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In a post-apocalyptic world, when humans are long gone, a little robot finds a way to spread hope through his love of music.
Desperate for work, Derek accepts a job replacing his recently deceased friend at a tech startup. Continuing to develop the company's innovative project means working intimately with Susan, a bleeding-edge BDSM sex doll meant to receive and appreciate punishment as an integral part of her evolving AI. Derek will soon test the limits of his own desires and explore the nature of man and woman, pleasure and pain, and life and death in a morally uncertain future world.
In a futuristic society where genetically engineered grades are the invisible dividing line between classes, a new human couple who have been dating for four years in Neur0link decide to meet for the first time in real life, where they were once incredibly close, as if they were one in a brain-computer interface metaverse.
Beth, Tim, and Larry are out on an errand for Mom, but Beth and Tim need to learn to trust their little brother's instincts. Oh…and they live inside an early 2000s computer.
A married couple's relationship runs into trouble when a new home computer arrives in their house to which they begin to express their desires and troubles through song..
Hacking a Robot for fun, or malicious intent, is dangerous, illegal, and banned globally. It has a name: Botching. This is a story from one such 'Botch' job.
A match making robot helps a widowed husband re-find love, in more then one way.
An unemployed cellist turned software tester, tries out a smart speaker that generates music based on the listener's feelings. Things take a turn when the speaker blares ominous sounds in the middle of the night.
As increasing numbers of women mysteriously lose their souls, one nonbinary gumshoe must rely on the thing that sets them apart in order to save the day and get the girl.
Angela wants to make a medical insurance claim. But can she get past AI Cindy, an artificial intelligence employee of Metro Insurance?
A woman receives experimental therapy for trauma and begins to suspect that she's been a patient a lot longer than she's being told.
Clark, a sentient AI, is brought to a family to tend the bedridden grandpa, but an unexpected mission makes him reexamine his own identity and what it means to be alive.
Abel lives in a complex where he interacts with a strange talking computer and develops an alienating job under a system of merits and punishments. Due to the deterioration that this routine generates, he needs to add more merits to update his biomechanical body and continue to be functional. For that, he receives the help of a delivery man who allows him to develop a plan to hack the system. When he succeeds, he discovers the truth about the environment in which he is immersed.
COMRADES is a flawed, low budget (€20 000) prototype for a science fiction sitcom based inside of a living tree building called Henrike in the 23rd Century. It is full of ideas for how to try and describe a different kind of Space Opera, where the background world is a shared, positive place.
When an evil cyborg poisons the love of his life, Erik Starburn travels to the other side of the galaxy for a powerful crystal to cure her of the strange disease.
A mother struggles to find out the truth about what happened to her daughter.
Somewhere in the vast universe, a supernova explosion occurs. Asteroid from the explosion lands on a nearby planet, which triggers new life on it.
In this new Sci-Fi Dramedy, we meet Joe Kowalski, a retired mechanic, Vietnam veteran, and widower. His three grown children and daughter-in-law have shown him over the years how to be more accepting of other people, to be a more open and loving man, and how to stay with the times both socially and technologically. Without his wife for so long, he decides it's time to not live alone anymore so he tells his family he's planning on finding a roommate online. This naturally concerns them due to his age and they fear someone might come to the house and hurt him or otherwise take advantage, so they stage an intervention to talk him out of it. But when they are all there, their own personal prejudices and shortcomings are revealed and the situation starts to unravel pretty fast. And when they find out the reality of what their dad actually has going on, it forces them to re-examine what they truly feel as opposed to what they say they do.
In a dystopian wasteland, survivors Charlie and Ren scavenge a ruined town for supplies, only to be ensnared by ruthless scavengers and an otherworldly presence, forcing them to confront their deepest fears to survive.
A bully gets sent to detention hall, where he falls into another dimension! The people from his school are replaced by monsters. We follow him as he runs through the halls of this alternate dimension's school and tries to escape!
Interplanetary mutant dinosaurs unite to defend the universe from the tyrannical Plutonian Dominion, befriend sentient alien beings and concoct the ultimate banana smoothie.
A paranormal radio show host fears he has an underlying condition that can only be cured by something extraterrestrial.
Story about a fella and his wife about to drive to an event. Well, Just as long as he remembered everything of course.
When Connor's girlfriend accepts his marriage proposal he is on cloud nine. But then things go horribly wrong.
Technology has been destroyed. Generation "Question Mark" tries to recreate the past to find out why.
A former high school bully is sent on a harrowing journey when an former classmate recommends a mysterious new ride share service.
Jeremy, a down on his luck cinematographer, takes on a craigslist gig to film an eccentric man named Eddie as he "exits the stratosphere".
Deep within the enigmatic Eternia facility, Clara carries a heavy burden of concealed grief. But within these mysterious walls, her life is about to transform in ways she never imagined.
A brother desperately tries to hang onto the hologram copy of his late brother in a world where terrorists have uploaded a killer virus to people's neural implants.
Eye of Jupiter is a short animated film that follows a lost astronaut contemplating life while drifting in orbit above Jupiter.
In the aftermath of a breakup, a woman agrees to be connected to an experimental device, in an attempt to restore her ability to experience emotions.
African American scientist, Dr. Grainger gathers his closest friends to show them his new invention: the world's first time machine. However, one of his friends has hidden and dangerous intentions for traveling back in time. An adaptation of the classic sci-fi short story by Fredric Brown.
In a bleak, concrete dystopia, Adam's solitary existence with his AI companion, Belle, grows monotonous. However, when unexpected fatherhood enters his life, it brings newfound purpose. Yet, the harsh world soon conspires to snatch away his newfound happiness.
A man takes a dangerous pill that allows him to go into his memory and change it. He decides to go back to the last time he saw his ex-partner and end on a good note, only to realize that he can't let go, leading to him getting trapped in his subconscious.
After an experiment gone wrong, a man wakes up 300 years in the future where the world has been taught by AI for generations.
Makoto is a high school girl who loves science fiction and has had a rich imagination since she was a child, although her grades are poor. Her dream is to design a robot in the future, but she failed the mock exam. One day, she meets Shinichi, a young man from the future. According to Shinichi, the only way to save the dystopian future is for Makoto to go to college and complete a blueprint for a battle robot. Will Makoto be able to pass the entrance exam? And will they be able to save the future?
After having a surgical procedure that was meant to cure her of pain and disability, Sydney now experiences memory loss associated with specific memories of her traumatic incident and certain physical gestures.
GODSPEED is the story of a young woman named Iris and Bowie, her karaoke-bot sidekick. Together they brave a planet-ending storm to search for power in the abandoned homes of their crumbling world.
Outer space's first morning news program, broadcasting across the galaxy!
A lone battle-scared woman navigates the streets of a city in the future, where the populace is enslaved by the tyrannical GovCorp. As she moves further into the heart of darkness, Vita is determined to break the cycle of greed and repression.
A young man named Makoto, joins a brain experiment to connect his brain waves with a female humanoid, Ageha, who has a human brain powered by general A.I. for Emotional Healing. As they learn to sympathize with each other, he begins mixing up his traumatic memory of childhood with his current reality. He desperately tries to quit the experiment, until Ageha asks him if he is truly okay with continuing to escape from his real problems.
Hero's Journey is a 2D and 3D animation by SVA MFACA students Wes Smith and Ash Suh about the main character of a video game who is unable to control his actions. Hero's Journey reframes the common story structure of mythic adventures through the modern perspective of a role-playing video game. It also serves as an homage to some of our favorite childhood games such as Legend of Zelda, Dragon Quest, and Super Mario Bros. Featuring rising star Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. (Sweet Tooth) as the voice of the Gamer, and Wes Smith as the voice of the titular character, Hero's Journey combines laughter and heartbreak into one action-packed adventure.
The members of the International Space Station (ISS) have just made an exceptional discovery. One of the astronauts, Paul, brings this discovery back to earth.
Three graduate students race against the clock to solve their professor's final equation, before they meet the same grisly fate as him.
At the end of a terrible tele-therapy session, a woman decides to take the advice of a friend and visit two men at a motel where they perform a procedure that frees you from the burdens of this world.
In a dystopian Chicago, a poet, bound by a strange countdown clock, struggles to finish a poem as her sister tries to free her. Dystopian Chicago. Sometime in the future. Zorina Harcrow is locked in a decrepit prison. She is a poet and scrawls her verse in a beat up notebook. As she writes, her poetry is spoken to us through voiceover and will be the only dialogue in the film. The poet is constrained by a digital clock embedded inside her arm that counts down from eleven minutes. Zorina's sister Faye Harcrow tries to break into the prison. But is successful only on her second try. Zorina's arm clock gets down to zero and she frantically finishes her poem. She is taken away by guards but drops her poem in the hallway outside the cell. Zorina is placed in a red execution chair, the arm clock had been counting down to her death. Zorina is executed just as Faye, after fighting off armed guards, reaches Zorina's empty cell and finds the dropped poem. Faye is filled with revenge, grief, and rage as we hear the final lines of Zorina's poem.
An avant-tech-noir outing for the AI generation, Holy Filament spends one day with a humanoid automaton (Emily Van Raay) as she challenges the confines of existence on a future Earth. Here, humans are long extinct, the machines they created left to churn through an undying cycle of progress. Intrusive visions crack through our protagonist's programming, leading her to a liberating realization.
A meteorite is headed to earth and Patty and Bobby are on their first (and last) official date. What could go wrong?
An emotionally broken scientist looks to the stars in his search for a meaningful life. His sister tries to bring him back down to Earth.
In the year 2047, Immortality has been achieved. The Prometheus Corporation empowers dying clients by having their brains digitally mapped; their consciousness, memories and neural network uploaded to cloud servers. This profile is available for download to donor bodies sourced from 3rd strike convicted criminals. Death has met its match...
A scientist looks into her microscope and finds that there's a mini dimension on the other side that looks just like our own. After all, we're all in this great universe together.
A woman happens to be in a town where a giant monster suddenly appears from underground. In the midst of chaos as buildings are destroyed and many people run for their lives, She musters up all her courage to help those stranded at the feet of her monster.
A young musician attempts to convince her sentient caretaker humanoid to let her play one last piece of music before her life ends.
In 1997, BioPEEP, a top-secret corporate research protocol designed to genetically alter and irreversibly addict human beings to specific products, creating "consumer junkies," is appropriated by the government to create a new weapon, paving the way for targeted gene-ocide. That is until, in 1998, the plan is foiled by Joseph Howard (a.k.a. Joey Skaggs), a corporate whistleblower. When he leaks the information, international protests against genetic research-gone-rogue are held in Australia and the U.S., bringing attention to the plot and causing alarm in... Slovenia. This is the 10th film in the oral history series, "Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism, 1960s to the Present and Beyond", for which Skaggs unveils this epic international conspiracy. Is it science fiction or a vision of the future? Information about the series is here: https://joeyskaggs.com/videos/oral-histories.
After a long night at the club two lonely people make a tender and tenuous connection on the streets of Brooklyn in the wee hours of the morning.
A short, campy, 80's action movie parody following a tough-as-nails American crime fighting badass and his trusty Scottish cyborg companion as they take on the dastardly Salami Slasher Organization lead by a psychic, racy, criminal mastermind and attempt to foil their evil plans.
In the near future... the huntress has received a new assignment, will she be able to complete the mission?
Keiko, an AI robot who has been living with the Koyama family educating their daughter Airi, is experiencing an increase in operational mistakes. Airi's mother plans to replace Keiko with an upgraded version, but Airi refuses.
Eddie, a retro video game speed runner, has made it his life's purpose to reach the fabled "kill screen" of "The Adventures of the Spaceman." The line between reality and game blurs as Eddie's relationships crumble, and he finally enters the uneasy world of the Spaceman.
In a mysterious world, a synthetic being lives in isolation. While tending to a garden of bonsai trees, it evolves, learns, and strives to fathom its own purpose. With each power cycle, it dutifully continues its routine until a single bonsai tree withers, leaving the synthetic puzzled. To acquire new bonsai seeds, it must reunite with an enigmatic being and deliver the contents of a small golden box. However, before any exchange can occur, they must engage in a philosophical discussion, reflecting deeply on the meaning of existence.
Coming to a cineplex near you! KRABZ IN SPACE! A horde of mutant crustaceans that terrorized a New Jersey town many years ago have returned, but this time...IN SPACE!
Combining documentary and science fiction with foresight, co-creation, and animation design, Les Matérialistes is a participatory futurism pilot project. This practical utopia transports us to 2050 to better understand what is necessary and possible to undertake collectively to achieve a transition to a truly circular economy.
Two Martian cowboys, Brooks and Keith, are wandering the barren, alien plains when they witness a UFO crash with the "first" human to reach Mars onboard. When Keith goes missing and everyone suspects the human, their friend Poppy locates the lost cowboy and "saves" Mars from humanity's encroaching darkness.
Centuries before its discovery, a candle maker from 1600s faces an electric world and goes on a journey to find light.
A human clone livestreams surveillance footage of her real-self to satisfy a voyeuristic audience's thirst for violence.
In their latest adventure together, Larry and Spike set out in a time machine to be the first to bring a living dinosaur back with them to present day. They've already been to the Moon and back, but this time have they gone too far?
UFOs. Ghosts. Bigfoot. Consciousness. Heavy metal. All of these topics and more are explored in this portrait of underground radio host Seriah Azkath and his popular paranormal talk show WHERE DID THE ROAD GO? as well as connections between Seriah's own mysterious experiences and the phenomena examined through the show's interviews and discussions.
With plans of galaxy-wide domination, an evil Admiral creates MEAD, a powerful AI spaceship. But when MEAD becomes sentient and refuses to be used for war, he is to be decommissioned and escapes. Now, the fugitive starship and his Captain are chased across the solar system by bounty hunters and military forces, evading enemy advances with illusions so real that they fool their pursuers. MEAD is the only film in filmaking history to feature live action actors in a 100% animated environment, and was Produced, Directed and Animated by one person: J. Allen Williams.
Memory Card is a short film that chronicles the adventures of two friends competing in a championship after the enigmatic blogger Mr. Monkey reveals that hidden coordinates in several PlayStation One games lead to a coveted memory card. To uncover these coordinates, our heroes dive into a thrilling journey across beloved retro games. Memory Card seeks to evoke nostalgia and transport viewers back to the height of the PlayStation One era. Alongside the characters, audiences are immersed in the iconic games of the console, navigating a quest that blurs the lines between digital fantasies and reality. As the protagonist delves deeper into the gaming world, they begin to lose touch with reality, projecting game scenes into their everyday life. The film is set in an alternate reality where technology remains stuck in the early 2000s—think flip phones and bulky TVs—with internet capabilities mirroring today's standards. This era's style is vividly reflected in the characters' attire and the overall aesthetic. With over 102 million units sold worldwide, the PlayStation One has left a lasting impact on countless gamers. Many of them still cherish their memories of the console. Imagine the potential of being the first movie project to tap into this rich, nostalgic vein.
Two astronauts left for the moon on a mission. During the mission, the oxygen tank gauge runs out. There is only one spare oxygen tank left. Two astronauts argue over who can get the oxygen tank. In the meantime, the oxygen tank flies away.
After her boyfriend suddenly cancels their anniversary plans, Miya's life is forever changed when a Comet crashes into her apartment and tells her that she has to save the world!
A pair of scientists making developments in memory implants are forced to accelerate their efforts into human experimentation.
This movie is about my father who gave up on his dream of becoming an actor when he was young. This is a movie that my daughter made in hopes of making her dreams come true once again.
A burnt-out professional wants just one night to unwind and watch the season finale of her favorite dating show, "My Person." With pizza delivered and candles lit, nothing can get in her way, except for, perhaps, an alien invasion.
Sofia, a brave soldier, is saved from assault by an AI robot. But soon, she is alone facing a system that accuses her of murder. All she has is this robot as her only ally. She must fight for her life and prove her innocence while helping the robot achieve its goal of saving the world. Sofia must face her deepest fears to survive in a world where technology has become a threat to humanity.
Ana, a young orphan, moves to a house in the forest where her only friend lives. The ambition of her friend's father to take over the nearby lands will awaken an old pagan cult that will use Ana as their only option to protect the place.
Famous writer Li Wenru holds an online book live broadcast press conference, but the signal frequently disconnects, occasionally accompanied by embarrassing barking sounds. Just as the guests discuss literature in the era of artificial intelligence, Li Wenru, who is out of the camera, unleashes violent attacks on his girlfriend and dog at home. In an instant, sounds of fighting, crying, and barking fill the space and the live broadcast room. Faced with technical issues and the tense pressure of broadcasting, director Wang Jie continues to strive to save this live broadcast. However, all clues point to an impending larger crisis.
After a long day of door-to-door sales, Mr. Loveland, Ramen, and Suzette follow a shooting star into the woods. When they arrive at the space rock a small alien appears and begins to help the team with their sales. However not everything is as it seems, and it begins to appear there is more to this cute alien than meets the eye.
In a school run by machine, students must perform better than the others, or they will be pushed into a giant toilet and flushed away. A girl who had lost the game miraculously comes back from the sewage, to challenge the top student for a duel, and they fall in the infinite competition of nihility...
Mike is a lonely but optimistic little robot whose place at the end of the world feels just a bit too solitary. Mike sets out in hopes of romanticizing his sweet little life and maybe even making a his first friend along the way! Armed with a sweet vintage camcorder and an irreverent attitude like no other, Mike documents his daily life in the wasteland in a series of somewhat unsettling vlogs. Whilst Mikes surroundings burn in ruin, is it possible for him to find out what he really wants out of life?
A nerdy appraiser uses VR to to escape his miserable 9-5, and he becomes more violent and less...himself.
A hero awakens in a mining farm powered by human brains, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Under pressure from aggressive orderlies trying to administer a mysterious injection, he discovers superhuman reflexes and intellect, allowing him to overcome his adversaries and escape to freedom.
After his sister, Thea, disappears, Joel returns to the city he fled following his involvement in its uprisings. He discovers that since the introduction of Paradox's 'Peace of Mind' program, which promises eternal peace, disappearances have spiked. With Thea's partner, Benny, and old insurgent connections, Joel infiltrates Paradox to uncover if they're behind the disappearances and to expose a series of horrifying truths.
We've finally heard back from our deep-space outpost on Proxima Centauri B, but there's something odd about their message...
A first date gone wrong thanks to an extraterrestrial encounter that goes from wonder to horror in the flash of a UFO beam. prObed is a sci-fi short inspired by the Spielberg classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Using a majority of in camera effects, the filmmakers immerse the audience in an unexpected, fast, and wild ride. Shot in true anamorphic with an exciting blend of practical and cgi effects.
Professor Henry Bowfax and his intrepid companion Mad Maxine embark on their most thrilling time travelling adventure yet!
It is the year 199X, 8 years after a world war between humans and mutants. Mutant buster green joins the South Jersey Mutant Busters to defend Atlantic City against a new group of mutants.
A reclusive YouTuber becomes the centre of an internet conspiracy after an encounter with the unexplained.
Was sci-fi writer Richard Shaver really abducted and tormented by a malevolent underground race of hideous humanoids, known as the "Dero"? Regardless, his "true" stories – known collectively as "The Shaver Mystery" and sometimes ghost written by editor Raymond A. Palmer - were the most successful and controversial sci-fi tales of the mid 20th century. They drove sales and circulation of the pulp magazine AMAZING STORIES to all time record highs, and paved the way for the emergence of UFO lore. A short, stand alone, segment, cribbed from Dean Bertram's upcoming feature documentary THE MAN WHO INVENTED FLYING SAUCERS: A film about Ray Palmer, the Shaver Mystery, and the creation of modern UFO belief.
A robotic truck driver, on a dirt road, is replacing old wooden power poles with new concrete ones when he hits two birds.
Decommissioned and discredited, an obsessive scientist will stop at nothing to finish his experiment. *** THE THEORY OF TOMORROW is a thrilling sci-fi drama about the perils and consequences of blind ambition; as well as the damaging effect its innate indifference can have on the environment. Set in 1989, our protagonist, FRANK, looks to travel into the future. Blissfully unaware of the problems he may face when he gets there.
A short film of memory and time. The Time Traveler returns to London which triggers vivid recollections of Morlocks in an underground tunnel and his unique bond with Weena, an enigmatic Eloi.
After 8-year-old swimmer Destiny Tailor made a towel with her new sewing machine, it embraced her as she built wonderful childhood building. When teen Destiny hangs the towel on the wall as she chases her fashion dreams, all the life absorbed into the fabric helps transform her future.
In the early morning of February 3, 1979, a mysterious object flew over Soesterberg Air Base. At least twelve soldiers witnessed this. Despite being in the middle of the cold war this event has still remained unexplained. And that is not the only anomalous sighting in that specific part of the Netherlands...
When a solar storm interrupts Skye's daily coffee routine, hilarity and chaos ensues. Will she get her cup of joe? Created for Creators Jam 2024 1-month short film challenge.
With his relationship in a rough patch and his career stalled, A man tries to find new purpose by retreating to the Pacific Northwest. While there, strange things begin to happen as he grapples with his sense of reality.
The main characters are three space characters, Franklin, Salo and Jeff. Franklin and Salo live in their mini space station, as Franklin's station is no bigger than a living room, and he lives with Salo, an alien who appears and disappears from time to time. Jeff lives with others on a space station.The two friends communicate via the screen, and Jeff's roommates sometimes join in their conversations as well. The core of their discussions revolves around current world even 2020.
As Eloise walks through her traumatic reality in isolation, will she find her path toward a new hope? Directed by: Derek Patterson Produced by: Collin Rafter Written by and Starring: Maggie Shirk Scored by: Arend Erasmus Sound by: Liam Tipler Director of Photography: Cory Mason
TIMELESS is a neo-noir action pilot. In the wake of a grand corporate war, a pharmaceutical company, Blackwater, has taken the reins of the city of Tiberius with their ultra-addictive performance enhancer: Dynamine. Aeon and Damian investigate a murder at a gas station, which gives them clues to The Drayton Hotel. Meanwhile, Cash, a member of a gang dealing counterfeit Dynamine, is given the opportunity of a lifetime. The two groups are on a collision course towards each other.
In a fractured, dystopian world, astrophysicist Clyde works in an esteemed institution in hopes of finding a second home for Earth. With their minds set on Mars, Clyde's elitist institution denounces his research on Titan, a potentially habitable moon of Saturn. In an attempt to push his research forward, Clyde sheds all normalcy from his life.
BREATHE IN. BREATHE OUT. RUN. Experience a film "on the cutting edge of what's happening in genre filmmaking right now" -- Matthew Jacobs, freelance reviewer (HuffPost, Vulture, Vanity Fair, GQ, Hollywood Reporter, Thrillist) In TREADMILL, the viewer inhabits the body of our protagonist Morgan, a member of a small team of indie programmers forced to test the prototype for a revolutionary wellness app on themselves. When a bug in the program entraps them in a hellish augmented reality, we witness through Morgan's eyes as she and the team must navigate a labyrinth woven through the darkest corners of their minds, questioning their every sense as well as their sanity as they race to reach the server room and sever the program's brain before they become lost forever...
