A showcase of the best fantasy/sci-fi shorts from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival):
Best Short Film: APTITUDE
Best Micro-Short Film: ROAD CALLED HOME
Best Visual Design: THEY CAME IN PEACE
Best Story: MODEL PROFESSORS
Best Cinematography: LAND WITHOUT SHORES
Best Direction: NIXIE
Best Sound & Music: PARADISE OF TOMORROW
They Came In Peace, 12min., USA
Directed by Bruce Lazrus, Robert Martens
In a seriocomic twist on the classic Alien Invasion theme, the denizens of Planet Znarg unite to fend off a colonizing team of bumbling astronauts sent by the EarthX Corporation. This 12.5 minute animated film is presented in the style of a silent film that uses inter-titles written in the fictitious language of Planet Znarg, and is accompanied by a musical score by Bruce Lazarus.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/they-came-in-peace-audience-feedback
Road Called Home, 3min., USA
Directed by Johnny Mischief-Cancer
This was an animated video I created to reference touring as more of an intergalactic space journey.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/road-called-home-audience-feedback
Model Professor, 9min., USA
Directed by Peter Brinson
Model Professor is a short film about an A.I. named Evie, newly integrated into a small liberal arts college. Unbeknownst to the faculty and students, the school – in partnership with her company – has tasked her with evaluating which professors she might replace.
https://www.instagram.com/modelprofessorfilm
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/model-professor-audience-feedback
Land without shores, 9min., China
Directed by Letian Chen
The short film Land Without Shores is a nine minute visual experimental narrative, fully voiced in the Minnan dialect, reflecting and preserving Fujian folk traditions. Set between Minnan and New York, the film explores themes of female identity, intergenerational memory, and a sense of spiritual belonging. Through a film like visual language, it tells the story of Vivi, a photographer born in Minnan and raised in New York, who returns to her hometown after her grandmother’s passing. Within the rituals of the funeral and the recurring imagery of the sea, she undergoes a cross temporal dialogue with herself, ultimately arriving at a quiet reconciliation.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/land-without-shores-audience-feedback
NIXIE, 7min., USA
Directed by Mary Rachel Gardner
An innocent girl explores the boundaries of reality to avenge her father’s murder.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/nixie-audience-feedback
APTITUDE, 20min., USA
Directed by Natasha Mynhier
In a near-future society where a high-stakes virtual exam dictates one’s future, a desperate student must decide whether to risk everything by cheating or accept a system designed for her to fail.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/aptitude-audience-feedback
PARADISE OF TOMORROW, 9min., South Korea
Directed by Jusin Kim
Seoul, 2036. In an era where AI musicians have taken over the music industry, Aeseon, one of the few remaining human musicians, is so deeply devoted to her music that she spends a fortune repairing her old, discontinued guitar. One day, she receives an offer from her record label to replace her vocals with an AI voice…
https://instagram.com/agb.aigenberg
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/paradise-of-tomorrow-audience-feedback
Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL 