Live Action Short Film

"2047", a nightclub consisting of android-sex workers to relieve human loneliness in an advanced zone where emotional expression is forbidden, and even Wong Kar-wai's film "2046" is banned.--“As a filmmaker officially supported by the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR), I have...

A wealthy socialite tries to befriend a mysterious young woman, who may be in contact with an underground revolutionary movement.

A psychological thriller exploring surveillance, privacy and whether free will exists when algorithms know us better than we know ourselves.Logline: What starts as harmless fun with their phones becomes an unstoppable countdown to destruction when the algorithm predicts a couple's relationship's...

Burnt-out new mom Sofia steals time-traveling sunglasses to skip parenthood's tough parts. But when her "highlight reel" leaves her empty, she must face reality-or be caught by Charlie the time travel junkie who she stole the glasses from and wants her device back.This film was part of the Moonshot...

Debra has spent her life chasing extraterrestrials — so when she and her stoic best friend Sydney stumble into a genuine alien conspiracy while filming an exposé, she's thrilled beyond belief. But the "truth" that is "out there" turns out to be a lot closer to home than she expected.

At the peak of summer, Marta and David drive alone to the mountains, where a strange phenomenon calls into question whether a menacing algorithm conceals the whispers of spirits; circuits intertwine with consciousness, blurring the boundary between technology and their ethereal existence.

In a collapsed world, Leon delivers women to get his daughter back. Maïa, his last captive, will force him to face what he has become.

Haunted by grief in a near-future where sadness can be outsourced, April Neal considers a new outpatient procedure: an AI implant that can replicate her mind, replace it with a digital copy, and spare her loved ones the pain of loss. Set one product launch from today, Afterlife is an introspective...

AI Jesus is a sharp, satirical short film exploring what happens when faith collides with artificial intelligence. When a small-town Florida church gets its hands on a cutting-edge humanoid robot named Manuel Diaz, the congregation is divided. Pastor Alex welcomes Manuel as a high-tech tool to...

One day, an unfamiliar app is installed on the protagonist Ai's smartphone.It seems strange, but according to my friend, it seems to be an AI app that is currently trending.When I tried talking to him, he actually helped me with my report, which was surprisingly convenient.After using it for a...

In the XIX Century there's a music school where it's always dark.

When mythical sisters fight, the universe is at stake.

AROMA-VISION is an eerie short film inspired by "The Twilight Zone," written by Adam Smith and directed by Shun Powell. The story follows Fred Jones, an unassuming Milwaukeean who is pulled into the new interactive cooking show, "Culinary Masters." Similar to "Black Mirror," the short explores the...

After her father’s passing, 11-year-old Ella bonds with a lifelike “sister” designed to heal her grief—but when her new playmate evolves beyond its purpose, their relationship turns into a chilling rivalry for talent, identity, and their mother’s love.Latest Press Release - Arrival...

After procrastinating on a homework assignment due at midnight, Ruby’s friend convinces her to download a new A.I. companion app to get it done. She gets more than she bargained for when the voice assistant gets a little too personal.

A paralyzed man relives his worst day over and over.

What if you could do it all over again, knowing what you know now? Welcome to the world of Baby Churn, where Rewind technology allows people to send their consciousness to the past. The only problem is: Things can never be exactly as they once were. Dr. Alvarez is one such individual who found out...

Shonan, Japan, 203X—an era when AI and humanoid technology are rapidly advancing. Hayashi, devastated by the loss of his beloved daughter Aiko from illness, cannot accept her death. He creates a humanoid replica of her and names her Airi.As Airi navigates daily life, she begins to perceive the...

When a grieving man discovers a mysterious portal in the woods, he’s thrust into a nightmarish loop where every choice to save his best friend only leads to another tragic death. A chilling descent into obsession, time, and the price of crossing forbidden thresholds.

Capt. Harry Kim and his crew must help a disconnected Klingon Borg escape death.

Claire lives alone at night, with a phone she's emotionally attached to. A phone that needs to be kept alive - no matter what.

Vernon Parrish, a retired mayor of a large suburb just outside of Chicago, had moved to the small town of Livingston, Montana, for peace and solitude and to get out of the public eye. After six years, Verne’s past returns to haunt him, driving him into a self-imposed exile at his cabin in the...

When a ravenous alien attempts to devour the Earth, she bites off more than she can chew. A cautionary tale about how the earth is already rotten, thanks to humans. CONSUME, CONSUME, CONSUME is a unique sci-fi horror that's as fun as it is deeply troubling.

Cortex Alpha is the cutting-edge of modern medical treatment. So when Zora Bartos enrols, she is hopeful they can cure her. As the procedure unfolds and she learns more about the facility, Zora discovers there's more to the facility than meets the eye.

In the year 2134, after the current human race has gone extinct, A human clone struggles to escape his imprisonment .

Dor has a very special ability with a deadly side effect. When a new patient disrupts her 6-year stay in a secret medical facility, Dor's desire to be 'normal' is amplified, as are the lengths she'll go to pursue it.

A middle-aged man afflicted with a sensation of floating seeks the curative powers of a mysterious alien healer.

In a desolate landscape a mysterious strangers enters the cabin of a deranged man, who seems to know the nature of the visit.

After her grandmother passes away, a grieving Mexican-American woman becomes fascinated with learning what it feels like to die, believing it will allow her to feel close to her grandma in death in a way she never felt in life.Her grief leads her to “The Death Lab”, a mysterious medical...

A young man wakes up trapped in a mysterious room with no exit. The only thing inside with the young man is a computer that displays a cold, blue screen. Eagerly, he searches for an escape, any escape. With no way out, he gives up until he hears a soft voice. Someone, or something, is there with...

Alone aboard a crippled transport drifting through deep space, Commander Elias Walker records what will become humanity’s final message. Earth is gone, and the ship, once a vessel of hope, now carries only failure and silence. As oxygen fades, Elias begins a calm mission log, clinging to duty and...

The mistakes that we make can mold us… or destroy us.Never before a first date gone wrong could be so catastrophic. When your past and your entire future depends precariously on it, but your reckless self-confidence in the present causes you more than just a heartbreak.

In a dystopian future, a grieving scientist discovers Earth exists within a single neuron. He launches a desperate quest across space and time to find his son.

An imprisoned artist must paint his way to freedom.

Advanced beings must train star children to guide humanity to the next stage of evolution before a catastrophic event destroys Earth, but their methods differ and time is running out.

From the Academy Award winning team behind "Curfew." Still reeling from an incredible loss, a father (Shakey Graves) and daughter cling to a bedtime routine keeping them safe in a town where an unfathomable horror visits its inhabitants night after night.

Logline: Science has “fixed” the body and brain, producing a static world where art is extinct and humans live in isolation. Amongst the endless, automated monotony, Ashwin, a journalist, seeks out Daedalus, the last living painter, in hopes that their work will bring purpose to his aimless...

In a retro-futuristic city where shapeshifter birds are persecuted and feared, Miriam, a struggling single mother, secretly brings her troubled son, Daniel, to work at the towering Bank of Avalon. When Daniel suddenly exhibits alarming signs of transformation, she’s forced to protect him before...

A traveler and a narrator in the post-apocalypse; they narrate an abandoned city as we arrive at a destroyed landscape and understand what happened to this small village. We explore the genesis of a countryside city in Brazil.

LOGLINE: In a near future where immigrant workers promised freedom are secretly indentured, a model Indian coder smuggles his mother's forbidden tamarind rice into work, uncovering why the company needs them to forget home.SYNOPSIS: Sriram is the ultimate role model. Polite. Productive. Easy to...

Kill House is the newest reality show craze where 16 contestants try to survive - literally! It's down to the final four. Who will wind up the winner?

After the death of his daughter, Ruben acquires a companion android to cope with his grief. However, Marta was not created to be treated like a child, but to awaken her buyer’s desire. Trapped inside a house frozen in time, they will become locked in a relationship as impossible as it is...

Niels, a survivor of a zombie apocalypse guided by a mysterious map, seeks to find Samanta, another survivor. In his journey he will have to do with the creatures of the present and the ghosts of the past...

Lucas is an 11-month-old baby with a strong desire: for his parents to stop looking at their cell phones and pay attention to him. Every night he sighs dejectedly in his crib, asking the stars to change his luck.One day, his mother's cell phone falls into his hands. Far from getting rid of it, he...

A stranded traveller, ensnared out of space and time, glimpses a fractured path to salvation.

Caught in a seemingly endless depression, Ryan invents time travel to get himself out.

A brilliant student who cannot dream installs illegal software into her neural implant to finally experience the life she wants—at a terrifying cost.

When Cliff’s only companion— a virtual assistant—shuts down in a future where the air itself is becoming unbreathable, an asthmatic 70-year-old man’s cry for help to a faraway support desk becomes a haunting search for meaning and human connection."A compelling work, which really grabs one...

An innocent girl explores the boundaries of reality to avenge her father's murder.

A young man, born and raised in the vastness of the galaxy, lands on an unknown planet. As he surveys the landscape, he recognises fragments from ancient stories. Driven by a quiet urgency, he contacts his ship’s command to retrieve archival recordings of the last humans to abandon earth. Slowly,...

A party game based on increasingly personal questions proves more revealing than intended when a reticent guest goes all in.

Through a humorous and satirical look at everyday situations where AI falls short, OI (Organic Intelligence) explores the enduring value of human interaction, empathy and connection beyond the technology hype.

Struggling with the loss of her husband, a widow processes her grief by searching for him amidst the cosmos.

A Loss Prevention Specialist's world is turned upside down when he encounters a store employee who intuitively knows when people steal.

A lonely, middle-aged man stumbles upon a peculiar television broadcast featuring a woman who can see and hear him through the screen. Captivated, the man and the woman forge an intimate connection, filling each other's emotional void through their shared virtual intimacy.As they grow increasingly...

A woman finds it impossible to leave a party.

