A showcase of the best fantasy/sci-fi shorts from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Feature Film: KHENTOPIA
Best Fantasy Film: MIRROR MIRROR
Best Music Video: COPILOT
Best Sci-Fi Film: EXIMO
Best Performances: A PRINCESS’S PLEA
Best Micro-Shorts: MIDNIGHT STATION
Best Story: LAB RATS
Best Direction: TO THE END
Mirror Mirror, 10min., UK
Directed by Joe Morgan
An undercurrent of competitiveness, anxiety, consumerism and performance lurks beneath the surface of a three-tiered ombre buttercream piñata cake…
http://www.joemorgan.tv/mirror
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-mirror-mirror
Copilot, 6min., USA
Directed by Jeremiah Hammerling, Robert Devine
A lost android stumbles upon an animated TV show he’s surprised to find himself starring in and remembers his true nature.
https://instagram.com/hidden__fortress
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-copilot
EXIMO, 20min., UK
Directed by Mayed Al Qasimi
Merald and Shaylyn, two skilled engineers, are part of a pioneering mission to the outer reaches of Earth’s solar system. When Shaylyn declines Merald’s invitation to dinner with his family, it seems like a trivial decision—until everything changes. A catastrophic failure in the Kepler drive triggers an emergency evacuation, and as chaos unfolds, Merald’s only thought is Shaylyn. Racing against time, he leads her back to his family, hoping to escape together—only to face unexpected betrayal. Forced to seek another way off the ship, they crash-land on a desolate moon, their fates entwined in a struggle for survival. With oxygen low and hope fading, Merald makes a choice that will define them both forever.
https://www.instagram.com/dorosphere/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-eximo
A Princess’s Plea, 8min., USA
Directed by Brooke Thornton, Madison Hubler
Princess Circe awaits in her tower when Vince Davenport, crown prince of a rich kingdom, comes to claim her as his wife. But with the beast left unslain and the princess left unimpressed, Vince’s quest takes a dark and unexpected turn.
https://www.instagram.com/aprincesssplea
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-princess-plea
Midnight Station, 3min., Brazil
Directed by Rafael Beck
In a dark subway station forgotten by time, a man awaits the last train of the night, unaware that he’s about to cross the threshold between reality and nightmare, in an inevitable confrontation with his own fears. Entirely created using artificial intelligence, Midnight Station immerses the viewer in a dreamlike and unsettling universe, questioning the boundaries between consciousness and the unknown.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-midnight-station
LAB RATS, 18min., USA
Directed by Stimson Snead
A man finds himself in cage, like a lab rat. The most recent abductee of a prolonged alien invasion. There he joins a woman, a day-one abductee, long consigned to the mind altering drugs given to her by their alien overlords. Together, they must decide whether or not to succumb to being pets or face the absurd horror of their reality and find a way to escape the lab.
https://www.instagram.com/stimsonsnead/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-lab-rats
To The End, 13min,. USA
Directed by Ruiying Sun
When humans really get the chance to live forever, what will they choose.
https://instagram.com/tte_filmofficial?igsh=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-to-the-end
KHENTOPIA, 72min., USA
Directed by Job Michiel van Zuijlen
Khentopia is a peaceful society on the planet Zeeray, where ethereal energy generated through chanting at Harmony Center is used to feed a protective shield that envelops the planet. All is well, until one June morning in 2502, the crew of raider ship Space Wolf is intent on breaking through the shield to carry out a pillage mission. They succeed in obliterating the ethereal power generation and so the protective shield. On top of that, a parallel universe emerges with an alternate Khentopia that is harsh and hostile.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-khentopia
Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL 