THURSDAY, March 5

7 PM - 9 PM; REDSTONE THEATER

Sci- Fi Shorts Program

TICKETS $15

A POEM IN BAMBU; 2019

Directed by Xufei Wu

US, 5 minutes

1920s,southern China. A young bridegroom is visiting his aunt, who lives alone in the distant mountains. Bamboo grows everywhere like an ocean. The mansion is beautiful, and his aunt seems kind. Still, there is that locked room in the attic and that strange noise

AMERICAN QUARTET; 2019

Directed by Jesca Prudencio

Produced by Adam Grannick

US, 9 min

In a 2030s small town bitterly divided over who belongs, a young Muslim-American woman puts herself at risk when she shares her private, digitized memories with strangers, challenging the status quo in the hope that empathy will triumph over hate.

ELI; 2019

Directed by Nathaniel Milton

US, 15 minutes

A 15 year old musician believes he has an extra-terrestrial implant in his ear. This is a true story based on the filmmaker’s experiences within the realms of High Strangeness, Magical Thinking and Manic Delusion.

HELLO WORLD; 2019

Directed by: Nathan Hong Fisher

Produced by: Kristy Richman

US, 12 minutes

A near future love story: Hello, World is about the trial a couple will go through to hold into one another. Gayle and Bennett are at the end of their lives and make the decision to try and continue their existence together through technology.

THE MEMORY UNIT; 2019

Directed by Tim Hall

US, 15 min.

Unusual events surround the hospitalization of a father with Alzheimer’s disease

SOLSTICE; 2019

Directed by Lisandro Perez-Rey

Produced By Lisandro Perez-Rey, Cynthia Barrera and Laura Sweeney

US, 15 min.

During a brutal Winter storm, a bartender befriends a homeless man and brings him home for a warm meal and an ancient ritual.

VIVIR; 2019

Directed by Lewis Rapkin

US, 3 minutes

In the not so distant future, Earth has become infertile and the struggle to grow food off-planet takes an unsuspecting turn when a scientist makes a peculiar discovery.

INSIGHT; 2019

Directed by Jon K. Jones

US, 12 minutes

Suspecting infidelity, an anxious wife uses simulation technology to practice safely confronting her husband in real life.

UNIFIED THEORY, 2019

Directed.by Christina Hibner

US, 5 min.

Unified Theory is an experimental animation that follows two cosmic entities. The main character, Junior, is trying her best to learn about the nature of the universe from her teacher, Senior, who is a master of the universe. Junior experiences moments of enlightenment that transform the way she sees the world, literally opening her eyes to things she could not imagine.

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