The European Philip K Dick Film Festival
The 2023 Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival has announced the award winners for its gathering that took place at the L’Hybride Theater in Lille, France from October 27-28. The event saluted the work and legacy of novelist Philip K. Dick with a slate of independent science fiction, horror, and fantasy films.L’HYBRIDE
Le Philip K Dick Film Festival a lieu à L'Hybride à Lille France, les 27 et 28 octobre pour sa 8ème saison.
Tous les films en français ou sous-titrés en français.
L’HYBRIDE
18 Rue Gosselet, 59000 Lille, France
L'entrée est de 4€ + 1€ d'adhésion annuelle.
THEME - FUTURE SHOCK
THE SIGNAL
Director Daniel Lasker
Zimbabwe,18 minutes
A deadly sound transmitted from space known as "The Signal", corrupts the minds of all who hear it, turning them into soulless Demons under its control.
THE OPERATOR
Director Matt Riley
UK, 20 min
The Operator follows Michael, a client contact associate, as he starts another dull day of business as usual. Connecting long-distance intergalactic calls from a remote satellite (not as exciting as it sounds); a bleary eyed and coffee-fueled Michael receives a distress call. No one ever receives a distress call. They barely touch on distress calls during the induction day.
EMILY’S MOUNTAIN, 2023
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.
MOTHERLORD, 2022
Director Sebastien Landry
Canada, 9 min
An alien, borrowing the body of a human mother-to-be, is confronted by fear and uncertainty as its offspring grows inside her.
ESCALATION. 2022
Director Christian Bachini
Italy, 15 min
Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, is happily avoiding all human contact, preferring to escape from reality in whatever's on TV. When a friend reaches out to him to confront him about his past promises, Chris must decide what kind of person he is inside, or it may just eat him...alive.
INTERMISSION AND Q@A WITH DIRECTORS
930PM-10 PM
THEME -AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
10PM-1130PM
MEANTIME
Director Guillaume Scaillet
France, 13 minutes
Marc, a young city dweller, goes into the countryside where he stays on his own in a lonely house. He is expecting his girlfriend Louise who is supposed to come and join him soon, but the silence grows heavier and heavier, and Louise hasn’t arrived yet. In the anxious surrounding calm, Marc gradually falls prey to the assault of all kinds of sounds that are usually ignored and sounds that are not usually heard.
DAWN
Director Shane Lim
UK, 18 min
On the night of the largest supermoon in history, Willow is called upon by her estranged father and finds society’s elites gathered in a secret facility, ready to escape the planet.
TRIGGER.CHARLIE.ONE
Director Dan Clifton
UK, 9 min
In the face of her doubts, a naval commander must follow orders and press the launch button triggering the earth’s final nuclear apocalypse.
WAKE UP LITTLE GIRL
Director Noah Lydiard
US,10 min
While home alone, Sara gets a familiar guest who threatens to destroy what she loves most.
THE HANGMAN
Director Cameron Sun
US, 7 minutes
A woman returning home is stalked by a mysterious upside-down figure.
HYSTERIC
Director Rod Blackhurst
US, 10 min
A mysterious sound, a mother stricken with madness, and two daughters caught in a fight for survival.
NIGHT
Director Frank Sun
US, 20 min
A man arrives at a friend's apartment and hears sounds from outside his window... but is it real?