Sunday, September 19
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BINGEWAVE HOSTS SOME OF THE TOP FESTIVALS IN THE US
Animation, Dr. Who and Mysterious Friends
10:00am- 12:00 Noon
One Last Monster, 2019 Animation
Director Gene Kim
US, 24 mins.
Empress Eura, ruler of the distant world of Adin, faces her greatest challenge when she is forced to face her prejudices and choose between trusting or killing a monster who arrives on Adin with a warning that could save or destroy her people.
Super Science Friends - The 2020 Magnificent Episode Seven
Director Brett Jubinville
Canada,24 mins
Saddle up cowboys and cowgirls! The Super Science Friends are back, and this time they've been rendered powerless at the hands of their greatest nemesis! Except they weren't really aware he even existed until today.
Philip K. Dick's ROOG, 2020
Director Jonathan Nolan
Australia, 8 minutes
A good boi tries to protect his humans from evil shapeshifting aliens disguised as garbage men. Based on the story by Philip K. Dick
Lockdown - The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide
Director Roger Christopher Stevens
United Kingdom, 40 minutes
During the Covid-19 pandemic, a call went out to fans of the BBC tv science fiction series DOCTOR WHO to film personal videos of how they coped with being confined in their homes for months on end.
Ouroboros, 2020
Submitter Heather Knott
United States, 3 minutes
A fractured consciousness locked in a perpetual cycle of explosive negativity is interrupted by a mysterious new illuminating presence, inciting a raw discovery of self and what it means to be complete.
Even the Rats
Director Mike Hay
UK, 6 minutes
A skull-like artifact is discovered by an alien civilization in another time, in the outer reaches of space. Is it a weapon or is it something else…?
The Dancing Kettle 2020
Director Takeshi Kanabayashi
Japan, 11 minutes
The Dancing Kettle is Based on a Japanese folktale. The Film is a fairy tale about a raccoon dog that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer for his kindness. It is a surreal humor film!
Best of Philip K Dick Shorts
12:30 PM-4:00 PM
The Two Hundred Fifth 2019
Director Brock Heasley
US, 19 minutes
Maxine is a ‘Repeater’--a person who lives the same life over and over again, memories intact. When she finally reveals her secret to her best friend and college roommate Cat, a chain of terrible events is set off that ends in an inevitable tragedy Maxine is powerless to stop.
The Appointment, 2019
Director Alexandre Singh
UK, 20 minutes
In this playful, supernatural tale by visual artist Alexandre Singh, a curmudgeonly novelist, Henry Salt, wakes from a nightmare to find a troubling entry in his diary: 12 o’clock at the restaurant ‘La Folie’. But whom is Henry meeting, and why doesn’t he remember making this appointment?
Strange Lights2020
Director Brian Eric Johnson
United States,19 minutes
Struggling with the death of his wife and his son MIA in Syria, a middle-aged rancher begins to believe he is being contacted by extraterrestrials.
Mary's Room, 2020
Director Christopher Mitchell
in Best Philip K Dick Short
Australia/ Korea, 19 minutes
To middle-aged company man Ken, the young and beautiful Mary appears little more than an object whose sole purpose is to satisfy his sexual and domestic needs. She lives trapped like a goldfish in his inner-city Seoul apartment. Through its windows, she observes the city outside turn from day to night in an endless loop of detached servitude
Pa Pa 2019
Director Douglas Petrie
in Best Shorts Competition
United States, 14 minutes
A lonely mechanic builds a mechanical boy - and becomes an unlikely Father to his own creation. Starring Clancy Brown, Shawshank Redemption
Nicolás 2019
Director Maja Quevedo
Puerto Rico , 11 minutes
Nicolás and Miguel, fraternal twins of nine years, grow up in a middle class family. The rejection of the father and love with pity of his mother, arouses curiosity in Nicolás. When Miguel becomes seriously ill, Nicolás will discover a terrible truth on which will depend his brother's life.
Loop, 2020
Director Stuart Langfield
Canada, 13 mins
A short sci-fi film set in the middle of the 21st century, that centres around reclusive, retired tech company CEO David Hinton's attempts to teach AI how to experience and process true human emotions.
(Dys)Functional 2020
Director Adam Nowak
Poland, 13 mins
In the near future, humanism is lost by a longing for profit. People lose their jobs and are replaced by intelligent robots – androids. Frustrated official – Adrian - is sent to a modern robot called Eva, who stopped appearing at her workplace. Adrian’s job is to find the fault and fix it. This meeting is a chance for both of them to think about their lives and the decisions they have made.
Q@A with directors after the show
Documentary Presentation
4:00 PM- 5:30 PM
ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES, 2020
Director Abigail Child
US,72 minutes
An experimental feature documentary that explores the current realities of android development with a focus on human/machine relations, gender & the ethical implications of this research. The film records cutting-edge laboratories in Japan & the USA where scientists attempt to make robots move, speak & look human.
High Weirdness Shorts Block
5:30 PM- 8:30 PM
Come On, Harleen (Trailer 1),2020
Director Christopher Leong
US, 2 mins.
Meanwhile, Harleen Quinzel; a Psychology Major at Gotham University and outsider, finds herself toying with the idea of joining the latest revolution as her birthday plans go south in this DC Fan Film; filled with a variety of the beloved heroes and villains - like you've never seen before
Postcards, 2020
Director Julian Findlay and Stan Freeman
US, 13 minutes
A collector of vintage postcards receives a flyer in the mail about the sale of a complete set of rare postcards in mint condition, the coveted Patterson’s Bread Company’s series issued in 1900 predicting life in America in the year 2000. However, the small price the seller is asking seems too good to be true. Reality isn't as it seems.
We Come in Peace, 2020
Director Ryan Abel
US, 20 mins.
Documentary short interviewing the people of the #StormArea51 event. Medium format Film Portraits were taken at the Gates of Area 51
The Plan, 2020
Director Mario Brem
France ,14 mins
Driven by naive curiosity, F is wandering through a world, that seems torn apart between concrete and nature. With the structured view of a researcher and the anarchic gesture of the improvising artist at the same time, he's approaching to the traces and fragments of human civilization.
Man’s Best Friend, 2020
Eric Smigiel
US, 19 mins.
Brian has always been content laying in his chair and plugging up to his desert landscape. But now there's a new way to live life - walking, moving, and with real pets too! A dystopic VR fantasy.
TRILEMMA, 2020
Director R. Paul Wilson
UK, 14 minutes
A short film inspired by ‘The Twilight Zone’, ‘The Outer Limits’ and ‘Tales of the Unexpected’.
Detective Walter Day finds himself caught in a cycle of witnesses who all saw the same suspect commit an awful crime but in each case, one important element is always missing: the victims. When another witness appears, his patience begins to wear thin and his nerves begin to fray.
The Crystal Palace
Director Ryan Mechling
United States, 9 mins.
A neuroscientist unlocks the secrets of the universe, only to find himself trapped in his own personal hell.
Se7en Green Bottles, 2020
Directors Mick Dow, Francois Zaidi
UK, 6 mins.
Seven political activists meet in secret online then the doorbell rings
.#WhatHappendedOxgateSe7en?
Speak only Good of the Dead,2020
Director Arminio Rivero
US, 20 mins.
Speak Only Good of the Dead is a science fiction/drama short film in which a lovesick mathematician discovers that EPICAC, the military supercomputer he works with, is actually sentient
The Stamp Collector, 2020
Director Luke Momo
US, 9 mins
A high-tech thief comes home from the scene of a crime, reeling with guilt and misbegotten plans. How will his artificially-intelligent assistant, designed to help commit crimes, respond to his programmer's sudden change of heart?
Starring - David Alvarez as Rhodes
(Tony Award-winning actor for Billy Elliot the Musical, playing Bernardo in the upcoming West Side Story film)
Darin De Paul as X
(voice actor known for performing in video games such as Overwatch, Apex Legends and Final Fantasy XV)
Routine. 2020
Director Russ Emanuel.
US. 4 mins.
During a mysterious pandemic, Cassie’s quarantine life has turned into a routine, day in and day out. Nothing new seems to happen until she realizes she’s out of coffee.
Alien Grounds, 2019
Director Sebastien Antoine
France, 13 mins
A science-fiction writer lost in the night. A cosmonaut crashed on an unknown planet. A dark road in the forest. The Story of a strange encounter. Alien Grounds is a musical and visual trip, a concept movie wrote especially on Mars Red Sky’s Music.
The Recycling Man
Director Carlo Ballauri
Italy,14 mins
In a crowded, yet lonely suburban neighborhood, Jacob (Benjamin Ainsworth - "Haunting of Bly Manor"), a boy immobilized in a wheelchair, fights boredom by spying on his neighbors across the courtyard.
Glitch, 2020
Directors Sara Caldwell, Walter Gorey
US,10 mins
During COVID, a single mom takes on a new assignment that has chilling consequences.
Floaters, 2019
Director Aurélie Garon
France, 15 mins
A strange haunted man seems to be wandering in the mountains. He meets a healer hermit and relies on the care he provides. What is at stake, in a saving mountain and salutary darkness, are the Unconscious substructures and incantatory rituals.It is the story of a man who turns into a landscape.
Tebori, 2020
Director Silvana Zancolò
Italy, 14 minutes
A young couple decides to put a very special item in an online auction.
Annie 2020
Director Miki Durán Mas
Spain, 13 mins
Annie is a woman who wakes up in the middle of an abandoned quarry without knowing how, or why, has she got there. As she incorporates herself, she begins to understand her complicated situation. Tied to a pole, by a metal chain, Annie can?t run away. As the hours go by, her hopes of escape fade.
Q@A with directors after the show
Sci-Fi Shorts Block
Dark Skies
8:30 PM-11:00 PM
Genesis, 2020
Director Seth Cunningham
US, 15 mins.
Genesis follows the household of a rebellious son and a controlling mother as they live on a barren planet after the earth has been rendered uninhabitable.
Rubber and Glue Rubber and Glue, 2020
Director Cat Dale
United States, 13 minutes
A teen must undergo treatment to rid herself of the thing that makes us most human-empathy.
Absence
Director Richard Marx
Germany,15 mins.
Odd shining stars at the sky. Something is calling out to Lena. Her life is changing abruptly after a terrible event. Lost in emotions, her passion is leading her on a destructive way. As everything around Lena started to collapse, she is still figuring out where she stands.
US MX 2019
Director Joseph O Hooten
in Best Shorts Competition
US, 15 min
In the not too distant future, we follow LEAH, 36, and her daughter, ARIEL, 7, as they race against the clock to immigrate across the U.S./Mexican border before sunrise. As officers close in, the direction they run becomes less and less clear.
Hypernova, 2020
Director Tate Young
Canada, 13 mins.
A businesswoman struggles to navigate her increasingly alienating world, disconnected from her work, colleagues, and husband. Lost in grief, can she find a connection amidst the chaos? A spellbinding, visually surprising drama of modern inner life, told using the expansive metaphors of outer space.
Q@A with directors after the show
Feature Presentation
TRANS
11:00 PM-1230 AM
TRANS , 2020
Director NAERI DO,
Korea, Republic of, 92 minutes
Minyoung Go is a girl who dreams of becoming a transhuman by transmitting electric shocks to her brain. After facing a serious assault from Taeyong Ma's posse, she plans revenge for the boys that bully her for having an eating disorder. She conducts an electrical baptism and falls into trans.
AWARDS CEREMONY
12:30 AM