Towards the Colonies
Miryam CharlesWhen a young girl is found off the Venezuelan coast, a medical examiner will try to determine the cause of death before the body is repatriated.
A body lies calmly on the ocean waiting for the next wave. Will it ride it with exhiliration to the shores or be crushed by its rippling pressures? Kary Mullis, the inventor of the PCR, has the idea of this new technology come to him while surfing. Later that night in the mid80s, he said "“It was difficult for me to sleep with deoxyribonuclear bombs exploding in my brain." Preparing for future waves is what we naturally do, aiming for realistic predictions, avoiding resurgence and attenuating the risks. What will come next and how will we face? This issue explores how we wrap our heads around our uncertain futures and the measures we take accordingly individually and together.
When a young girl is found off the Venezuelan coast, a medical examiner will try to determine the cause of death before the body is repatriated.
With a science fiction undercurrent, 'Toru' centers on the story of a baby boy, named Toru, born with a fatal lung condition. As he only has a few days to live Toru's parents sign him up for a trial experiment that would simulate a full life in a matter of days. The film follows Toru's dream-like li
At the threshold of human extinction, a small group of disoriented people spend their time in absurd activities inside a house regularly battered by planetary climate change. Within such an unstable situation, and trying to provide a measure of normality, they develop their own strange belief system
This short is a comically cynical vision of a future where the water is gone, all that's left is dust and desperation. Written, Directed & Animated by Greg Sharp Music & Sound Design & Voices by Skillbard - skillbard.com Produced by Nina Knežević
In a dark expanse that could be the cosmos, we hear the voice of Arthur C. Clarke, whose face – taken from a BBC archive dating back to the 1960s – appears in the distance. His features quickly dematerialize into a multitude of shimmering pixels, creating an enveloping and immersive spac
Futurologists, anthropologists, neurologists and philosophers consider the effects new technologies will have on work and death.
"Woza" ("Come" in Zulu) tells the story of an African surfer who has been taken as a lover by the African water spirit Mami Wata. It features 22 year-old Transkei surfer, Avuyile Ndamase.
A short animated film about the weather – inspired and informed by chaos theory and Lorenz attractors, romantic landscape paintings and the minimalist polygonal look of early computer simulations.
A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
The Minnesota Experimental City would use the newest technologies in communications, transport, energy supply, pollution control – even domed enclosure – in an attempt to create more livable cities and an improved environment for the 21st Century.
Alex lives as a hermit on the Atlantic coast of Ireland. He rarely socializes with human beings, sharing his life with animals instead – birds, geese, donkeys. Smaller creatures also find shelter at his place. Observing flies and spiders through a jeweler's loupe, Alex takes pains that the law
An exploration of what animals the people of Havana want to be in another life. Inspired by Nicolas Guillen El Gran Zoo .
Just before the pandemic, the world experiences a phenomenon never seen before. Marilene looks for her daughter Roberta, a trans woman who went missing. While running out of time, she discovers a hope for the future.