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This is an archive page. For the current year's festival, please visit our main page. The fifth annual Apocalypse Later International Fantastic Film Festival (ALIFFF 2021) was held in the 3rd Street Theater at the Phoenix Center for the Arts from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th October, 2021. Graphics | Overview | Publications | Schedule | Awards
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Sci-Fi Shorts A |
Sci-Fi Shorts B |
Sci-Fi Shorts C
Logo by Marty Freetage. Poster and postcard by Jason Drotman. OverviewTickets were $60 in advance ($75 at the door), with current film students half price, and parking, popcorn and lunch was free. We acknowledged the presence of COVID-19 by requiring proof of vaccination for staff and attendees, and the venue required masks. Our food handlers all tested negative for COVID in the days before the festival. Thank you to everyone who submitted a film for doing so! Thank you to the filmmakers who attended and took part in Q&As:
Carl Thiel (Displaced) Thank you to our panel of judges for 2021:
Sarah-Anne Stubbs, blogger and podcaster at Geeks Who Eat, Final Girls Feast and Spooky Sarah Says.
AwardsOur competition films fought it out for these awards, created and designed by the ever-fantastic Tom Deadstuff!
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Honorable mentions went to The Other One and Good Feng Shui. |
WinnersCongratulations to our 2021 winners! Best Horror Short Best Science Fiction Short Best Other Short Best Feature Festival Director's Award |
Program BookWe published a full 42 page online only program book. Download or view it as a PDF below (61 MB).
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Pocket ProgramWe've also published a 4 page pocket program. Download or view it as a PDF below (1 MB).
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Doors opened at 10:30am on each day, with the first set beginning at 11:00am.
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| Sci-Fi Shorts A | 11:00am | 12:19pm | 1h 20m | Genre-Hopping Shorts B | 11:00am | 12:25pm | 1h 26m | The Psychologist | 11:00am | 12:12pm | 1h 12m |
| In Action | 12:40pm | 1:59pm | 1h 19m | Horror Shorts B | 12:45pm | 2:05pm | 1h 20m | Sci-Fi Shorts C | 12:35pm | 2:17pm | 1h 42m |
| Horror Shorts A | 2:20pm | 3:39pm | 1h 19m | What Doesn’t Kill Us | 2:25pm | 3:58pm | 1h 33m | Adam’s Package | 2:40pm | 4:02pm | 1h 22m |
| The Basement | 4:00pm | 5:35pm | 1h 34m | Sci-Fi Shorts B | 4:20pm | 5:45pm | 1h 25m | Other Shorts C | 4:25pm | 6:06pm | 1h 41m |
| Other Shorts A | 5:55pm | 7:15pm | 1h 20m | Trans | 6:05pm | 7:38pm | 1h 33m | A Feral World | 6:30pm | 8:15pm | 1h 45m |
| A Worrisome Thing | 7:35pm | 8:44pm | 1h 9m | Genre-Hopping Shorts C | 8:00pm | 9:19pm | 1h 19m | Final Set and Awards | 8:30pm | 9:15pm | 45m |
| Genre-Hopping Shorts A | 9:05pm | 10:37pm | 1h 31m | Other Shorts B | 9:30pm | 10:42pm | 1h 12m | ||||
ImagesClick on any image on this page to see a larger version. Première statuses speak to theatrical exhibition only (i.e. online screenings don't count). |
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FeaturesALIFFF 2021 will screen 8 feature films from 3 countries. |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Country | Length | Première? |
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| In Action | 2019 | Sean Kenealy & Eric Silvera | USA | 1h 19m | Arizona première |
| The Basement | 2020 | Choi Yang Khun | South Korea | 1h 34m | Arizona première |
| A Worrisome Thing | 2020 | Amelia Yokel & Jacob Egbert | USA | 1h 9m | World première |
| What Doesn’t Kill Us | 2021 | Zach Schlapkohl, Jacob Kiesling & Ethan Cartwright | USA | 1h 33m | |
| Trans | 2020 | Naeri Do | South Korea | 1h 33m | Arizona première |
| The Psychologist | 2021 | Anton Kurza | Ukraine | 1h 12m | World première |
| Adam’s Package | 2019 | Andrew Chiaramonte | USA | 1h 22m | |
| A Feral World | 2020 | David Liban | USA | 1h 45m | no |
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In Action1h 19m, USA, dirs: Sean Kenealy & Eric Silvera Sean and Eric are just two bumbling screenwriters drafting the “next big action flick”, utterly oblivious to the insanity that awaits when the government intercepts their script, believing it to be a veritable terrorist plot. Official trailer at YouTube.
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The Basement1h 34m, South Korea, dir: Choi Yang Khun Pan-Gyo which is Korean Silicon Valley was attacked by Nuclear bomb. The member of family who is owned venture business decided to hide at basement in their house for 2 weeks in accordance with direction from Korean Government. The family was started to struggle to survive in the basement day by day…
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A Worrisome Thing1h 9m, USA, dirs: Amelia Yokel & Jacob Egbert After a run in with religious zealots threatening their family, the Vogels move with their young son Avery to a small mountain town to hide out. While Jacob commutes to work, and Avery thrives in the local middle school, Amelia becomes more isolated, anxious, and depressed in their remote home. When new neighbors Eve and Able move in down the street, Amelia welcomes the friendship, which quickly blossoms into romance. Eve’s jealousy turns her against Jacob, and takes a dark turn when Amelia discovers her religious underpinnings and sinister motivations.
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What Doesn’t Kill Us1h 33m, USA, dirs: Zach Schlapkohl, Jacob Kiesling & Ethan Cartwright What Doesn’t Kill Us is a mockumentary about rehabilitated zombies (or necro-sapiens, to be politically correct) facing the adversities that come with living in a time when they aren’t yet considered socially equal to homo-sapiens (aka, human beings). Official trailer at YouTube.
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Trans1h 32m, South Korea, dir: Naeri Do 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 a revenge for the boys that bully her for having an eating disorder. She conducts an electrical baptism and falls into trans. Official trailer at YouTube.
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The Psychologist1h 12m, Ukraine, dir: Anton Kurza A mental institution patient is pursuing his ambition to become the greatest psychologist and to cure people left and right, while a mysterious cult wants to use his talent to take control over the population. Can his psychiatrist get to him first and save him from the bad influence, in order to restore law and order in the city? Official trailer at YouTube.
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Adam’s Package1h 22m, USA, dir: Andrew Chiaramonte Professional model Adam finds himself in danger as his hot new romance with fellow model Eve heats up. He encounters a questionable hit-man hired by his ex-wife, and Shadow government agents threaten him after discovering a Top Secret package in his basement. Not to mention a beautiful opera-singing ghost who is haunting his new condo. His only solution may be out-of-this-world. Official trailer at YouTube.
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A Feral World1h 45m, USA, dir: David Liban An orphaned boy in a post-apocalyptic world, meets a woman who is trying to find her lost daughter. Their journey together leads them face-to-face with a despot who may have the daughter held captive. Official trailer at Vimeo or YouTube.
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ShortsALIFFF 2021 will include eleven sets of short films. |
Sci-Fi Shorts AThe Sci-Fi Shorts A set will run 1h 20m and include 5 films from 4 countries. |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Country | Length | Première? |
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| Displaced | 2021 | Carl Thiel | USA | 17:26 | Arizona première |
| The Handout | 2020 | Gianni de Blasi | Italy | 16:30 | Arizona première |
| Fearfully Made | 2020 | Jamie Foreman | UK | 19:27 | no |
| A New Present | 2020 | Marieke Niestadt | The Netherlands | 9:34 | |
| Jeff Drives You | 2019 | Aidan Brezonick | USA | 16:46 |
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Displaced17:26, USA, Carl Thiel At a low point in his life, urbanite Peter Sabik goes on a solo camping trip in hopes of finding inner guidance, only to discover a mysterious message which sets him off on an extraordinary adventure defying the laws of time and space.
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The Handout16:30, Italy, Gianni de Blasi Laura, a lonely and wealthy woman, decides to leave her home in order to access the audition of the L’Elelmosina (The Handout) talent show. In the format three beggars contend for the compassion of the public from home collecting live donations. The woman’s desire to appear actually hides a last desperate gesture of redemption.
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Fearfully Made19:27, UK, Jamie Foreman When Arthur’s wife, Maggie, is taken into a nursing home, his daughter buys him a care robot. Frustrated by his lack of independence, Arthur is no fan of his new “carer”, but things take a darker turn when she begins to block his attempts to call Maggie. Desperate to make contact and feeling like a prisoner in his own home, Arthur plans to escape to the nursing home to be with Maggie again. Official trailer at Vimeo.
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A New Present9:34, The Netherlands, dir: Marieke Niestadt The only thing Paul loves more than fixing up old cars is his young daughter Lola is, but lucky for Paul, Lola shares her father’s passion. After a terrible accident, Paul devotes his every waking hour to making things right, at any cost, even as it sets a wedge between himself and his wife Anna who feels Paul might be spiraling out of control.
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Jeff Drives You16:46, USA, dir: Aidan Brezonick A lonely gay man falls in love with an artificially intelligent car over the course of a road trip.
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Horror Shorts AThe Horror Shorts A set will run 1h 19m and include 7 films from 5 countries. |
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| The Internet Kills | 2020 | Ari Costa & Eren Celeboglu | USA | 8:13 | Arizona première |
| Sleep Tight | 2020 | Michael Seabolt | USA | 11:27 | Arizona première |
| Evenfall | 2020 | Dean Butler | Australia | 14:04 | Arizona première |
| Spore | 2021 | Adrian Picardi | USA | 9:32 | Arizona première |
| Crumbs | 2021 | Jessey & Cody Nelson | Canada | 15:33 | US première |
| The Gloom | 2020 | Dani Viqueira | Spain | 13:47 | Arizona première |
| Fantasmagoria | 2019 | Riccardo Grippo | Italy | 9:17 | Arizona première |
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The Internet Kills8:13, USA, dirs: Ari Costa & Eren Celeboglu Euphoria meets The Ring. When Victoria and her friends discover an app that kills you, they accidentally unleash something truly evil...
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Sleep Tight11:27, USA, dir: Michael Seabolt Preston’s adoptive parents Daniel and Kate think that he is just going through a phase, but Kate fears it may be more because of Preston’s haunted past. Are the monsters in Preston’s closet his past coming back to haunt him? Or is it just another kid with an over active imagination? One thing is for sure, its going to be a night everyone will remember...
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Evenfall14:04, Australia, dir: Dean Butler A widower with supernatural abilities helps a local detective save her daughter from dark forces.
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Spore9:32, USA, dir: Adrian Picardi Leah is a 30-something single woman searching for love online in a world under siege. When the sanctuary of her home becomes a cage in which she’s hunted, the line between hopeful fantasy and stark reality gets blurred.
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Crumbs15:33, Canada, dirs: Jessey & Cody Nelson After his mother remarries an abusive man, a young boy summons an imaginary clown who helps him deal with the traumas of his young life.
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The Gloom13:47, Spain, dir: Dani Viqueira Laura studies for the opposition of her medical specialty. You don’t have time for your husband’s hypochondria. Nor for his children’s fights. But when everything goes dark and Laura enters the gloom, time is all she will have.
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Fantasmagoria9:17, Italy, dir: Riccardo Grippo Four friends play an old board game made by the famous magician and movie director Georges Méliès. Step by step, the four friends will understand that there is no game to play, but only a threat for their lives. They must run to not die.
