A showcase of the best fantasy/sci-fi shorts from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Festival):
Best Fantasy Film: THE DYING KNIGHT
Best Sci-Fi Film: PERFECT ONE
Best Visual Design: FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW
Best Story: SKY OF TIDES: ATLA
Best Direction: REACH FOR THE STARS
The Dying Knight, 22min., UK
Directed by Andrew Gladman
A knight, found on the brink of death, embarks on a quest to determine his fate.
https://instagram.com/finalframecinema
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-dying-knight
Feet Don’t Fail Me Now, 7min., USA
Directed by Fuzhi Zhao
The sun will erase your memory. If you don’t want to become nobody, you have to keep running.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-feet-dont-fail-me-now
Sky of Tides: Atla, 42min., Canada
Directed by Jason Loftus, Masha Loftus
In the fractured world of numen9, the oceans float above the sky, and two powerful factions are on the brink of war. But for teenage twins Atla and Kryll, it’s a great time to enjoy the limelight!
https://www.instagram.com/loftyskygames/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sky-of-tides
Perfect One「完美的Ta], 15min., China
Directed by Lingyan Yang
In a future where robots can replicate the human body, a disillusioned engineer creates a “perfect version” of herself to save her family, only to be thrust into an unexpected inward journey of self-awareness: she begins to see her closeted father and her past life through new eyes, and in this shift of perspective, slowly reclaims her own capacity to love.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-perfect-one
Reach for the Stars, 22min., Australia
Directed by Dylan Randall
After her mother’s passing, young Madeline is struggling with coming to terms with her grief. One night, when a small spacecraft crashes in her backyard, she meets B3R1, a stranded visitor from the stars.
https://www.instagram.com/outatimepictures
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-reach-for-the-stars
Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL 