The Producers Club
358 West 44th St, NYC
International Sc-Fi Shorts
430pm- 7 pm
Q&A with filmmakers after the Screenings
Cassandra
Director Alexander Manolides
Greece, 25 minutes
A young woman visits a company that claims it can show the future of any relationship. When she discovers a future infidelity in her relationship with her boyfriend, she must decide whether to let the visions dictate her choices in the present.
The Conversation They Never Had
Director Anna Aleksandrova
Austria 14 min
Viennese cafe somewhere in time. Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn. He got the prize and never mentioned her. She’s asking why. While talking about science, Lise takes an unexpected turn into reckless vulnerability expressing her life long love for Otto. Suddenly, Otto realizes that he missed the most essential part in science- love of the discovery. Taken by her sincerity, he is falling in love with Lise…but it’s a dream.
Algodreams
Director Vladimir Todorovic
Australia 11 min
Algodreams are made by prompting AI systems to imagine the future of life on planet Earth. They dreamt of time machines, memory machines, flamingos that can save the oceans, the AI civilization that destroys humans to protect the planet, and they dreamt of self-driving bicycles that fall in love.
Lost in the Sky
Director Simon Öster
Sweden 13 min
After a long search in a strange galaxy, a lone rescue robot locates a surviving astronaut, but must reach her before she's consumed by a looming black hole.
Little
Directors Meka Ribera, Álvaro G.
Spain 12 min
When they are born they are precious, almost perfect. But they grow so fast. I wish there was a way to enjoy that unrepeatable age forever. Petit Toujours combines the latest advances in gene therapy and selective hormone blocking to extend your time with the most beautiful thing you have in the world, your baby.
Emily's Mountain
Director Tal Somech
Israel, 22 min
Emily celebrates her 6th birthday on a magical trip with her family and is slowly exposed to the horrifying reality that her parents are trying to conceal from her using modern technology and entertainment systems
The River
Director Christine Dabague
Lebanon, 30 min
After a Syrian family's statue of the powerful goddess Inanna is stolen, their daughter embarks on an adventurous journey to retrieve the elusive icon.
Dandelion
Director Gillian Simpson
United Kingdom, 12 min
Alice lives alone in the middle of a field of wind turbines, the constant thump thump her only companion. She is haunted by the memories of the day her daughter Grace and her partner, Jamie died, a tragedy that she can’t seem to recover from
The Discarded
Director Uli Meyer
United Kingdom, 3 min
A character designer struggles with the design of a cartoon cat and ends up on a short trip through the looking-glass