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Other Shorts AThe Other Shorts A set will run 1h 20m and include 5 films from 2 countries. |
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| I Just Wanna Go Home | 2021 | Daniel Tucker | USA | 21:13 | North American première |
| Firefalls | 2020 | Ariel Neo | France | 12:45 | |
| Tinder Tango | 2021 | Cecilia Robles | USA | 6:47 | no |
| Iron Head | 2020 | Cameron Thurman | USA | 19:26 | |
| Witchin’ | 2019 | Christina Diamantara | USA | 20:16 | Arizona première |
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I Just Wanna Go Home21:13, USA, dir: Daniel Tucker After being mugged and stranded miles away from home with a dead phone, an anti-masker named Griffin embarks of the longest journey of his life.
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Firefalls12:45, France, dir: Ariel Neo Directed by the french painter and film director Ariel Neo, Firefalls explores the reality of the world we live in today and depicts the devastation caused by humans on Earth. As an artist working for the cause of nature and wildlife conservation, Neo’s unique storytelling aims to blur the boundaries between man, nature and art while hoping to once again align them together. Ariel Neo wants to alert minds towards the urgent need to preserve our dying Earth and she uses both her powerful cinematography and paintings to illuminate an important question for her audience. How long can mankind run away from the apocalypse it birthed itself?
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Tinder Tango6:47, USA, dir: Cecilia Robles A dreamy Tinder match. Two tango aficionados meet for the first time and it turns out to be a hell of a date! Official trailer at YouTube.
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Iron Head19:26, USA, dir: Cameron Thurman After his family is destroyed as a child, a broken middle school counselor seeks to reunite with his long lost sister, only to immerse himself in the horror that surrounds her in the dark underground of 1990s Los Angeles.
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Witchin’20:16, USA, dir: Christina Diamantara A young witch’s dream of making the best potion in her class takes her to the mysterious world of human males, in search of a powerful ingredient: Big Dick Energy. Official trailer at Vimeo.
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Genre-Hopping Shorts AThe Genre-Hopping Shorts A set will run 1h 31m and include 6 films from 2 countries. |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Country | Length | Première? |
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| Forever Gardens | 2019 | David Haddad | USA | 21:50 | World première |
| Colossus | 2021 | James Roe | USA | 17:04 | Arizona première |
| SeaSapien | 2019 | Sascha Karner | Australia | 8:12 | Arizona première |
| Swiped | 2021 | Billy Kay | USA | 13:41 | Arizona première |
| Erebus | 2020 | Will Ammann | USA | 18:55 | Arizona première |
| Remember Me in Therapy | 2020 | Jacob Mollot | USA | 11:52 | Arizona première |
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Forever Gardens21:50, USA, dir: David Haddad A senior living facility is the home of one special family who holds the key to immortality among its elderly residents. Their younger, abusive employees are now the ones living on Borrowed Time.
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Colossus17:04, USA, dir: James Roe A young Navy pilot’s life is shattered after being shot down by a UFO in World War II. Consumed by obsessive fear and hatred, he sets out on a quest to find and kill the creature that put him burning into the sea.
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SeaSapien8:12, Australia, dir: Sascha Karner In a world encapsulated by an ocean sky, falling fish cause concussions and boats are unusual alien artifacts. When a recently discovered sea vessel is looted, a government investigator fishes for the culprits. With no leads, he works his way up the local scavenger food chain. He learns of two slackers who are in possession of an item from the ship. Our hero discovers the object they’re holding is organic; not just an it but also a she... a mermaid! But where did she come from, how does the abandoned genetic research facility TETSOP fit into all of this, and will she reciprocate his feelings for her? This is one fishy, fish tale that our hero must unravel before it’s too late!
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Swiped13:41, USA, dir: Billy Kay A GIRL sits alone at her local neighborhood bar, bored, swiping away at the dating app on her phone in vain. However, one particular profile catches her eye… and as she daydreams about the handsome stranger in the photo, her GUY unwittingly becomes the leading man—and pawn—in her fantasy.
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Erebus18:55, USA, dir: Will Ammann A young woman finds herself trapped in a surreal wasteland, and begins to question the nature of her reality.
