Enter into the Sixth Borough!
New Episodes Each Day - Oct. 6th through 12th at 7:00 PM ET
Each episode of The Sixth Borough features three short festival films of note. The films are selected by the BSFFF’s producers and curators, and bring additional attention to the dynamic work of filmmakers from all over the world. In The Sixth Borough, you’ll meet lonely robots, mysterious mutants, out-of-this-world renegades, and many more compelling characters. You don’t need a passport, a driver’s license, a MetroCard, or a landspeeder. Just hit click and you’ll enter The Sixth Borough.
Prisoner 88
Directed by Ben Saltzman
Ben Saltzman is a genre director who explores immersive worlds across sci-fi, action, and horror. His films have screened at numerous festivals, galleries, and theaters worldwide. Given the chance to adapt any book, Ben would transform Ender's Game into an anime television series. He currently explores the intersection of AI, film, and video games.
Stuck at the Spaceport
Directed by John Semerad
It’s Lore’s first day as a navigator, and she’s eager to start her new job—if only her ship would show up. Stranded at a chaotic spaceport full of eccentric aliens, malfunctioning tech, and interstellar bureaucracy, she quickly learns that deep space might be the least of her worries. As the hours drag on, Lore navigates an absurd gauntlet of weird encounters, cosmic mishaps, and questionable food courts, all while wondering if she’ll ever make it off the ground.
Discorporate
Directed by Dane Williams
A military brat with a civil engineering background who grew up all over the country, I found myself, against all odds, studying film at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Over a decade later of editing and directing commercials and music videos in New York, Discorporate is my first narrative film and first foray into science fiction. My work is informed by loss, hope, and a grateful embrace of the absurdity that is life.
The Warranty Department
Directed by Isac Malmgren
A Pseudo-Documentary in an alternative universe where the USSR went into the AI race instead of the space race.
The 2400
Directed by David Scott Titus
An authoritarian regime tracks people by drones, hunting down people with expired residency cards.
Saving Cycle
Directed by Kimberly DiPersia
When his crush is tragically killed, Jake is presented with a rare opportunity to save endangered versions of her in alternate dimensions.