NEW SHORTS: Science Fictions
Monday 18th 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'
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Please note, the film The End of Suffering (A Proposal) can only be accessed by UK audiences at the request of the filmmaker.
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Monday 18th January at 4.00pm
Online
£4
Films:
ESCAPING THE FRAGILE PLANET
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
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
A feminist sci-fi adventure documentary following an experimental physicist on her quest to have a baby.
VERTIGO AI
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)
Sofia is panicky, again. The Universe decides to contact her. An other-wordly dialogue. A planet symphony.
A TRIP TO HEAVEN
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.