NEW SHORTS: Science Fictions
Monday, 18 January 2021
A TRIP TO HEAVEN, dir. Linh Duong
Visions of cosmic presents and imagined futures.
From otherworlds and afterlifes conjured by artist filmmakers Jacqueline Lentzou (Hector Malot: The Last Day Of The Year) and Berlinale Talent Linh Duong, by way of experimental physics, Flat Earth theory and Hitchcock churned through algorithm, these science-infused films give us personal perspectives on getting by in the universe.
Programmed by Philip Ilson. 72'
Please note, the film The End of Suffering (A Proposal) can only be accessed by UK audiences at the request of the filmmaker.
ESCAPING THE FRAGILE PLANET
Thanasis Tsimpinis
17'
2020
Greece
A few hours before the world ends, two men have an unexpected encounter, while a strange pink fog is spreading throughout the city.
A NOBLE TRUTH
Tia Salisbury
15'
2020
United Kingdom
When flat-earth activist Fawn takes her alternative beliefs offline and onto the streets, a face from the past leads her to wrestle with her newly found ideology.
SATURNRANIA
Holly McLean
5'
2020
United Kingdom
A feminist sci-fi adventure documentary following an experimental physicist on her quest to have a baby.
VERTIGO AI
Chris Peters
5'
2020
USA
An artificial intelligence computer watched the Hitchcock classic Vertigo 20 times in a row and made its own disturbing movie.
THE END OF SUFFERING (A PROPOSAL)
Jacqueline Lentzou
14'
2020
Greece
Sofia is panicky, again. The Universe decides to contact her. An other-wordly dialogue. A planet symphony.
A TRIP TO HEAVEN
Linh Duong
15'
2020
Vietnam
During a peculiar tour bus to Mekong Delta, 50-year-old Tam bumps into her high school sweetheart. She's hopeful for a chance of reconciliation, but maybe he's not.