The Producers Club
Sci-Fi and Supernatural Shorts
630pm-845pm
Q&A with filmmakers after the Screenings
Bisected
Director Danny Pineros
United States 8 min
A couple witnesses a paranormal event that separates them into two distinct dimensions.
Adjudicators Pawn
Director David French
US, 6 min
Fracture
Director Jon K. Jones
United States, 8 min
In the future, a lone astronaut loses consciousness on a distant planet after a catastrophic injury, only to wake in a mental institution on Earth during the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Manic, the Hoarder, and the Discombobulated Seahorse
Directors The Genubrian Thinholdler
France, 33 min
A concerned neighbor calls an intervention service when she realizes how bad Walter's hoarding problem has become.
Rainy Days
Director Mo McRae
United States 12 min
Abandoned as a baby, Percy’Q traverses through life attempting to overcome the traumas of his past.
Black Dragon (Rồng đen)
Director Alexander Thompson
United States, 15 min
Vietnam, 1968. A feared American colonel nicknamed “the Black Dragon” by Vietnamese locals must face his inner shadow when his platoon presents him with a captured Vietcong girl who harbors some very unusual powers. A Jungian psychological thriller/parable examining the capacity for monstrous evil lurking within us all, the film is loosely inspired by the My Lai Massacre,
Captcha
Director Stefano Bolognini
Italy, 10 min
What if the ChatGPT artificial intelligence was directly implemented in an external hardware? It would be necessary to test it, improve it iteratively, and achieve ever more stable and efficient releases. An interview between Alpha and Beta, but who is testing who? What is real, what is human, what is artificial?
Mercury
Director Clara Dubau
US, 10 min
Elio volunteers for a filmed experiment to help him reconnect with a repressed memory
The Crystal Crypt - Remastered Ten Year Anniversary Edition
Based on a short story by Philip K Dick
Director Shahab Zargari
United States 28 min
Directed by Shahab Zargari and based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, The Crystal Crypt is set in the distant future, with Earth and Mars teetering on the brink of interplanetary war. Just as the final passenger flight to leave Mars for Earth is about to depart, the spaceship is suddenly halted by Martian officers in search of three saboteurs who have destroyed a Red Planet metropolis. Will the soldiers find the guilty trio? A tense story of patriotic heroism - and deception - unfolds, as the secrets of both the Terrans and the Martians are revealed.
Part-Time
Director Anthony Misiano
United States, 12 min
Everyone’s got a back-up gig these days. As Skip’s job interview starts to sink, the truth about his other occupation begins to surface. “PART-TIME” delivers surprising turns and unforeseen chills, while asking the timeless question, “What if you were a carrot?”
Don't Bother The Neighbors!
Director Jeff Gorcyca
United States, 7 min
Jay gets more than he bargained for when he goes upstairs to tell off his noisy neighbors.
FEATURE PRESENTATION
SUPER BEEF
9 pm- 11 pm
Super Beef
Director Nicholas D'Agostino
United States, 100 min
Super Beef is the story of Hondo, a drug-abusing, heavy-drinking, narcoleptic who only wants to relax and eat a popular local sandwich. Instead, fate has him embroiled in a plot alongside and against government agents, interplanetary-beings, and a secretive coterie that offers unheralded knowledge through a mysterious ceremony.
Q@A with the director Nicholas D'Agostino after the screening