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Remember Me in Therapy11:52, USA, dir: Jacob Mollot After waking up one fateful morning, a human named George discovers that Earth has been destroyed by an intergalactic alien race/corporation called “The Gleebloys”. With the help of a ’therapizing’ alien named Ruben, the two must piece together what led to the planet’s destruction. The more they learn the more things start to feel very, very strange.
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Genre-Hopping Shorts BThe Genre-Hopping Shorts B set will run 1h 26m and include 3 films from 3 countries. |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Country | Length | Première? |
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| Double Helix | 2021 | Qiu Sheng | China | 26:22 | US première |
| The Alluring Frontier | 2018 | Adolpho Navarro | USA | 29:27 | no |
| Monstrus Circus | 2019 | Jordan Inconstant | France | 29:59 | Arizona première |
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Double Helix26:22, China, dir: Qiu Sheng Late at night, KONG Xianyun and her younger brother Yuanyuan escaped from their family house. They trek into an abandoned school, where Yuanyuan’s memories were awakened—the sound of books, piano, and laughter, Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire engulfs everything.
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The Alluring Frontier29:27, USA, dir: Adolpho Navarro The Alluring Frontier is set in the old west in the small town of Gulch which quickly gets consumed by a dark presence. Characters are soon introduced from different walks of life within the town as the dark force has taken the shape of an unsuspecting individual that is hunting something one of the men has in his possession meanwhile turning the residents into demonic creatures called “Gulchers”.
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Monstrus Circus29:59, France, dir: Jordan Inconstant Leonard, a magician, decides to set up a circus troupe of unusual artists. His intention is not to show their monstrosity but rather to change people’s attitudes through the audience’s acceptance of them. However, not everyone is ready to welcome them and Leonard will stop at nothing when it comes to imposing his convictions...
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Horror Shorts BThe Horror Shorts B set will run 1h 20m and include 6 films from 4 countries. |
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| A.J.E. | 2019 | Benjamin Germany & Jérémy Lafar | France | 10:20 | Arizona première |
| Fig | 2019 | Rami Cohen | USA | 10:45 | |
| Good Feng Shui | 2020 | Yurong Xu | China | 14:54 | North American première |
| Koreatown Ghost Story | 2021 | Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum | USA | 14:52 | no |
| Cutter | 2021 | Dan Repp & Lindsay Young | USA | 15:37 | no |
| You Will Never Be Back | 2020 | Mónica Mateo | Spain | 13:35 | Arizona première |
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A.J.E.10:20, France, dirs: Benjamin Germany & Jérémy Lafar At home waiting to spend the evening with her boyfriend, Mathilde receives a request about a strange app. Her world is about to change in a few minutes... |
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Fig10:45, USA, dir: Rami Cohen Years ago, when Jason was a kid, he knew he could always count on one person to have his back, his imaginary friend Fig. Fig was Jason’s best friend and surrogate mother, until one day when she took things too far standing up to one of Jason’s bullies. That’s when Jason’s real mother banished Fig and left Jason broken and unprotected. Now Jason is an adult and Fig is back.
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Good Feng Shui14:45, China, dir: Yurong Xu The film unfolded by narrating the literal and potential meanings of "Good Feng Shui", established a connection among Yin, Yang, time and space by earthquakes. The son had gone back to collect all the valuables, but he didn't expect that his father had already left and wrote a death note and left everything to him. And all this looks like planned by his father.
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Koreatown Ghost Story14:52, USA, dirs: Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum In this supernatural horror tale based on a Korean ritual starring Margaret Cho and Lyrica Okano, a woman entertains a macabre marriage offer that would let her pursue her dreams, for better or for much much worse.
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Cutter15:37, USA, dirs: Dan Repp & Lindsay Young A teenage cutter in recovery and her overbearing mother are haunted by a ghost who seeks to keep them at odds.
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You Will Never Be Back13:35, Spain, dir: Mónica Mateo Ana and David say goodbye like any other day. The young lady has plans, but she won’t be late. However, something extraordinary happens; something that alters her reality and changes everything completely.
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Sci-Fi Shorts BThe Sci-Fi Shorts B set will run 1h 25m and include 7 films from 7 countries. |
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| Splat! | 2020 | Romain Revert | France | 1:05 | Arizona première |
| Aftermath | 2021 | Joel Kaye | USA | 10:55 | World première |
| Absence | 2020 | Richard Marx | Germany | 13:22 | Arizona première |
| Blood Light | 2020 | Danylo Hauk | Ukraine | 15:55 | |
| Sol | 2020 | Andy Alvarez | Canada | 14:11 | Arizona première |
| The Download | 2021 | Easy Lee | Singapore | 8:31 | World première |
| Ellipsis | 2021 | Jorgi Capri | Mexico | 22:11 |
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Splat!1:05, France, dir: Romain Revert A 1 minute disaster animated film with a scifi twist!
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Aftermath10:55, USA, dir: Joel Kaye A desperately seeking outlander comes across a mysterious reclusive hermit who may hold the secret that could change a lost world.
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Absence13:22, Germany, dir: Richard Marx 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.
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Blood Light15:55, Ukraine, dir: Danylo Hauk When tenebrous storms block all sunlight on Earth pushing humanity into madness, Zen, a young girl goes against the world to save her mother.
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Sol14:11, Andy Alvarez, dir: Canada Sol is a story set in a world ravaged by climate change. A mother races to teach her daughter the emergency preparedness that comes with each disaster after experiencing a tragic loss.
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The Download8:31, Singapore, dir: Easy Lee When apps can be downloaded straight to your brain on a subscription basis, how will you navigate this new world? Join and pay, find your education becoming obsolete, or reject it?
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Ellipsis22:11, Mexico, dir: Jorge Capri Submerged in a dystopia two opposing forces fight for the right to either create or destroy cycles. A look into the relationship between human nature and technology takes you to a journey you won’t expect.
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Genre-Hopping Shorts CThe set will run 1h 19m and include 4 films from 3 countries. |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Country | Length | Première? |
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| Alvin | 2019 | Christy Anna Wu | USA | 14:53 | Arizona première |
| The Other One | 2021 | Lukas Baier | Germany | 26:23 | World première |
| Identity Check | 2020 | Patrick Devaney | USA | 17:46 | |
| Off Grid | 2019 | Carl Timms | UK | 19:55 | no |
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Alvin14:53, USA, dir: Christy Anna Wu Depressed and in poor physical health, a man receives free healthcare at the expense of his freedom.
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The Other One26:23, Germany, dir: Lukas Baier When the physicist Walter moves into a new apartment in the 1970s, he tries to clear up the enigmatic disappearance of his previous tenant and realizes that the old man is haunting him in an eerie way—from the future.
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Identity Check17:46, USA, dir: Patrick Devaney After two decades of controlling the world’s Virtual Reality market, MDI and its founder, Douglas McKinney, are in complete financial ruin. His toughest rival, multi-billionaire Blake Harper, founder of HarperSoft, is making a quick stop to buy what is left of MDI on his way to Tokyo for a five-day trade summit/mini-vacation. It has also been agreed that during their brief meeting, Harper will be buying one other thing: namely, McKinney’s entire identity as a human being.
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Off Grid19:55, UK, dir: Carl Timms John Tanner (James Cosmo, Game of Thrones) takes to a remote hideout with his sick wife Grace (Alison Steadman, Gavin & Stacey), where they live in isolation as he battles to protect her life, and his own sanity, from a supernatural threat plaguing humanity. When a drifter happens upon their cabin and they take him in, old wounds are exposed and revealing the true nature of the catastrophe that has befallen the couple.
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Other Shorts BThe Other Shorts B set will run 1h 12m and include 6 films from 5 countries. |
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| The Beast of Bourbon | 2020 | Bradford Uyeda | USA | 2:58 | no |
| Smiles | 2019 | Javier Chavanel | Spain | 13:25 | Arizona première |
| X-Mas on Fire | 2020 | Florian Frerichs | Germany | 11:55 | Arizona première |
| Finally, You | 2020 | J. R. Rivera | USA | 17:40 | no |
| Lifelike | 2019 | Jay Reid | Canada | 18:21 | Arizona première |
| God: The Performance Review | 2020 | Victoria Carwin | Australia | 10:06 | Arizona première |
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The Beast of Bourbon2:58, USA, dir: Bradford Uyeda A man’s battle with alcohol affects those around him. |
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Smiles13:25, Spain, dir: Javier Chavanel Borja is about to meet his girlfriend's parents. This is meant to be a tricky moment and even awkward. However, he hasn´t even imagined what he´s going to suffer next. The best way to overcome the situation: to give smile and wait.
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X-Mas on Fire11:55, Germany, dir: Florian Frerichs A heist on Christmas Eve going horribly wrong. |
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Finally, You17:40, USA, dir: J. R. Rivera Finally, You is a dark, violent romance tale about two people finding love where they least expected.
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Lifelike18:21, Canada, dir: Jay Reid A therapist tries a new controversial experimental therapy on her patient in order to help him gain control over his destructive desires. Official trailer at Vimeo.
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God: The Performance Review10:06, Australia, dir: Victoria Carwin It's one millennium since God's last Performance Review Meeting with Senior Management and they're not impressed with what has been happening on that tiny blue planet called Earth. God’s needs to act quickly if he wants to avoid redundancy.
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Sci-Fi Shorts CThe Sci-Fi Shorts C set will run 1h 42m and include 7 films from 4 countries. |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Country | Length | Première? |
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| The Prospector | 2020 | Wade Chitwood | USA | 16:46 | no |
| Consume | 2020 | Bruno Gradaschi | Argentina | 13:38 | Arizona première |
| Sundown Trail | 2020 | Luke Guidici | USA | 13:59 | no |
| Transfert | 2019 | Jonathan Degrelle | France | 13:15 | Arizona première |
| Human Trash | 2020 | Aitor Almuedo Esteban | Spain | 16:38 | Arizona première |
| Ballistic | 2020 | Zack Harris | USA | 13:12 | |
| Echo | 2019 | Aitor de Miguel | Spain | 14:15 | Arizona première |
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The Prospector16:46, USA, dir: Wade Chitwood A lone man searches for his place in the Universe. This journey takes the prospector to a place where he has to look directly at his soul and decide what he is willing to sacrifice to achieve his ambitions.
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Consume13:38, Argentina, dir: Bruno Gradaschi A world where everyone lives in the work stations and eats liquid food coming from dispensers. Workers that are only numbers fulfill incomprehensible and alienating tasks to earn points and reach a target to move up the chain and access a better life. Official trailer at YouTube.
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Sundown Trail13:59, USA, dir: Luke Guidici In a post-apocalyptic world where toxic mushrooms have made the air deadly to breathe, a timid boy must learn to trust a thieving bandit in order to save his dying father. Official trailer at Vimeo.
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Transfert13:15, France, dir: Jonathan Degrelle 1967: IV Reïch. The Germans won the war. Isaac, a survivor of the concentration camps, is sent by Max, a Nazi officer, in the middle of the Second World War to recover a strange mechanism. But during his quest, he will be facing his worst nightmare...
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Human Trash16:38, Spain, dir: Aitor Almuedo Esteban A boy is thrown into a trash container from the future. In his frantic search for the exit, he runs into a mysterious man, who will make him doubt the origin of his own existence.
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Ballistic13:12, USA, dir: Zack Harris Ryan Watanabe, a local Japanese American skateboarder who works at a hotel in Waikiki, receives notice of a ballistic missile inbound for Hawaii. He has twenty minutes to lead his persistent mother Michi and toddler sister to safety in a bunker in Diamond Head, overcoming family disparity and the erupting cultural tension of paradise in turmoil.
