATURAL FEATURE
9pm-11pm
INFIRMARY
Director Nicholas Pineda
United States, United States, 82 min
'Infirmary' follows Edward, a young ex-Marine, on his first night as a security guard at the Wilshire Hospital—a crumbling, long-abandoned mental asylum with a history that refuses to die. Paired with Lester, a retiring guard whose unusual behavior only adds to the unease, Edward quickly realizes this isn’t just another job.
BLOCK 8
INTERNATIONAL SCI-FI AND SUPERNATURAL SHORTS
11pm-1230am
The Babysitter Murders: Timing's Off
Director Orin Black
United States, NJ, 8 min
A babysitter experiencing time distortions sees a news report of her own murder.
It Comes in Waves,
Directors Javier Fuentes, Michael O'Brien
United States, 13 min
A man is desolate and obsessed with a mysterious transmission from another place and he will desperately tune through the static until he finds it again. Or it finds him.
Lost in Your Thoughts,
Director Marshall Leigh George
Canada, 11min
A woman undergoes EMDR therapy and enters a physical manifestation of her memories looking for her lost sister.
First & Last
Director Alexander Nonaka Galant
Canada , 4 minutes
At a showing of a rental apartment, a young woman stumbles upon a gruesome mystery while taking pictures with her phone
Watching Over You
Director Stephen Nage
South Africa, 15 minutes
Isabelle, a stubborn young doctor is determined to save every patient after her mother is taken away from her by the Angel of Death himself, Azrael. After losing many more patients in the years thereafter, she is ready to give up on life, but is visited again by Azrael who takes her on a journey to explore the meaning of life – and death
Werewolves in Brooklyn
Director Justin Suarez
United States, 3min
Set in 1988 Red Hook, this 3-minute AI-generated film follows 13-year-old Danny Rodriguez, a brave Brooklyn kid who’s had enough of adults blaming urban legends for missing kids. He decides to investigate for himself, only to discover that the myth might be real. What starts as frustration turns into a mission. Brooklyn needs someone to protect it. And Danny steps up.