SCI-FI-LONDON loves short film! We’ve always supported shorts through our festival programming and our 48 Hour Film Challenge.
Expect the unexpected from serious to silly and everything else in between.
Our selection is presented in 6 programmes over the festival. Enjoy!
This programme includes:
DESTROY MADRID
Dir: Joseba Alfaro, 2016, Spanish, 10mins, SPAIN
Madrid, 2030. In a world ravaged by the fight between goverments and citizens, one member of the resistance has a mysterious device that can finally end the war.
THEY WILL ALL DIE IN SPACE
Dir: Javier Chillon, 2016, English, 15mins, SPAIN
The starship Tantalus drifts through space. From the Director of the amazing short, DECAPODA SHOCK
HYPER-REALITY
Dir: Keiichi Matsuda, 2016, English, Spanish, 6mins, UK
A provocative and kaleidoscopic vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media.
IN THE ROBOT SKIES
Dir: liam young, 2016, English, 10mins, UK
Architect Liam Young presents the world’s first narrative film shot entirely through autonomous drones in collaboration with the Embedded and Artificial intelligence Vision Lab in Belgium.
ON SUNDAY
Dir: David Lea, 2016, English, 6mins, UK
An old man and his dog make their routine walk to the isolated clifftops of deepest Cornwall...but this time they're not alone.
APPELLATION
Dir: Tracy Mathewson, 2016, English, 11mins, UK
A scientist's secret research is threatened when a neighbour reports his suspicious behaviour.
HASKELL
Dir: James Allen Smith, 2016, English, 11mins, USA
Three moments in the life of Haskell Carlston, who was born with the ability to manipulate time.
ICARUS
Dir: Tom Teller, 2016, English, 20mins, USA
When a Mars colony's satellite is damaged, Emilia embarks on a seemingly harmless repair misson but a shuttle malfunction cuts connectivity to the ground and Chris, her son, makes a knee jerk decision to go after her.
PRIVATE ACCESS
Dir: Timothee Catherine, 2016, French, 15mins, FRANCE
Paris, 2022. Most streets are now privatized. Daria and Michelangelo are committed political dissidents fighting the corporate takeover. Yet Daria is pregnant and Michelangelo soon realizes the price of his political ideals