ZONA | #DOOM | Local Sightings Film Festival 2021

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Imagine a world just a twist more demented than our own and ponder the fate of humanity with these mystical sci-fi and dystopian shorts.

To accommodate evolving public health recommendations regarding COVID-19, we are adopting a hybrid virtual-and-in-person festival model for 2021. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes are available here.

⚠️ Please note: For the sake of public safety, NWFF will require both face-coverings and proof of vaccination from in-person audiences. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.

In near-future Los Angeles, where a drought has worsened and the water supply has stopped running, an old immigrant woman braves the city to search for water for her neighbor in need.

Year
2020
Runtime
16 minutes
Language
Japanese, with hardcoded English subtitles
Country
US
Premiere
Northwest Premiere

Director
Masami Kawai

10 films in package

Bukky Sky – "Obsession"

A singer balances love and heartache in this retro space escapade.

Closed captions available

Hekademia

In the near future, a teenage girl enrolls in a virtual reality high school, where she starts to wonder how much of her experience is real and how much is part of the simulation.

Closed captions available

Breathing Room

While struggling to maintain his grip on reality, a son cares for his ailing mother in isolation.

Closed captions available

Reboot

Using a computer becomes intense and haunting as this short explores the magic and terror in everyday technology while following an eccentric computer operator.

Squatter

Sci-fi stop motion animation creates hilarious and endearing one-of-a-kind characters who seek to understand each other's true intentions while embroiled in a backroom deal.

Erebus

A young woman finds herself trapped in a darkly mystical, surreal wasteland, and begins to question the nature of her reality.

Unbecoming

One of the last humans with free will works to escape from conformity and the clutches of dystopian agents.

Golda Sargento – "Anino Rebellion"

Anino in Tagalog refers to the rebellion of those cast away into the shadow, set in a dystopian world where music is regulated through recycled old televisions.

Trash Birds

A seagull becomes consumed by a monstrous appetite for junk food, forsaking all birdly ties in this darkly fantastic, playful collage animation.

ZONA

In near-future Los Angeles, where a drought has worsened and the water supply has stopped running, an old immigrant woman braves the city to search for water for her neighbor in need.

Imagine a world just a twist more demented than our own and ponder the fate of humanity with these mystical sci-fi and dystopian shorts.

To accommodate evolving public health recommendations regarding COVID-19, we are adopting a hybrid virtual-and-in-person festival model for 2021. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes are available here.

⚠️ Please note: For the sake of public safety, NWFF will require both face-coverings and proof of vaccination from in-person audiences. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.

In near-future Los Angeles, where a drought has worsened and the water supply has stopped running, an old immigrant woman braves the city to search for water for her neighbor in need.

Year
2020
Runtime
16 minutes
Language
Japanese, with hardcoded English subtitles
Country
US
Premiere
Northwest Premiere

Director
Masami Kawai