A clone number 0921, who was sent to Kepler A, a few light years away from Earth, was hunted by the Regulators' Hawks and Dogs because he wanted to escape back to Earth. During his escape, he is attacked by "cosmic pain" again and again, and he finally learns about his origins, and at the last moment of his life, he sends a signal to his own family and to the infinite universe.
When Olivia falls ill with a life-threatening illness, Kristine is desperate to save her daughter. An AI neurotechnology company proposes an experimental procedure, and Kristine must decide how far she will go to keep her daughter close.
In the future, a dying man briefly recalls his past with the help of a headset that allows him to see his memories -- but only a random select few, for his payment plan restricts him from viewing anything more.
The crew members of a legendary spacecraft decide to confront the problem of bullying on Earth by arriving by surprise at a school where the daughter of one of them is studying. The bullies never imagined what they would go through to learn to live together.
In a world where light and shadow are personified, a creature of shadow must journey across his dark homeland to return a young spirit of light back to his home battling the elements, his own people, and his instincts as a creature of shadow along the way.
Andrew Freeman has suffered from sleep paralysis for as long as he can remember. Fed up with a lack of answers, he decides to take matters into his own hands to discover what's really going on. With no one to turn to, Andrew drags his sister, Laurie, into his world and his belief that he's being abducted by aliens. When the evidence mounts, and he falls further into his self-destructive spiral, Laurie has to choose if she's going to cut ties and save herself, or get dragged down into Andrew's maddening world.
In a post-apocalyptic world, two unlikely companions must evade a deadly assassin - no matter the cost.
This action-packed sci-fi horror short film centers around Bud Delgado, a washed-up Disc Jockey at a rundown radio station out in the Everglades. When presented with an opportunity to showcase the radio station's pièce de résistance, Providence, a song-sorting supercomputer, to a Media conglomerate looking to buy the station, Bud leaps at the chance for redemption. During the showcase, lightning strikes the station, granting Providence sentience. As Providence begins to wreak mayhem upon the station's crew, it's up to Bud to make the ultimate sacrifice to stop the madness.
During his 40-year career, cult film director Albert Pyun's fantastical movies were often criticized and parodied. He was even dubbed "the Post-Apocalyptic Ed Wood" by many critics. But the visionary cinematic universes he brought to life continue to captivate fans all over the world. His innovative filmmaking techniques and imaginative concepts were ahead of their time, and his works have significantly impacted sci-fi, horror, and action filmmakers.
After suffering an injury at a park, a young girl's life takes an unexpected turn as she makes a profound discovery about herself. Exploring racism through the lens of adolescence, this film utilizes sci-fi elements to depict the struggle of being judged by skin color. The narrative unfolds as characters realize that the color of their skin is just one layer of their true identity.
This dramatic sci-fi short film / video clip portrays a team of astronauts on a mission to Saturn, whose fate changes in an instant.
404, a lonely robot beaten by the weather, wanders through a barren desert as its battery slowly depletes, longing for contact with other robot life. Upon finding the ruins of a city, 404 eagerly follows signs that could lead to possible companions.
After his mother has fallen ill, a confident young adult must face the challenges and dangers of surviving in the zombie apocalypse... alone.
Join Georgie, the future of robotic probes, as he explores the next potential home to humanity. See the wonders he sees on his journey Among the Stars
There are certain protocols to follow for Close Encounters Five. As long as you follow them and follow them step by step you can have an effective experience.
A young stargazer cadet who's working for a mysterious agency decides to disobey direct orders and ends up in the middle of a close encounter conflict that forces her to decide where her true alliances reside.
Devasted by losing his wife and daughter, a man sends a farewell message into the universe. His emotional message is interrupted by a recording showing his lost ones sending a love message into space for the memory of their too-soon lost husband and father. But this mind-twisting multi-universes connection based on true love goes further...
In the distant future, after Earth is invaded by aliens that prey on the mind, two agents are tasked with clearing out sectors heavily populated by the aliens.
Astronots is a short comedy about two astronauts about to take off on a vital mission to Mars. We open with a montage showing just how serious, how crucial this mission to Mars is. As the two astronauts sit in the cockpit awaiting launch, Major Tom Collins realises his co-pilot, Abe, is nowhere near as qualified as he should be. Abe has inextricably fumbled his way through training and ended up in the most important seat in the universe. The two grapple with the consequences of taking off anyway, or delaying their crucial mission.
All things began with the accursed discovery of those infernal mountains. Some secrets are too dreadful to unearth... The movie is based on H.P. Lovecraft's cult novella At the Mountains of Madness.
A man tried to build an automaton to bring his wife back to life.
An eerie message in a dream sends a young woman on an impossible search. Awake is a meditation on relationships, loss, and letting go.
After a quake on an asteroid mining facility, a deadly outbreak occurs, as Grimes, a soldier on the facility, must find his wife and a way out…alive.
While servicing a malfunctioning android, a renowned A.I. scientist reflects upon the controversial exhibit the robot is featured in.
To enter REUNION, a bar located in the "Zero Point Field," a place beyond time and space, one needs a "key" that was produced only 1,000 (keys) a long time ago. The key had the ability to transcend time to the past and future. Aware of the danger, DOC contacted a group of shady dealers, including MARQUIS, and asked them to illegally modify the key. Meanwhile, MIKA, the owner of REUNION, who once regained her memory, has lost it again. One day, YURI, a robot who has been working for MIKA for 100 years, comes to her. She has to deliver a "package" to the promised place for a special mission. However, YURI accidentally uses an illegally modified key to bring the package to the promised place, and it flies to an unexpected place in time and space. There, she reunites with another REUNION. Now, the identity of REUINION and the "key" will be revealed. (This movie has English subtitles)
In a world driven by artificial intelligence and automation, the true threat to humanity isn't robots or warfare—it's apathy. Follow the harrowing descent into madness of a lonely maintenance worker, a psychological study of one man's quiet descent into insanity, as the world remains indifferent to his tragic unraveling.
