PRODUCERS CLUB AND CINEMAS
358 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036
Friday, March 13, 2026
Block 1
SCI-FI FEATURE
11am- 1230pm
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
SCI-FI FEATURE
1230pm-230pm
The Uncertainty Principle
Director Sebastian Badarau
in Best Science Fiction Feature
Romania
5404123
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.
Q&A after the Block
Block 3
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
230pm-430pm
Saucers, Spooks and Kooks
Director Christopher L Graybill
in Best Documentary
United States
5403977
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 4
SCI-FI FEATURE
430pm-600pm
The Alice Paradox
Director William Brooke
in Best Science Fiction Feature
United Kingdom
5404260
Depicting a famous thought experiment in Quantum Mechanics, Alice travels back in time, and is transported into an alternate version of the recent past. Trapped in a world which prizes collectivism over individuality, Alice is forced to confront her life choices, grappling with profound questions about identity, fate, and the search for meaning.
Block 5
BEST OF PKD SHORTS
600pm-8pm
Beyond the Door - Short Film
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
ATTENUATOR
Director Rob Graydon
United States, NYC, 5 min
A paralyzed man relives his worst day over and over.
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.
It Comes in Waves,
Directors Jaiver Fuentes, Michael O'Brie
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.
The Last Horse
Submitter Pamela Winfrey
United States, 9 minutes
Against the backdrop of an apocalyptic future, two parents, wrung out by recent catastrophic events, are haunted by their only daughter.
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 AND SUPERNATURAL SHORTS
8pm-10pm
Céremony
Director Mark Wachholz
Germany, 7 min
Girl who is virtual shows up in the world
SUPERCONSCIOUS
Director CHRISTIANNE HEDTKE
United States, 22 min
Set in 1973, against the height of the energy crisis, a simmering Cold War, and the dawn of the Age of Aquarius, CYBIL G. journeys to a far-flung human potential center to join the REMOTE VIEWING PROGRAM, a scientific study on so-called “psi energy
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.
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.
The Usual
Director Ion AdrianNetherlands
11 minutes
During a global pandemic, a troubled man's grip on reality begins to slip as he finds himself living his worst nightmare.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
Spirit Slayer: Rise of the Apprentice
Director Joel Lim
Singapore/ China, 25 min
Wen Li, the lazy but talented grandson of two spirit slayers, is sent on an errand during a rare blood moon. When he carelessly botches a talisman ritual at the sacred Spirit Tree, a forbidden seal breaks , releasing Ling Yan, a seductive and vengeful fox spirit once imprisoned by his grandfather, Master Liu.
BLOCK 7
INTERNATIONAL SCI-FI AND HORROR SHORTS
Blockhead
Director Matt Harlock
United Kingdom, 81 minutes
A failing novelist thinks his muse appears to inspire him. Instead his life spirals into chaos and murder - but just possibly, genius