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The artificial intelligence assistant is trying to complete the painting so that she can help her poor master. But this painting annoys her arrogant master. Director – Hengrui Zhang

Myra Aquino is a writer-director who was raised both in Guam and in the Philippines. An insatiable learner with a love for both the arts and the sciences, she enjoys exploring complex moral dilemmas through high-concept stories. Her work has been supported by the Delia Salvi Memorial Award, the Caucus Foundation, UCLA Foreign Language and… Continue reading Director Biography – Myra Aquino (THE GRAY)

A former cop works in purgatory and processes people going to heaven or hell. One day, his 20-year-old son appears. Long version:Perez is a former cop who has been judged to be morally “gray”— someone who is neither good nor evil. As penalty for not choosing a moral lane, he’s been forced to take a… Continue reading Short Film: THE GRAY, 9min., USA, Fantasy

Emma is a sixteen year old girl living in the ruins of an abandoned world. Her only friend is PL80, an AI tutor. Together they scavenge through the remains of a once great civilization searching for anything that brings novelty and variety to their lives. Project Links  Facebook  Instagram

Thai-American, Tobias moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Illinois. Caught between two worlds, he faces the prejudices of his students and the high expectations of his family. In the shadows, there is an evil growing and only the amulet bearer has any chance of saving his family, and himself. CAST LIST: Narrator:… Continue reading SCI-FI Festival TV PILOT Best Scene Reading: SAKDA: THE AMULET BEARER, by J.T. Tepnapa Chaiyakam

AUDIENCE AWARD: Best SCI-FI FEATURE FILM TRANS, 92 MINUTES, SOUTH KOREA, SCI-FI WATCH the Audience FEEDBACK Video: Minyoung Go is a girl who dreams of becoming a transhuman by transmitting electric shocks to her brain. After facing a serious assault from Taeyong Ma’s posse, she plans a revenge for the boys that bully her for… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: MAY 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY FEEDBACK Film Festival

Directed by Ben Hansford When the robot apocalypse arrives — and humanity finds itself being tea-bagged, dry-humped, and kill-shotted out of existence — the fate of the world rests in the hands of a gaming super-nerd named Bernie Meckler. But he’s got bigger problems.

When a futuristic law enforcement officer discovers that his new partner might have been responsible for the death of his old partner, he volunteers to bring him to justice. But when he learns of a conspiracy involving a secret operation that caused diverging timelines, he must determine who is behind it before time is altered… Continue reading SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene Reading: INVERSION, by Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez

A large spaceship glides over Peran, a moon circling a planet in the Arcturus System. Staying for a few moments, it drills a hole into the crust, deposits a box and silently leaves. Over 12,000 years later, Mining Colony Six occupies the same general area. The colony consists of six miners, a doctor and a… Continue reading SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene Reading: Arcturus Rising, by Robert Cox

Director Statement Like Itae’s words from the film, we are not seeing the reality of the world (input,) but rather the reality interpreted by our brains such as information, images, signals (output.) The film, “Trans” outlines such structure of the brain as its plot and follows the flow of subconsciousness rather than the emotions of… Continue reading Director Biography – NAERI DO (TRANS)