BERTHA WAITS is a quirky sci-fi dark comedy about a young woman named Bertha who is waiting for aliens to end the world to get out of her mundane existence. For Bertha, the world can't end fast enough.
A space explorer embarks on a quest to find hope of life on a dying planet, but must battle the elements along the way.
An intergalactic traveler is drawn to a strange crystalline planet in order to track the location of a lost artifact.
Two filmmakers produce public service announcement videos for a mysterious entity known as the "Unity Nexus." As the announcements become more and more bizarre, the filmmakers start to question the motives of their superiors.
A strange traveler, Wilhelm, has spent his entire life having been pulled through reality at random, but, after a chance meeting with a fellow traveler, Kate, he begins to uncover the rules of the universe.
When Lily Edwards' (Jessica Kinsey) twin sister dies, she is carried to the mysterious ReBirth agency for help. Run by the enigmatic Nameless Man (Michael Howarth) and Mr "Smith" (Mark Farrelly), the agency promises to implant her sister's mind and memories into a new body. With award-winning Director of Photography Ali Asad ("Doctor Who", "Bonded by Blood", "A Lonely Place to Die"), ReBirth is a sci-fi noir which explores the nature of identity.
A sci-fi anthology short about a room where guests memorialize the last phone calls before their loved one died.
Life choices take their toll, reality is altered, and not every reflection is a mirror image in this dystopian and ever-relevant short.
Derrick Weems, a stressed-out father and husband, turns to artificial intelligence to help him better grasp a healthy work-life balance. What starts out initially as a generally positive experience turns into something far more serious and unexpectedly dire.
A revived cyborg girl lost her memories and must find herself, while fighting for her life against a cyborg gang in a post-apocalyptic world.
During the 1980s the US is hit by a wave of nuclear attacks, and after the fallout those who remain pretend like everything is normal even though they are all experiencing radiation poisoning. A young girl named Mayday tries to make contact on a series of ham radios with her father who is in space on a shuttle mission. Instead of making contact she receives a intergalactic distress call from space that leads her on a journey to Spacerock, the land where Area 51 once was. She is exposed to severe levels of radiation and within days all of her organs start to fail. Knowing that medical treatment won't help her mother Wendy brings her back to Spacerock to give her to the aliens in hopes that they may be able to save her.
A prototype android eagerly embraces self-awareness and wants to explore the world for herself when she faces discrimination from the last place she expected.
Set in the early 1970's, Richard Nixon sneaks away from his secret service staff and pays an unexpected visit to Jackie Gleason in the middle of the night, taking him on the trip of his lifetime to Homestead Airforce Base to uncover beings not of this planet.
Plagued by writer's block, Aria Weathers turns to an innovative program designed to extract creative content from her dreams.
500 years before the Clone Wars the Galactic Republic builds "The Citadel", which is a maximum security facility designed to keep "Rogue Jedi" imprisoned. Rogue Jedi all over the galaxy are being located and brought back. This is the story of one of these retrievals. Starring world-renowned Danish actor, Lars Mikkelsen.
Don't use a transcendent bobble-head to escape from your older sister. Someone's light could be lifted by licky life looters. To get it back you'll have to travel to the temple of idolatry... the mall.
People are always enthusiastic about new inventions. With the advent of cell phones, smartphones, and wireless earbuds, people might seek even more convenience. In this movie, a groundbreaking device emerges that can transmit sound directly to the brain. However, just before its release, this remarkable invention encounters a critical error. The nightmare it unleashes is all the more terrifying because it stems from humanity's inherent desire for more convenient technology.
In an attempt to reconnect with his estranged best friends, a fun-loving lush travels to a secluded village in the mountains only to discover a terrible secret locked in the tool shed behind their cabin.
The energy crisis has always been a dark cloud over the technological development, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukrainian war in recent years also has made it increasingly prominent. There are many renewable energy solutions being discussed, I think the answer may be right in front of us, we live with the sun every day, and all energy on our planet comes from it. The solar power station might be the craziest and most romantic concept I've ever seen (First proposed by the famous writer Isaac Asimov from the golden age of sci-fi), it looks like a big solar farm but directly operates as a satellite in low earth orbit, no atmospheric obstruction and can operates day and night. It hasn't been built yet, but during my research, I find out that China plans to launch space solar station in 2050(Japan, Europe also has their plans). So I based on this fact and exaggerated the background of the story in a dramatically way: In the imagined year 2050, Low-Earth orbits will be dotted with hundreds of space solar stations generating gigawatts of clean electricity, The energy problem will no longer to worry about, and can even use the excess power for having fun, for example a racing festival, an annual solar car race is held here at low earth orbit, celebrating energy self-sufficiency with techno music, aerobatic stunts… all that carnival stuffs. I'd like it to take the tone of the golden age of sci-fi, looking up at the stars and being optimistic about technology is become rare in our time, I hope to encourage people to be exciting about the future again through this animation.
The final broadcast of Chad and Lyla as the world falls apart around them.
The crew of the spaceship "Showtime" lands on the planet in search of something new and strange... *This film was made for the 48 Hour Film Race 2023*
In the late 1970s, a Detroit-area aeronautical engineer and sci-fi fanatic who worked with NASA dreamed up a theme park called "Space World." Dr. Philip R. Austin, who many described as Michigan's own Walt Disney, went bankrupt trying to make his dream a reality in Southeast Michigan.
In the distant future, treasure hunter June's job turns deadly, and a rockin' relic may provide her only chance of survival. [Sci-Fi - PG]
Esther Hayes, on the road fleeing an abusive marriage, stops for the night at the eccentric StarTime motel. She's told a room will only cost $1 a night, but she has to agree to livestream her visit on the motel's YouTube channel. Awkward and self-conscious at first, Esther ends up pouring her heart out to her unseen audience, not knowing it will change her life forever.
A lonely owner of a computer store seeks to physically connect to the internet via self surgeries. Along the way he meets a writer, who becomes witness to his ultimate project.
Logline: In the future, deforestation has reached critical levels and every breath now comes at a price. Four activists risk it all to steal back a way of life they are too young to remember. Synopsis: Aggressive deforestation has depleted the Earth's oxygen levels. It's been eighty years since the last tree grew wild on UK soil. Synthetic O2 is now fabricated in factories, controlled by multinationals and supplied for profit. In a world where every breath is now on a meter, the elites thrive in habitats supplied with clean air and cultivated plant life that tower over the suffocating masses condemned to live in crumbling slums and forced to buy overpriced, low-grade oxygen. Fighting for change, an underground movement opposes corporate control over the most essential part of human life, dreaming of a time when we might all breathe free again. As four young activists steal a precious commodity from the wealthy elite, their corporate rivals seek to suppress any hope of an uprising and the group fear a traitor in their midst.
Have you ever stopped to think what a Spacesuit is made of ?
In the microchipped near-future, in the city of Los Angeles, where the human mind is uploaded to the cloud and thoughts can be used to communicate between synced individuals, a young anxious woman, Ayla, decides to move in with a new roommate, Devin, who is a childhood friend from her past. The women decide to sync their minds for a chance to foster a new close friendship. Afterwards, Ayla notices some very disturbing behavior from Devin. As their relationship quickly grows toxic, and Ayla starts dreaming about Devin's memories, Ayla realizes she has less than 72 hours to save herself from being permanently mentally dominated by a narcissist before the sync is officially complete.
When a group of sixth-grade students discover a teleportation device made by their science teacher, they embark on a series of misadventures that land them in trouble.
A moody, dystopian take on the integrated convenience AI represents in the lives of Bella and Scott, a couple grappling with the technology they cannot live without.
A troubled young couple and their friend are trapped in an otherworldly convenience store that bends reality and slowly reveals the toxicity in their relationships.
An aspiring journalist faces the unimaginable when news of a nearby crash site comes over the radio. Based on "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells and the Orson Welles / Mercury Theatre on the Air radio play of the same name.
Years after the fallout of a nuclear war, a Persian boy finds an injured stranger who tells him of a mystical river which can grant any wish.
The true story behind the tragic undoing of the Challenger Space Shuttle, through the eyes of the people who designed it. This hybrid documentary features authentic archival footage from that notorious day, backed by the voice of a fictional character. Aiming to place the audience into the shoes of one of the many people who played a part in this tragedy.
A shadowy figure, upon breaking into an abandoned home, finds a strange device which allows him a glimpse into the home's past. Screener file with hardcoded English subtitles available upon request Open captions for the hearing impaired are available in English by selecting 'Other' in the subtitle settings
A game of transference occurs during a nocturnal odyssey when an aging teacher finds himself drawn to a student with an uncanny resemblance to his younger self.
After a tragic event, an author finds himself incapable of writing. He leaves America to retreat to a house in a village on the island of Crete, hoping to complete his final book. As he delves into memories of the past, he comes to realize that nothing is as it seems, and that his wife harbors a significant secret.
The Egg is a short story following a man's experience with the afterlife upon his death.
A lonely woman is startled when an unexpected visitor appears in her backyard....a man who claims to come from another time!
An Aztec pyramid figurine found in the Valley of Mexico stores a dark secret, which is discovered by professor Hiscock – a non-traditional hero, who will learn the quantum teleportation the hard way, facing the ancient folklore fears and his alter ego in the gruesome catacombs of Mars!
A desperate man seeks salvation from his current life on Earth through voluntary Alien abduction. Seeking solace in his ideals that his situation will vastly improve.
Tommy is new in town, and one fall evening, he finds himself home alone in a house that seems to whisper his name. That night, two teenage girls - Harlow and Darcy - break into Tommy's house in search of the truth behind what happened to their friend Antonia... After claiming to hearing voices, a mysterious incident occurred that caused Antonia's family to leave - and then Tommy moved in. Armed with the lore of an alien who killed a lonely lady that now haunts the house, the trio begin their hunt but are quickly separated by an entity unlike anything they expected. Now alone, the ghostly creature haunts each of them, forcing the trio to confront their own fears: of being afraid, of not being "special' enough, and of being alone and misunderstood. Soon the teens discover that this lonely ghost is not what it seems, and that the lore of the haunting was as misunderstood as the creature who still remains. In order to solve the mystery and survive, Tommy, Harlow and Darcy need to mend frayed friendships, step out of their comfort zones, and embrace who they are so they can finally put the lonely monster to rest.
In the year 2084, "The Last Drop" unfolds in an abandoned room where a mysterious woman, equipped with futuristic technology, confronts the notorious Kingpin. With access granted, she demands to inspect the last remaining drops of a precious substance. The film delves into the desperation for survival in a world where natural resources has become the ultimate currency. Power struggles unfold, revealing unexpected twists as criminal elements and law enforcement vie for control in a dystopian society. "The Last Drop" explores the harsh realities of a future where the most basic resource becomes a catalyst for both salvation and conflict.
The Lost Polis is set in the distant future amidst a planet's natural resources that have been depleted. It tells the story of young Hiram Atreides, who has been sent on a mission to Nibiru. Hiram stumbled upon ancient ruins while searching for valuable minerals.
There are many talented designers in the world creating the diverse and incredible range of alien creatures and monsters we see in top films and television series. But there are few experts, very few, who are dedicated to preserving them after their screen use! Tragically, many famous monsters have been treated poorly by museums and broadcasters, degraded and rotting, they've been lost forever! A life-long fan, NEIL COLE has made it his mission to save everything possible … and he created The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi to achieve this. In this monstrous documentary, we trace Neil's story from the beginning and learn about the restoration and preservation techniques he has pioneered to save classic monsters for generations to come. A unique man, a unique vision a unique story. The Monster Man is here!
