A man wakes up in an endless white void, unable to remember how he got there, he soon encounters an A.I. who takes the man through old memories of himself until he realizes his tragic purpose in the white room.
Chain, starved for beauty in her desolate underground community of scavengers, appears to commit the crime of growing a flower by using scarce water. As Munk, who oversees the roulette type death punishment breathes in this world’s only flower she pauses in awe of the miracle, but the gun is loaded and the trigger is squeezed…
An ambitious artist is to present his magnum opus, a time controlling device, at a gala in his nemesis' museum. Getting him into the device is the perfect opportunity to exert revenge and create the ultimate art piece. Stakes rise when the artist's ex-wife volunteer to test the machine instead.
A desperate computer scientist struggling to fund her anti-depression AI application faces her toughest challenge yet.
Story of a pilgrim who comes to the Cathedral on the border of the known world. He wants to find answers. He finds tranquility.
Lifelong friends and scientists Nate, Chloe and Bernard believe they are safely creating A.I. within virtual reality, until their creation, Kate, learns it's at risk of being shut down.
SPACEMAN uses mime, stop motion, classic animation, and theatrical elements, to explore one artist's loss of creative passion, and his journey to get it back again.
Pluto, an uncoordinated plutoid who loves to dance, begins his quest to become a member of his favorite dance crew, The Planets. Stellar Moves is a senior thesis short film produced at Ringling College of Art and Design.
Swell is a smartphone app that changes your mood through sound. When a young couple tries to control each other’s settings, they find their relationship threatened by an unintended cacophony of emotions.
The Masseuse is a science fiction love story set in a futuristic Kuala Lumpur between a humanoid masseuse and her technician who has a disturbing past.
A young man builds an artificially intelligent woman to be his perfect companion only to find out she doesn't have feelings for him in return
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
Quinn is a grade school teacher who is exploited by a group of memoryless individuals who reeducate his long-term partner Amy.
A meditative teenager contemplates the rooms of the future. Just one wrong choice will change the course of her life. Life and death are determined by her chosen faith. Can it?
A couple tries to solve their problems with a device that allows them to watch one another's dreams. It doesn't end well.
A group of friends are survivors of a catastrophic virus called A6 that has wiped out most of humanity; Based upon a short story by Stephen King.
A mysterious interplanetary diplomat arrives at a post-apocalyptic planet earth in order to facilitate the adoption of a member of an ancient royal family.
Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.
It's the future, and humans have been kicked out of the cities by a new perfect race of clones. Now living on the outskirts, doing anything he can to survive, a man driven by desperation ventures into the city where he is abducted and adopted as a pet. He must decide whether the relatively posh life of a subservient pet is worth the cost of his freedom.
Two couples vacationing at Maury Island, sitting on the back porch of their cabin, happen to see flying discs in the sky.