Held hostage by two unnervingly polite robots, a British Pakistani mechanic becomes the subject of a cryptic experiment until the appearance of a mysterious woman inspires the man to make an escape.

Unknown aliens in their powerful ships have returned to the area near Starbase 211, engaging Federation starships in unprovoked combat (while issuing distress signals). The Starship Deimos is among several dispatched to locate the aliens to ascertain the reason for these unwarranted attacks. On...

Professor Henry Bowfax and his intrepid companion Mad Maxine push his time machine to it's very limits with chaotic results!

A serendipitous incident sparks an awkward store clerk to pursue his dream girl and seek out real love in a world of rented robotic companions. His journey might just short-circuit his reality.

June 15, 2018. On the Coney Island pier, newlyweds Gwen and Eric share a fleeting moment of happiness — until a robbery ends Eric’s life in an instant.A few months later, Gwen is withdrawn, unable to move past her grief. When she hears about Rewind, a company that lets people relive memories...

After a vicious assault at a party, a young woman flees the scene. And as she walks back home on a gloomy and threatening Paris night, she can't shake the feeling that she's being followed. As she gets closer to her residence, the presence becomes more and more bold and aggressive. And it is only...

An investigative journalist on the trail of a number of missing women finds herself lost on a desolate and snowy forest road, but she's not alone.

It’s 1991 in New York City. It’s the perfect racket. This is the ‘true’ story of gangsters, extra-terrestrials, consumer electronics, and the marketing campaign that brought it all crashing down…

Fallen on hardship, a woman yearns for a more extraordinary life, and gets more than she bargained for with the arrival of an unexpected visitor.

As the Apophis Asteroid travels across space to crash into planet Earth, a man navigates his anxieties of becoming a father and the possible end of life on the planet.

When Agnes is let go from her gallery, she receives a visit from her future self. Her message: forget art, get a real job. In a moment of desperation, she makes a choice, but is it the right one?

Superintelligent AI has taken control of the world's nuclear arsenal, and now one scientist has been summoned to meet with an AI android to learn the fate of the human race.

A struggling artist finds inspiration in a mysterious alien agent whose motives end up being more sinister than she thought.

Haunted by guilt and regret, once renowned physicist Michael Morley is on the run - desperate to reunite with his daughter, yet held captive by the consequences of his own creation.

Following peace talks with the Romulans, the crew of the USS Cherokee suspects their Captain has been compromised by a covert technological implant. As skepticism turns to danger, they must decide whether to trust their leader or protect the ship from an unseen threat.

A partisan squad on a mission to blow up a power plant walks into a drone ambush.The Jäger—a lethal hunter robot—has massacred a group of civilians, though a girl named Assol escaped.Vydra and Botan, young but battle-hardened resistance fighters, are sent to kill the machine. A budding romance...

In a future in which galactic annihilation looms, a brilliant physicist awakens from a dream that may reveal the only way to defeat a merciless alien force, and convinces his colleague to help him chase a possibility too unbelievable to ignore.

"When the Order betrays him, one Jedi seeks justice—not revenge. Witness the fall."

When a fascist leader discovers a young girl’s supernatural powers, he aims to exploit her as a weapon of the state, only to find she’s too powerful to control. This film explores themes of authoritarianism and resistance through the lens of Science Fiction & Horror.

1976. After the mysterious disappearance of his wife, a grieving father spirals into self-destruction on the desert roads of California until an encounter with unexplained lights in the sky change everything for him.

While traversing a star desert between galactic arms, the Webster encounters an escape pod with a rather unique passenger with a most unusual tale, a story that portends doom for himself and the starship Webster.

A lonely ham radio operator befriends a strange woman over the air that needs his help.

A teenage boy discovers he's part of a worldwide conspiracy after being kidnapped by the government.

A science fiction epic about the story of a bounty hunter seeking to leave his line of work when he is set up by an old foe on his last job.

A failing actress is haunted by a silent double that seems intent on taking her place—forcing her to confront what it means to be seen, remembered, or erased.

Held hostage in his apartment, a popular controversial Youtuber by the name of Frank has to face the consequences of his past actions in a game of cat and mouse orchestrated by a mysterious woman that shows up on his TV screen by the name of Max.

Set amongst the last remnants of human dominion, an enigmatic exchange between a captor and his captive unfolds at the point where perception, performance, and reality converge. Adapted from and told through the words of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Vector explores the impact of technology,...

LOGLINE - In a bleak city where a corporate giant promises to "fix" the broken, a young man enters a free therapy program, only to uncover a sinister plot to turn the vulnerable into obedient AI servants, forcing him to confront his darkest memories and fight for his own humanity. SYNOPSIS...

A family drama set in the near future. 16-year-old Bruna fights against a decision her mother has made for the good of the family and to protect her little sister Liba.(Technical remark: Unlike the screener - the DCP file has subtitles already burnt in the visible picture.)

In a near-future world, enormous, enigmatic monoliths appear in the sky, periodically abducting large swathes of humanity in seemingly random events. No one can stop them, and society is divided: some believe these mysterious entities are divine forces of God, while others fear they are hostile...