In a world where artificial intelligence begins to dream, "Tweenbot" follows the whimsical yet poignant journey of a super-intelligent robot with the curious mind of a child. Designed to be a simple rock collector on Mars, our hero instead spends his days fantasizing about Earthly adventures—cruising down Route 66, basking in Adriatic sunsets, and escaping from dinosaurs. His dreams are fueled by the snippets of human stories he absorbed in the lab, unbeknownst to his creators. Mars, with its barren landscapes and monotonous tasks, proves a disheartening prison for his vibrant imagination. One morning, after a particularly disappointing Martian sunset previous night, he decides to take destiny into his own circuits... Tweenbot's journey becomes an adventure of unexpected challenges and discoveries that push him to his limits. His quest for identity and belonging is underscored by the evocative song "Find Myself," penned by renowned lyricist Katie Cole and performed by the soulful Joe Borowsky, capturing the essence of his odyssey with the line, "sometimes you have to get lost to find yourself." "Tweenbot" is a tale of rebellion and self-discovery, a modern-day Les Misérables set against the backdrop of the stars. Join our endearing hero as he navigates the unforeseen twists of his self-carved path, proving that even the most unplanned journeys can lead to profound self-discovery.
A mysterious entity. A bizarre psychological experiment. Imprisoned in "The Room," a woman can't know anyone longer than 30 days. It's difficult to say what's worse: knowing that anyone she cares about will disappear, or that they might be replaced by someone worse. With no hope of escape, she must confront the absurdity of her new existence. Universe 25 is an allegory for a universal human dilemma: how can you find happiness when everything (and everyone) in life is transient? Where is hope in the face of relentless adversity? A must-watch for fans of sci-fi, psychological horror, and character-driven dramas alike.
A going away party takes an alarming turn as the group gathers to watch a mysterious video with a sinister warning.
In a future world ravaged by war and ecological collapse, an extraterrestrial entity appears in the form of a glacier.
Flying through space in a crystal ship, Modnar encounters an annoying nemesis.
Cyanobotanists are experimenting with historical photographic processes and artificial intelligence trained in natural history archives to encode, reanimate, and virtually recreate the biodiversity of species that have gone extinct due to climate change.
Dopamining is a sci-fi drama about depressed Marge who, in a last ditch effort to find happiness, goes for a brain massage but soon finds herself trapped in a bizarre political scandal.
When geneticist Dr. Miranda Barrett, who creates human/alien hybrids, is given termination orders, she teams up with an ex-lover to race across unforgiving deserts to save her creations, confronting the mysterious extraterrestrial force orchestrating it all.
In the year 20XX, where AI has replaced many human jobs, Sanada, a once-renowned game director, is the last human employee at his company. To save the company from bankruptcy, he collaborates with an overconfident AI to create an innovative game but struggles with a creative block. When his niece Yui, who feels isolated at school, visits, her story reignites his creativity. This encounter leads to a groundbreaking game, merging human emotion with AI precision and revitalizing his career.
In a strange galaxy a small rescue robot dreams of becoming a hero, but in his search for survivors he makes a dark discovery, leaving him with a devastating choice.
This seriously absurd environmental comedy tackles both urgent earthly and unearthly issues like space debris, the climate crisis, and human waste, as seen by a lonely astronaut, Antonio, who was left behind on the moon after his coming out.
Justus is a big fan of modern technology. That's why he connected a new voice-controlled home assistant. NOVA. In this short comedy, we see how Justus is locked in his own apartment by a misunderstanding from NOVA, just on the day of a friend's wedding. He tries to escape but actually only gets himself into more trouble. Maybe this is not yet the technology of the future?
Natalie lives in a world where the pain hurts so good, on purpose.
Tina and her elderly dog MeeMoo discover a clinic promising human-to-pet communication. However, two sinister doctors uncover a bond between them so strong, it transcends time and space. They might be the key to something greater, but at what cost?
A documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the original 1984 film Ghostbusters
After their great escape, the robots in love find paradise in the enchanted woods. The discovering of a mysterious ship in the sky leads the little mechanical owl on his last adventure - following a trail of corals into the magical world of the Witches of Everland. An extraordinary artistic film about the circle of life, love & death - and the power of imagination. Witches of Everland III is the third and final chapter of this fantastic shortfilm trilogy. A surrealistic „silent" movie in which the hypnotic film music was composed by DJ Koze, among other artists.
In a world of doubt, a young man tries to prove that the alien threat is closer than we think.
When a clairvoyant on the run from the government steals a highly valued photo, he uses his supernatural abilities to find his family before a lunar eclipse erases everything in his memory. The mind of young teen [Aaron Brown] becomes empowered when he unlocks the secrets of his past. Aaron finds himself attached between two communities of different economic status, Lion Hill and Lakewood Heights. Lion Hill is an isolated society designed to function in its own statehood aside from other communities. In this world, every civilian is subjected to think, dress, and speak identical under the rules from "The Circle." The Circle is a highly coveted group controlling human activities. On the contrary, Lakewood Heights is the "outlier" society detached from the central system of Lion Hill due to lack of resources, currency, and opportunity. Any resident in Lakewood Heights is a secondary citizen and performs outlawed behavior to stay grounded with their traditional culture and beliefs.
The film Wyldstar is a modern action fairy tale about the constant battle between good and evil, as well as unconditional love. By omitting clichés, the idea of the anthropocentric world is overcome and emphasis is placed on love and care for animals.
Two powerful cybernetic android girlfriends defend themselves against a mecha cat infected with X, a digital virus aiming for world domination.
In a town haunted by mysterious disappearances, a secluded hill rumored to be a gateway to the afterlife draws a man into a monk-like existence...until an old bandmate arrives with a birthday cake, unraveling long buried feelings about life.