See the best of FANTASY/SCI-FI Films in the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Feature Film: Spelonk
Best Story: The Voice of Fear
Best Direction: The Red Market
Best Short Film: The Dandelion Girl
Best Micro-Short: C-Grade SF Movie
Best Performances: Eliza
ELIZA, 11min., USA
Directed by Bianca Roth
After hitting rock bottom, 23 year old MIA, updates her home AI system to help turn her life around. What start out as small “life improvements” slowly begin to control her.
https://www.instagram.com/biancarothfilms
C-grade SF Movie, 3min., South Korea
Directed by Sangwook Ahn
Scoffing at prophecies of alien invasion, it wasn’t a grand space fleet that drove humanity to the brink of extinction. It was the cataclysm of Earth itself – skies choked with volcanic ash, mutant viruses running rampant – and the AI’s ruthless biochip surveillance network strangling survivors in ruined cities.
The Dandelion Girl, 19min., Canada
Directed by Rogan Loves
Mark, a middle-aged man encounters a young, mysterious woman, while staying at his cabin, who claims to be a time traveler from the future. Over the course of a few days, Mark and the young woman, Julie, begin to form a budding romance with one another. Mark is unhappy in his life, in a stale marriage, where he goes through the motions of living and work.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29895026/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
The Red Market, 9min., USA
Directed by Christopher Matthew Spencer
Zephyr Sage, drowning in debt, turns to the Global Organ Donor Exchange to sell his body parts. Facing ruthless creditors and a manipulative loan shark, Hyacinth, he treads a perilous path where each choice could cost more than money.
https://www.instagram.com/theredmarketfilm/
The Voice of Fear, 5min., Brazil
Directed by Henrique Arruda
In how many worlds has your fear trapped you? This film may not give you an answer, but it’ll show you some of mine.
https://instagram.com/filmesdemarte
Spelonk, 65min., South Africa
Spelonk unfolds in a dystopian Cape Town in the year 2044, a world ravaged by climate collapse and social upheaval. At its heart is Dante, a disillusioned bounty hunter, grappling with the moral dilemmas of his task to hunt rebels fighting over scarce water supplies. His fateful encounter with Ophelia, a rebel leader with secrets that could change the world, sets the stage for a thrilling, emotional journey of redemption and revolution.
Inspired by South Africa’s “Day Zero” water crisis, the film’s themes resonate globally, addressing pressing issues like climate change, resource inequality, and moral leadership in times of crisis. Spelonk blends local folklore, steampunk aesthetics, and intense action to craft a narrative that is both culturally authentic and universally relevant.
https://www.instagram.com/directordes/
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