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Sci-Fi Shorts Block (Encore Presentation)

DATE
Saturday, April 9, 2016
TIME
11:00 AM
VENUE
Surveyors Museum
TICKETS
$5

The Edge
Helio
Circle
In Memory
Remedy
Whisper
Roadside Assistance
Sleeping Wonder

The Edge

In a close future, in the heart of a forest in the North where reigns anarchy, the young Hawa and her father survive as many refugees. It was during a theft of food, that the Hawa’s life switches. She loses what she cares the most and launches a journey to find the thieves up to the edge of this forest

DIRECTOR
SIMON SAULNIER
YEAR
2015
RUNTIME
16 Minutes
LANGUAGE
French
COUNTRY
France

Helio

HELIO is a short, visceral film centered on a post- apocalyptic underground society where miners work for light to survive. But when a dying rebel thrusts the unexpected onto an unassuming worker’s lap, all hell breaks loose. What begins as one man’s race to escape the hostile government quickly escalates into a city-wide uprising of the people.

DIRECTOR
Teddy Cecil
YEAR
2015
RUNTIME
20 Minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
United States

Circle

The short film “Circle” depicts a young woman in despair, who after experiencing a tragic loss escapes into the seemingly perfect past. She loses herself in vivid memories and starts to neglect her real life. A constant inner struggle emerges between past and present, distorting her perception of reality.

DIRECTOR
Alexander Heringer
YEAR
2105
RUNTIME
11 Minutes
COUNTRY
Germany

In Memory

Some time in the near future, people are invited to end their lives before they become a burden on society. Is this year the one for Beth and David?

DIRECTOR
Robert Kirbyson
YEAR
2015
RUNTIME
15 Minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
USA

Remedy

Anna suffers from an unknown illness, she chose to face the illness alone. Everyday, she outbreak of disease at the same time and tried to find out the best treatment to herself. REMEDY is a pathetic, melancholy horror about a mom who is in hopeless life with a disease and looking for a solution.

DIRECTOR
Chia Ying, Tsai
YEAR
2014
RUNTIME
15 Minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
USA

Whisper

A young woman travels to a remote beach side cabin in an attempt to finally quit her heroin habit. While there she accidentally sets in motion a chain of sinister events. Hauntingly beautiful, Whisper is a modern day ghost story that will keep you gripped from start to spine-chilling finish.