HIGHLIGHTS: February 2023 SCI-FI/FANTASY Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: DECOY
Best Long Form Short Film: DEEP FAKE LOVE
Best Direction: IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS
Best Cinematography: HALF SAMURAI
Best Performance: MY MONSTER AND I
Best Sound & Music: I’VE MADE CONTACT

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

DECOY, 3min., USA, Sci-Fi
Directed by Gen Li
In a post-apocalyptic world, murder robots track down and attempt to kill a cyborg girl.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


HALF SAMURAI, 11min., Japan, Sci-Fi
Directed by Rashad Haughton
A mysterious drifter wanders into a bar owned by a psychopathic yakuza gang on Halloween night.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


MY MONSTER AND I, 14min., USA, Sci-Fi
Directed by A.J. Starzak
Set in 1998 San Francisco, a 12 year old Asian American girl named Sydney Li, confronts the monster under her bed only to discover that the mysterious creature is as lost and lonely as she is. Syd hides her new friend from her father, Jack Li but all hell breaks loose when Jack discovers Monster and Sydney uses her new found bravery to face her abusive father.

https://www.instagram.com/mymonsterandi

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


I’VE MADE CONTACT, 7min., USA, Sci-Fi
Directed by Brent Black, Mike Gallegos
I’ve Made Contact explores a fictional world within the Sci-Fi lore and culture of the late 1980s. The short film/music video combo is based on true UFO sightings and the witnesses involved. It is told through the fictional lyrics found in the song I’ve Made Contact by the rock and roll band Strange Imperial.

http://shutterfreak.com/https://www.instagram.com/shutterfreak

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


DEEP FAKE LOVE, 15min., UK, Sci-Fi RomCom

Directed by Otto Shed
In the near future, an introverted young woman uses a deepfake app to watch romantic films featuring herself and a neighbour. But when the government places restrictions on this technology, she is forced to pursue a relationship in real life and learn that love isn’t quite like the movies.

https://www.instagram.com/deepfakelove_film/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS, 12min., Australia, Sci-Fi

Directed by Shiromani Singh
While wandering through an art gallery on a painfully mediocre date, a girl is transported into a Renoir painting where she meets its lively characters. She must now decide whether to return to reality or not.

https://instagram.com/inthecompanyoffriendsfilm

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


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