Saturday Film Program
September 18, 2021
Tickets for all film blocks are $10.
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A Sci-Fi Shorts Block
WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Shot,2020
Director- Christian Lucas
US, 12 mins.
A vaccine that promises protection brings on an unexpected result--and a mysterious visit."
Raze of the Cyborg
Director Young-H. Lee
Taiwan,25 minutes
In the violent underworld of a future Asian city, a group of cyborg criminals abducts women to sell into sex slavery. When they abduct Grace, the girlfriend of an assassin, he seeks out the help of a black-market surgeon who convinces him that there's only one way to save her: to become a cyborg himself.
The Last Starship, 2020
Director Eric Haywood
US, 18 min.
After most of the human race has evacuated earth and relocated to a new world across the galaxy, a group of survivors forms a desperate plan to escape our planet and join the rest of humanity…but the plan comes with a significant risk.
Deepfake Therapy
Director Roshan Nejal
The Netherlands, 24 mins
This documentary shows the very first experiment ever done in the process of grief in which bereaved family members are having an artificial video conversation with their deceased loved ones through the use of new digital techniques and under the guidance of a renowned grief therapist.
US MX 2019
Director Joseph O Hooten
in Best Shorts Competition
US, 15 min
In the not too distant future, we follow LEAH, 36, and her daughter, ARIEL, 7, as they race against the clock to immigrate across the U.S./Mexican border before sunrise. As officers close in, the direction they run becomes less and less clear.
Fucking with the Robot, 2020
Director Yann Giroud
France, 6 mins
Life is a countdown, till death. Will Bob see the end of it?
The Test, 2020
Director Bartosz Toboła
Poland, 12 mins.
The memory scan procedure doesn't carry any risks to your health or life', Weronika has been told. Stuck between memories and reality, fiction and truth she's trying to resist intervention to her stranded min
Echo, 2019
Director Aitor de Miguel
Spain 14 mins
In 1977, the Voyager probe leaves for the galaxy with a message in Spanish recorded in the RNE (Spanish National Radio Studio).
Hipersensoria, 2020
Directors: Isaac Zambra , Jose Luis Gil Bolio
Mexico 15 mins.
In the near future, humanity lives isolated from nature because of a hypersensitivity disorder in perception. Living clandestinely, two scientists Daniel 2 and Magda 0 are determined to reverse this reality.
The Voice of the Wind, 2019
Director Nathan Mouret
Israel, 10 mins
Itay, a young boy who lives with his father, still struggling with his mother's death, and hear her voice in the wind. His father, who takes his job before everything else, starts to notice something is not right.
Q: Ghostly Remote Effect, 2019
Director Marcus Hanisch
Germany 20 minutes
In the future. A hi-tech-lab. Scientist P is testing quantum-gynoid Q and sets off on a mission to an undiscovered nature. On the journey, she discovers a ghostly remote effect between herself and the robot. Will she maintain control, when nature starts changing?
A Sci-Fi Shorts Film Block
Best of Philip K Dick Shorts
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Eclipse, 2019
Director Andrew Bowcock
US 15 mins.
A psychological horror film that explores fear, fate, and the end of the universe.
Philip K. Dick: The Thing-in-Itself, 2019
Director Russ Kiel
US, 8 mins.
THING-IN-ITSELF is a short, documentary film in which David Gill-- scholar, fan, author, and blogger-- guides us through the streets of Berkeley, California in pursuit of the elusive, sci-fi author Philip K. Dick (A Scanner Darkly, Bladerunner).
The Prospector, 2020
Director Wade Chitwood
US, 14 mins.
“The Prospector” is a science-fiction film about a mysterious asteroid prospector searching the Universe for his fortune. The Prospector’s journey takes him to a place where he has to look directly at his soul and decide what he is willing to sacrifice to achieve his ambitions
Papa, 2021
Director Douglas Petrie ( Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The 4400)
US, 14 mins.
A lonely mechanic builds a mechanical boy - and becomes an unlikely father to his own creation. Starring Clancy Brown-Shawshank Redemption, John Wick.
diff, 2019
Director Keitaro Fujimori
Japan 27 mins.
Astronaut Anna awakes on Earth alone after an accident on the surface of the moon.
As she undergoes rehabilitation with her attending physician and trainer, she slowly remembers.
Yet the differences between her present self and her recollected memories trouble her. Anna eventually learns the truth about her accident...
The Uncanny Valley, 2020
Director Julia Beney
Canada, 15 mins.
An Investigator pushes for a last-minute interview with his only witness: an A.I. called ANDI-7291. There's only one problem, fearing the A.I. is corrupt, the scientists at Lang Industries made the suspicious decision to wipe her memory. The Investigator has about 10 minutes to find out if any memories remain before ANDI-7291 is dismantled by the scientists.
A Feature Presentation
BETWEEN WAVES
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Between Waves, 2020
Director Virginia Abramovich
Canada, 100 mins.
After his disappearance, Jamie purses her missing lover through parallel dimensions until she collides with a shattering revelation. This is a cerebral, fast-paced science fiction story, with romantic longing at its core. A visually beautiful film wrapped in shades of blue with highlights of sea green.
Supernatural, Sci-Fi, and Weird Tales
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Koreatown Ghost Story, 2021
Directors: Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum
US, 15 mins.
In this supernatural horror tale based on a Korean ritual starring Margaret Cho and Lyrica Okano, a woman entertains a macabre marriage offer that would let her pursue her dreams, for better or for much much worse.
Samsara, 2020
Director Vivek Nair
UK, 6 mins.
A young boy has memories of being murdered in a past life
Under Review: Katahdin ,2020
Director Kelly Ashton Todd
US, 15 mins.
A boy grows up spending his days amongst the trees. Through his daily visits filled with climbing, playing and swinging from branches, he develops a loving friendship with the tree and her saplings. However, the boy grows up. His visits become few and far between and he loses his affection for the natural world. He follows his lineage into the field of logging and is given the task to slaughter his beloved family of trees. Under Review:
Household Demons, 2020
Director John Gray
US, 9 mins.
A young boy is forced to deal with the entity that possesses his mother
Pandemic (House of Bones), 2020
Director Logan Fry
US, 2 mins.
There is no greater love than that of a deceased wife, who returns from the dead to claim the soul of her dying husband.
Project-19. 2020
Director Randy Scott Slavin
US, 4 mins.
PROJECT-19 is a sci-fi short film about a 6-year-old engineering genius who puts her skills to work to solve her biggest issue with COVID-19. The film was shot using all five family members a multi-generational quarantine in New York.
LOS, 2020
Director Martin Del Carpio
The United States, 6 mins.
In another time, on a different world, mankind has made progress . . . Ruled by the very AI they developed and employed to set them free, humans have become slaves to their machine. We have lost friendship, love, and sex, and we are the machine labor and means of production
Swiped, 2021
Director Edward J Douglas
Canada. 3 mins.
When Melody decides to swipe a few hot guys on her augmented reality dating app, she meets her match in a man who may be more—or less—than meets the eye Presentation :
A Feature Presentation
THE UN HEALER
9:00 PM-11:00 PM
The Un Healer, 2020
Director Martin Guigui
US, 92 mins.
A botched faith healing on a bullied teenager bestows Native American powers that “reflect” any attempted physical harm back on his aggressor. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.
Starring Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Predator), Natasha Henstridge (Species)
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