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Echo14:15, Spain, dir: Aitor de Miguel In 1977, the Voyager probe leaves for the galaxy with a message in Spanish recorded in the RNE (Spanish National Radio Studio).
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Other Shorts CThe Other Shorts C set will run 1h 41m and include 6 films from 4 countries. |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Country | Length | Première? |
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| Uprising! | 2020 | Ben Hansford | USA | 14:11 | |
| M1das | 2019 | Razan Takash | United Arab Emirates | 12:42 | |
| The Blood Bride | 2019 | Hannah McKibbin & Caspar Leopard | UK | 19:03 | |
| Sylvio | 2020 | Léonard Kahn | France | 13:59 | |
| The Tell Tale Heart | 2020 | McClain Lindquist | USA | 22:04 | |
| Eat the Rainbow | 2019 | Brian Benson | USA | 19:31 |
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Uprising!14:11, USA, dir: Ben Hansford When the robot apocalypse arrives—and humanity finds itself being tea-bagged, dry-humped, and kill-shotted out of existence—the fate of the world rests in the hands of a gaming super-nerd named Bernie Meckler. But he’s got bigger problems.
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M1das12:42, United Arab Emirates, dir: Razan Takash Cybele, one of the many salespeople working for Ex Nihilo Robotics, is preparing the latest items for display at the Home Robotics Expo. She gets news that the tech team in charge of setting up the prototype is going to be massively delayed. Cybele is going to have to set up the prototype herself, something she’s not done before. The prototype, M1DAS, is an android child designed to adapt perfectly to a parent’s preferences. With a clear handbook, her trusty laptop, and a direct connection to HQ, setting up little MIDAS, the prototype, should be a piece of cake. That’s until MIDAS wakes up and behaves irregularly and she gradually loses control of the situation and of her-self.
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The Blood Bride19:03, UK, dirs: Hannah McKibbin & Caspar Leopard When a young woman held captive by a trafficking gang is shot, she falls into a surreal journey through her subconscious as she battles for her life.
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Sylvio13:59, France, dir: Léonard Kahn Sylvio is alone. Sylvio is stuck. Life no longer advances for him. Yet, the world keeps going. Sylvio is then forced to advance.
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The Tell Tale Heart22:04, USA, dir: McClain Lindquist Adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s original text, this psychological thriller has been reimagined in this mind-bending, pulse-pounding, bloody-disgusting short film. In The Tell Tale Heart, the Narrator descends into madness as he is haunted by the “evil eye” of the Old Man. The Narrator murders the Old Man in his bed and hides his body under the floorboards. The Narrator’s frail mind begins to unravel when Detective Tucker and Officer Sharpe come to inquire about the Old Man’s whereabouts.
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Eat the Rainbow19:31, USA, dir: Brian Benson Eat the Rainbow is a musical fable about an odd yet kind man named Bayani who moves into a conservative suburban neighborhood and disrupts the otherwise comfortable homogeny. He doesn’t look or act like anyone else which causes fear and panic and eventually a demand for him to leave the neighborhood. Cousin Wonderlette befriends Bayani and together they take on the opposition led by manipulative and unscrupulous realtor Lobelia Gerber.
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Final SetThe Final Set will run TBD and include TBD films from 1 country. |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Country | Length | Première? |
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| Lost on Barduino | 2019 | Asali Echols | USA | 13:19 | Arizona première |
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| Gnome Sweet Gnome | 2015 | Christopher R. Smith | USA | 1:10 | |
| Quiet Zone | 2005 | Christopher Smith | USA | 4:21 | |
| One of Us | Christopher R. Smith | USA | 1:44 | ||
| Dating 101 | 2005 | Nick Bellinger | USA | 7:27 | |
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Lost on Barduino13:19, USA, dir: Asali Echols They had to get lost in space... to find what really matters. |
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Last update: 14th October, 2021
