A showcase of the best fantasy/sci-fi shorts from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Feature Film: STAYCATION
Best Short Film: Focal Point
Best Direction: Sumarsólstöður
Best Story: The Krystal Game
Best Peformances: Can’t Stop, A Star Trek Fan Production
Best Micro-Short: The Grey Owl
Staycation, 93min., USA
Directed by Russell Emanuel
How is the world affected by a catastrophic event? Everyday people live through a government mandated quarantine during a global pandemic while desperate scientists race to find a cure before it’s too late.
https://www.instagram.com/russem31/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-staycation
Sumarsólstöður, 30min., France
Directed by Amélie Ravalec
In a world where art and reality collide, Miho’s vivid dreams reveal the cosmic force of the Architecture, uniting her with artists across the globe in a desperate battle to heal the universe.
https://www.circletimestudio.com/sumarsolstodur
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sumarsolstoour
The Krystal Gene, 13min., USA
Directed by Stuart Michael Daly, Jobe Wolf
In 2024, A troubled young mother (Sophia) and her psychic son (Jacob) are desperately on the run from a super soldier unit, known as ‘Black Sun’. Such an elite and ancient order will stop at nothing in abducting her son for weaponizing his DNA to gene splice slave humans for a WW3 draft.
https://www.instagram.com/ascension.series
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-krystal-gene
Focal Point, 27min., USA
Directed by Raphael Buisson
In a dystopian future, a grieving scientist discovers Earth exists within a single neuron. He launches a desperate quest across space and time to find his son.
https://raphaelbuissonenlas-cinema.squarespace.com/home-raphaelbuisson-cinema/focal-point
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-focal-point
Can’t Stop, A Star Trek Fan Production, 24min., Czech Republic
Directed by Radek Belina
The starship USS Greenwich Village, commanded by Captain Glenn Dirk, is sent to the Deneb system, historically known as the site of Captain Picard’s first contact with the mysterious and powerful being Q. The crew expects a peaceful scientific mission, full of exploration, discovery, and data collection. Newly appointed First Officer Felipe Scott, descendant of the famous Montgomery Scott, brings a fresh approach to planning and enthusiasm for space exploration.
https://startrekbridge.com/episode/cant-stop-star-trek-fan-production
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cant-stop-a-star-trek-fan-production
THE GREY OWL, 1min., Mexico
Directed by Ramón Charbel Sánchez Márquez
In the remains of the once majestic “Danbo City”, two old friends colide.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-grey-owl
Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL 