2022 Trieste Science+Fiction Festival

<p>A time door opens between a swordsman wanting to seize the legendary Divine Blade at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty in the 14th century and those chasing after an alien prisoner trapped in a human body in 2022. It&rsquo;s all here action fantasy lovers: Terminator robots, an evil alien &ndash; the Collector, Taoist wizards and shape-shifting cat people living in an enchanted fan. Admirers of Isaac Asimov&rsquo;s robot stories and DC Comics&rsquo; Booster Gold comics (Skeets&rsquo; fans will love flying cyborg Thunder) will be in seventh heaven with this sugar rush of visual energy and magical sense of wonder.</p>

<p>Blade Runner meets Memento in a visually arresting sci-fi spectacle and fabulous vision of the future, taking full advantage of the concept of perfect brainwashing, while playing with ideas of how identity and memory are shaped by the past. 2030, and Alzheimer&rsquo;s Disease has become curable, due to a breakthrough by the Brain Science Lab. Gen and Song are highly effective contract killers who work for the organization on missions to find lost memories. But soon Gen realizes his own memories are being manipulated in a labyrinthine thriller where, despite technology, the human component still endures in the criminal underworld.</p>

<p>Franklin Ritch&rsquo;s stunning science fiction feature debut is a tense, morally enigmatic experience plunging everyone into a tense spiral of ethical complexity in the world of technology and crime prevention. As special agents Dena Helms and Amos McCullough enlist the services of revolutionary tech wizard-turned-Internet-vigilante Gareth, their lives take a major turn in the future of the digital landscape. For his unusual method of combating online predators and ensnaring pedophiles is revealed to be an A.I. computer program and its rapid advancement through the decades lead to serious questions of autonomy, oppression, and what it really means to be human.</p>

<p>John Hawkins is counting down his last days as chief of police in the remote town of Lone Crow. But then a mutilated body is found in an abandoned canoe on the river and he&rsquo;s pulled into an investigation that evades all rational explanation. Together with coroner Jacob Redgrave and charter boat captain Meg Fulbright, who had awkward romances with both, they travel to the isolated house of theoretical physicist Cole Parsons for answers to the gruesome mystery. And there they find a bizarre machine that might have torn through the very fabric of time and reality itself. Legendary guitarist Slash produced and scored.</p>

<p>From visionary artist James Mark, director of Enhanced and Kill Order, a tense mix of Cube and Lucy that&rsquo;s the first Canadian sci-fi thriller to use real-time virtual production tools. Locked in a mysterious room and commanded by an unknown voice, Eileen must complete several tasks in order to save her daughter&rsquo;s life. As the tests and the stakes intensify to the point where succeeding seems well nigh impossible, Eileen is forced to discover she has some unexpected skills and kinetic powers. Armed with a new confidence and commanding forces, alone against an unknown army, she plans a daring escape.</p>

<p>An unprecedented pandemic ravaged the planet, leaving resources insufficient to maintain the human population. To combat the crisis, a totalitarian governing body, The Bureau, established The Deal. Accept The Deal, and you&rsquo;ll receive a job, housing, and medical care that will keep you safe and healthy for twenty more years, at which point you must take your own life. Once you take The Deal, there&rsquo;s no turning back. The Bureau makes sure of this. Tala took the deal when she was twenty, pregnant, and alone. But just as her time is up, something unexpected happens.</p>

<p>The US President makes her final broadcast. A sixteen-mile wide asteroid is heading towards Earth and will crash into the Atlantic Sea in 97 minutes time. Nothing will survive; it will destroy all life on the planet. What would you do in those dire circumstances? Thirty-seven short films by various filmmakers from around the world, the result of a collaborative initiative run by Create50, have been seamlessly edited together to explore that extreme disaster scenario to find uplifting, moving, funny, stark, bittersweet and shocking answers to a thought-provoking question none of us should ever have to face.</p>

<p>From visionary director Quentin Dupieux, a quirky comedy fantasy about middle-aged house hunters who find more in a suburban bargain buy than anyone could have dreamed. For what Alain and Marie discover in their new basement could well change their lives forever. An absurdist meditation on the cruelties of ageing? A droll Bu&ntilde;uelian satire on the world of bourgeois property ownership? Or a giddy time travel metaphysical wonder? All you need to know is that the incredible Incredible but True is another bizarre Dupieux masterpiece and another amazing addition to his wacky oeuvre.</p>

<p>On her final combat mission in Afghanistan, RAF pilot Kate Sinclair is shot down over a main rebel stronghold. Chased by insurgents she finds refuge in an abandoned bunker, where Russians once experimented crossing human organs with alien DNA to create a deadly biological weapon. Set free from their giant test tubes by the underground warfare, the Ravagers invade a local US army outpost where the ragtag squad must fight the mutant monsters to the bitter end. The Descent, Dog Soldiers, Doomsay director Neil Marshall calls his latest action-packed gore shocker &ldquo;The Dirty Half Dozen meets The Thing&rdquo;.</p>

<p>It&rsquo;s 1940, and sisters Thom and Mars build a machine, LOLA, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future, allowing them to hear iconic music before composition, place foolproof bets and embrace their inner Punk. But with World War II escalating, the sisters decide to intercept future information to help with military intelligence that rapidly twists Nazi misfortunes. While Thom becomes intoxicated by LOLA, Mars realizes the terrible consequences of its power. As their relationship collapses, Thom makes a fatal error that leads to a nightmarish future. Can their love for each other save the world they&rsquo;ve lost?</p>

<p>From the producer of Iron Sky, an action adventure horror comedy and the first Swissploitation film ever made. In a dystopian Switzerland under the rule of a fascist cheese magnate, Heidi lives a simple life in the mountains protected by her grandfather. Soon her longing for personal freedom sparks a revolution after abduction by brutal government storm troopers. Escaping prison, and the roving eyes of muscle bound inmates, the na&iuml;ve Alpine girl must face lactose intolerance, mutilation by Toblerone, Swiss Army knives out, fondue torture and cuckoo clock death traps, battling a human cheese-fuelled machinery of hate.</p>

<p>The world has been devastated by global warming and fresh water is strictly rationed. Noria Kaitio, daughter of the last true tea masters, is entrusted by her father with the location of a secret freshwater spring. When he dies, Noria feels intense guilt witnessing the suffering of the people close to her due to the severe lack of water putting their lives in danger. But if she breaks her promise and reveals her source, not only will the repressive authorities commandeer the supply, Noria could also face imprisonment and worse. Based on the bestseller by Emmi It&auml;ranta.</p>

<p>Miyabi lost her only daughter in an accident. After her daughter&rsquo;s death, she got divorced. She now works as a call girl and lives with her new boyfriend. One day, she meets a weird customer who wants to take a picture of her spine then, at another assignation, her feet. She soon realises that every time she allows her body to be photographed, her daughter&rsquo;s spirit gets closer. Soon only her eyes remain to be captured&hellip; leading to the collapse of society in this bold, Lynch-ian/Cronenberg-esque visionary and unique dystopian fantasy from a new and culture-shocking Japanese voice.</p>

<p>Jacob Gentry, director of The Signal, Synchronicity e Broadcast Signal Intrusion, finally lands on Trieste with a distaff Starman decoded as a Corman vibe 1970s road trip movie in the tradition of Two Lane Blacktop and Electra Glide In Blue with solid John Sayles underpinnings. Cult stars AJ Bowen, Brea Grant and Scott Poythress are extraordinary in this trek across the American southwest as a ne&rsquo;er do well petty thief trying to escape his mysterious past, a celestial vagabond trying to rediscover hers, and the ruthless killer who is following them both. Independent science fiction fantasy at its provocative best.</p>

<p>A new dimension in horror! The struggling all girl rock band Pussycake kicks off a new tour in the hopes that it will be the spark they need to resurrect their careers. Things don&rsquo;t start off well, however, as they show up to their first gig to find the place deserted. The band soon discovers that being forgotten by their fans is the least of their problems, as they catch the attention of horrors from beyond our reality. With nods to favourite 1980s horror classics and much more, fasten your seatbelt for monsters, inter-dimensional journeys, kickass music and gore galore.</p>

<p>From the Haven Space Station, Hannah Wagner, a young company soldier, discovers a mysterious brown fog enveloping the Earth cutting off all communications. What just happened? All her instruments indicate that this toxic cloud not only interfered with every system, but is also so lethal everyone on the planet must already be dead. Struggling to cope with the fact she will never see her sister again, Hannah and the crew fight over whether they should go back to Earth to save potential survivors or stay put in the station&rsquo;s &lsquo;algae symbiosis system&rsquo; and save their own skin.</p>

<p>Come back in TS+FF favourite dreamweavers Benson and Moorhead&rsquo;s most personal film. A fusion of DIY science fiction, extreme character drama, dark comedy, pre-apocalyptic vibes and overwhelming paranoia, the visionary pair stars as neighbours John and Levi who witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building. Realizing documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives, they open up an ever deeper, pitch-black rabbit hole, as their friendship frays uncovering the dangers of the phenomena, the City of Angels and each other.</p>

<p>Close encounters of the Argentine kind!</p>

<p>Welcome to a world where the global ecosystem has collapsed. Vesper, a 13-year-old girl, tries to survive on this harsh planet. She discovers a secret and uses all her strength to fight for a better future. This Lithuanian film was made without the help of major studios and the result is wonderful: an exciting adventure film in its own universe, where fungi rule the roost.</p>

<p>2555 AD: Civilization has collapsed due to ecological disaster and the few remaining humans survive in the Underworld. The Visitor travels back in time to find Alice, whose father is building the nuclear power plant responsible for the upcoming catastrophe. Alice&rsquo;s father must die or the world is doomed. But time is running out! Led by the ruthless Constance, the Time Brigade police from the future is hunting them down to prevent the temporal shift. Will Alice save the world&hellip; or her father? Based on the hugely entertaining, funny and scary web series that caused a sensation in France.</p>

<p>A jaw-dropping exploration into a world where human connection has been removed. How would we survive without that or constant communication, information and social media? Would we start to reassess what it really means to be alone? Two strangers, Blair and Tommy are navigating their way across a barren landscape in a desperate attempt to find each other. With their only form of communication being two soon-to-die battery operated radio microphones and with a new evil in the shape of &lsquo;The Forsaken&rsquo; tracking them down, they must learn to confront loss and rediscover a trust in humanity.</p>

<p>Pollution and global warming have left Earth barren. Then a giant meteorite crashes down bringing extraterrestrial life in the form of an odd looking vine called Pandora. While Pandora sucks up the smog and begins to purify Earth, it also grows at high speed destroying anything else in sight. With humanity threatened by the genetic modification Commander Sing Lee&rsquo;s elite forces are almost wiped out. But then surviving soldier Tai Loi discovers an even bigger conspiracy&hellip; The groundbreaking big budget Hong Kong action science fiction special effects bonanza arrives in Trieste like the blazing meteorite itself. Boom bang-a-bang!</p>

<p>The highly anticipated sequel to the 2018 Trieste Science+Fiction Festival favourite The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion is here! It is the beginning of everything as another Witch wakes up. Cynthia awakens in a gigantic devastated secret laboratory and meets Kyung-hee and Dae-gil, who are trying to protect her from a criminal gang. When the gang finally finds the girl, code name Ark 1 Datum Point, they are overwhelmed by an unexpected power. With her only two friends by her side, Cynthia must avoid capture at all costs as her worldview expands with the advent of a new absolute.</p>

<p>Director Dominic Brunt has brought us chills, thrills, spills and gory laughs in the past with Before Dawn, Bait, Attack of the Adult Babies and Evie. Now he&rsquo;s back with a splatter horror comedy about the shooting of a low-budget vampire movie in an old abandoned house deep in the deepest, darkest Home Counties of Great Britain. The tight production should have worked like a dream. However, with the full moon bright in the night sky, the nightmare begins. The body count rises as the cast and crew encounter the mansion&rsquo;s resident werewolf. And there&rsquo;s a bad moon rising indeed!</p>

<p>In a dystopian near future, all adults have fled an oppressive regime to the mainland. The Gateway offers the only chance of survival for teenage siblings Zero and Serger, and their younger sister Wake, who they are determined to save from the violence of the city. But when Zero&rsquo;s life is threatened, she flees taking the very reluctant Wake with her. So Serger is forced to chase the two sisters down as they battle for survival and fight to find a safe haven.</p>

<p>In a world without food and overgrown with plastic, Zigle Clinic tests a new food re-education Method, which is coveted by many but granted to few. Giulia is one of the patients chosen by the Clinic. Even if she is fearful at first, she gets increasingly involved and joins the group sessions under the guidance of Isotta, the exuberant nurse. Nursery rhymes and deceiving words of encouragement hide an inconceivable truth.</p>

<p>Suffering from agoraphobia and believing she is being tormented by an alien entity, Caroline must distinguish between reality and mental illness. With the help of her therapist, she summons the strength to leave the confines of her home.</p>

<p>A young Mexican girl and her mother, separated in the forest, are hunted by Border Patrol agents and something even more sinister.</p>

<p>After surviving a malfunction in the depths of space, Williams and his crew begin to experience memories that aren&rsquo;t their own. He attempts to hold onto his disappearing memories while coming to terms with a temporal anomaly.</p>

<p>Adam is crazy in love with Liv but the young woman just lost her husband and refuses to commit to a new relationship. Without an explanation she sends him to the strange and mysterious Zieggler corporation.</p>

<p>In an abstrusely dystopian future, a man wants to go back to his family. But bypassing the latest system becomes a near impossible journey.</p>

<p>Rhena&rsquo;s father tells a story about Atlas, a forest-entity who whispers the stories of the death to his trees. That same night he disappears into this forest. Rhena does everything in her power to get her father back.</p>

<p>As the bell rings, the stranded King and Queen of the Oxidized Realm initiate their old, tedious dance. When the ostentatious act builds up to reach its climax, the masquerade gives way to reveal the hidden wounds of the relationship.</p>

<p>Alodia is in the middle of a diode laser session. It is interrupted because of an error that forces her to get up. The escapism no longer works for her and redemption is the only thing left.</p>

<p>A kaleidoscopic vision portraying mankind&rsquo;s first meeting with alien life, told through faux archival footage combined with practical FX, miniatures and old school in-camera trickery.</p>

<p>A girl is kidnapped in an amusement park on a full moon night.</p>

<p>While monitoring late-night calls at an AI companionship service, lonely customer support agent Leah impersonates an artificial dream girl to chat with the regular caller for whom she&rsquo;s developed feelings.</p>

<p>In a near-future where a virus has turned the population into rabid monsters, a desperate mother forms an unlikely friendship in order to return home and save her family.</p>

<p>In a post-apocalyptic, Eva, an employee of the Garden power station, relinquishes her most precious belonging &ndash; three fragile snowdrops &ndash; in exchange for the privilege of government-assisted suicide.</p>

<p>In the future city of Submittan, people over 80 years old are forced into &lsquo;retirement&rsquo; to a remote mountain area. An immigrant artist is tasked to design a propaganda poster to convince citizens of this new registration.</p>

<p>Refugee 28312 and her baby manage to reach a cold and hostile cabin controlled by a machine. The cabin serves as an anteroom to access the raft that can carry Refugee and her child to the other side.</p>

<p>In a dystopian present world, a pregnant woman, afraid of losing her job, undertakes an experimental gestation method: the egg. The unemployed father of the unborn child will be forced to &ldquo;brood&rdquo; it while the mother gets ahead with her career.</p>

<p>Two strangers stumble upon a beautiful natural sight, and each other. As they hit it off it&#39;s clear that neither of them have experienced nature before. When Fred eventually asks Sally to meet up again, we learn their surroundings are far from permanent.</p>

<p>A return to the bloodiest horror movie! More than forty years after the release of the cult movie Anthropophagus by the legendary Joe D&rsquo;Amato comes the sequel where an adventure turns into the worst nightmare ever. University students are convinced by their teacher to live inside a bunker for 24 hours to acquire information for their atomic theses. A sinister caretaker accompanies them to the fetid improvised dormitory. But during the night two disappear and soon the survivors are sucked into a deadly vortex concocted by the madness of a ferocious anthropophagus who, with unprecedented violence, disfigures and devours them.</p>

<p>As extreme as the madness it explores, an emotional horror experience set in a version of Rome on the point of imploding. Horror thriller codes are applied to a family drama, exploring an increasingly hateful modern-day society wrestling with ever-greater pressures. In the past few days Rome has been the scene of a singular event: when it rains, the manholes exhale a dense steam whose origin and composition is unknown. No one can imagine that whoever breathes in the mysterious mist will have to deal with whatever they are repressing, their darkest instincts, their anger. Not even the Morel family.</p>

<p>A man prowls around the woods in the Alps. He lives in a World War I former stronghold. He appears to have a mission: he is the last agent of a secret society which for years has prevented the nuclear arms race to lead to the destruction of human kind. Clear-headed visions of the nuclear holocaust taking place on the horizon are his constant travel companions. Enemies are not easily recognizable, his certainties are lost, he stumbles in a world where the distinction between right and wrong is blurred. The bomb has become his obsession, his torment and his only reason to live.</p>

<p>70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist&hellip;</p>

<p>In 2059, in a broken-down world, silicon has become the most precious material on the planet. A man and a girl barter transistors and microchips for a few larvae and some water. Their routine will be broken by the discovery of a forgotten heirloom.</p>

<p>Rome, the 1960s. A young couple speed through the city toward the sea in a brand new Fiat 500. Yearning to make love for the first time, they play their favorite song as they undress and overcome their biggest fears.</p>

<p>Gea, who survived with other refugees, lives in the shelter away from robot that hunt and kill men. From her escape she will discover her father still alive. But her tenacity will cost her the life. And from her life a hope will be born.</p>

<p>Boy meets girl in a house on the mountains. Out of the blue, he wakes up in his Turin flat in 2046, when technology has gained the upper hand over human relationships.</p>

<p>Appearance counts more than actual skills in the contemporary workplace and an app helping aspiring workers to find the right look has become indispensable: meet Tittla.</p>

<p>The iconic creature feature from the Universal Monsterverse returns! Half-man, half-fish, a strange prehistoric beast lurks in the legendary depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the gill-man and bring it back to civilization for study with disastrous results. From director Jack Arnold, an early pioneer of the art of playing on the fear of the unknown, this classic shocker heavily inspired Steven Spielberg when he directed Jaws (1975). Brooding, menacing and atmospherically stylish, the stunning underwater photography and Ricou Browning&rsquo;s sympathetic portrayal of the creature puts it in the horror hall of fame.</p>

<p>A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness in the explosive British creature feature that announced the artistic vision, technical prowess and sensational debut of director Neil Marshall to the genre world. Scary, funny and exhilarating, the jaded soldiers stumble across a savage werewolf attack and take refuge in a secluded farmhouse, battling to make it to dawn against wave after wave of lycanthropic assaults. Knowing humour combined with gruesome gore and relentless action adds further layers of entertainment, creating a now classic crowd-pleaser from the future director of The Descent and Game of Thrones.</p>

<p>Things to Come (1939) genius William Cameron Menzies&rsquo; last film as a director is a haunting tale of extra-terrestrial paranoia, which achieves a brilliantly allegorical, nightmarish quality as an alien invasion is seen through the eyes of a child. When little David MacLean sees a flying saucer land outside his bedroom window, no one will believe him, explaining it away as an over-active imagination. But every adult who investigates turns into a radio-controlled menace in this iconic classic Martian fable about Earth&rsquo;s enslavement to an intergalactic threat, perfectly capturing the isolation and mistrustfulness of youth.</p>

<p>A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.</p>

<p>An Antarctic research team is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims in John Carpenter&rsquo;s classic sci-fi shocker packed with relentless suspense, eye-gouging visual excess and nihilistic terror. In the menace of the dark polar night and the claustrophobic confines of the base camp, Kurt Russell leads an outstanding cast to the heights of icy fear, tension and paranoia. Rob Bottin&rsquo;s sensational creature effects is one of the most vividly gruesome monsters ever to stalk the screen.</p>

<p>With Carbon in the news every day, you might think you know everything about her. But you&rsquo;d be wrong. This spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary reveals the paradoxical story of the element that builds all life, and yet may end it all. Narrated in first person by Sarah Snook (Succession), Carbon tells of her birth in the violent core of an exploding star and of turbulent sagas through the fabric of our evolving Earth. Accompanied by celebrated scientists, unique animations and a stunning orchestral score, Carbon reminds us of our humble participation in the most extraordinary story in the universe.</p>

<p>INTO THE ICE is a journey of discovery to the vast masses of ice and the secret of our future that the ice harbouring. Director Lars Ostenfeld accompanies three of the world&rsquo;s leading glaciologists on pioneering scientific expeditions to and INTO the Greenland ice sheet. Cool and hardworking Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, sensitive and politically engaged Jason Box, and daring and fearless Alun Hubbard are all working to collect new crucial data that can help us answer some key questions of our time: How fast is the ice melting? How quickly are sea levels rising? How much time do we have left to change the course of the Earth? As the scientists are caught in the dilemma of collecting new evidence to an inconvenient truth while people in power are not prepared to take action to prevent the earth from dying, the film brings us breathtaking images from a place that soon will be lost as we know it now. A documentary tale about science, nature and adventure.</p>

<p>In an unremarkable office space, a select group of aging engineers sacrificed promotion, postponed retirement, and dedicated their lives to stay with the longest running and farthest reaching mission in NASA&rsquo;s history. Fighting outdated technology and time, Voyager&#39;s flight-team pursues humankind&rsquo;s greatest exploration.</p>

<p>Rocket is an Italian word: the first &lsquo;rocchette&rsquo; rockets were shot during Venice Carnival in the 13th Century. Apart from the great scientific tradition of Galileo, Giordano Bruno, Enrico Fermi, Ettore Majorana, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italy - after World War II - played a key role in cosmic exploration. It was the third country after USSR and USA to launch a satellite named San Marco and it kept on launching from a sea platform in the mid Eighties. Italy is the European country with the highest number of astronauts and the 54% of International Space Station modules are made in Italy. The exploration of space is a priority for Italian industry and its Space Agency that is actively collaborating to for Moon and Mars exploration.</p>

<p>Rocket is an Italian word: the first &lsquo;rocchette&rsquo; rockets were shot during Venice Carnival in the 13th Century. Apart from the great scientific tradition of Galileo, Giordano Bruno, Enrico Fermi, Ettore Majorana, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italy - after World War II - played a key role in cosmic exploration. It was the third country after USSR and USA to launch a satellite named San Marco and it kept on launching from a sea platform in the mid Eighties. Italy is the European country with the highest number of astronauts and the 54% of International Space Station modules are made in Italy. The exploration of space is a priority for Italian industry and its Space Agency that is actively collaborating to for Moon and Mars exploration.</p>

<p>The life and work of Eurocult director Jean Rollin is put under the spotlight in this fascinating and informative documentary. From struggling artist with an unconventional upbringing to the purveyor of New Wave surrealist fantastique via such distinctive and unique films as The Rape of the Vampire, The Iron Rose, Fascination, Lips of Blood and The Living Dead Girl, friends, critics and actors he worked with tell all. Sex and nudity, innocence and perversity, stunning visuals and rule breaking became Rollin trademarks and you&rsquo;ll find out why in this provocative, moving and enlightening look at his myth and the magic.</p>

<p>It&rsquo;s one of the most controversial, influential and groundbreaking horror satires of the 1980s. Brian Yuzna&rsquo;s Society told with a terrifying surreality what the rich were doing to the poor in shocking, sexual detail. But did you know it was based on truth and took inspiration from the satanic ritual abuse carried out by the Beverly Hills elite Keith family? Or that son Woody Keith changed his name to Zeph E. Daniel and co-scripted Society to exorcise the demons from his violent youth? This is the full appalling story of how Daniel&rsquo;s autobiography became a classic chiller for the ages. Special appearances from Julian Sands, Brian Yuzna, Screaming Mad George, Richard Stanley and many other heroes of cult horror films.</p>

<p>It&rsquo;s 2050 and the earth has been devastated by unintended consequences of oil drilling in the Arctic. A massive release of methane rapidly accelerated the effects of climate change, leading to widespread flooding and a catastrophic deterioration in air quality. The only people left alive are forced to live underground. But they aren&rsquo;t willing to sit around and passively accept their fate: test pilot Captain Nova is set to embark on a mission that will save them all &ndash; a mission to the past. If she can prevent the Arctic drilling from happening, she may be able to save the planet.</p>

<p>How were the stars and the Sun created? Where do we come from? Is there a connection between life on Earth, the planets, their moons, and the Sun?&nbsp;What do we have in common with<br /> them? What has iron and stardust to do in this context? How big is Jupiter and the Earth if the Sun is 20 meters in diameter?<br /> The documentary&nbsp;Children of Stars&nbsp;takes us on an imaginary journey through the solar system along with astrophysicist Jean Surdej from Belgium and school children from B&oslash;stad and R&oslash;st in<br /> Norway. On the expedition, which takes place in the Lofoten archipelago, they investigate these questions and many more.</p> <p>Children of Stars&nbsp;is an international production. The staff is from Belgium, France, Germany and Norway.</p>

<p>After losing his mother to illness and his best friend to an unexpected move, a young boy discovers a crashed spaceship and makes a new friend with awesome powers (although she does need a little help with her earthly social skills). Together, they embark on a zany, fun-filled adventure while taking on the bad guys and helping Maika find her way home.</p>

<p>A nostalgic journey through 1980s sci-fi films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artists who made them and those inspired to turn their visions into reality. Go behind the scenes of such blockbuster classics as The Empire Strikes Back, Back to the Future and The Terminator alongside those cult favourites Mad Max, Innerspace and Tron just to name a few covered in this addictive and absorbing documentary. With special segments on practical effects, villains and soundtrack music, its all here and discussed by John Carpenter, Walter Koenig, Clancy Brown, Peter Weller, Shane Black and literally hundreds more.</p>

<p>Alexandra is on duty shift at a radio telescope when she detects a strange signal whose verification would answer one of the most important questions of human kind. She only has two hours to verify the signal, but a sudden family matter will force her to face a inner fight in a race against the clock to unveil one of the mysteries of the universe.</p>

<p>Latin America, late 2030&rsquo;s, Gabh&aacute;n City has fallen to an oppressive and totalitarian government and is surrounded by a wall behind which its inhabitants cannot escape and where they live in destitute poverty. Young Alba is a member of a clandestine network providing hospital care, food and water to the most needy. Lucre, tries to convince Alba to leave with a group of illegal smugglers crossing people to the other side of the wall. Alba however, refuses to leave the hospital, so Lucre lies to her. Unsuspecting, Alba embarks on a journey across the border that changes her life forever.</p>