Sydney Underground Film Festival

Other Worlds (short sci-fi films)

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15 films in package
The Host Cell
Tilly is watching a Sci Fi show about space commanders trying to kill a Robotic Host Cell that has infected humans and turned them into robots.
Standing Woman
A dystopian drama about a near future where the government, rather than imprisoning criminals or deporting immigrants, turns them into trees as part of an insidious environmental campaign.
Closed captions available
Time Warp
Captain Pathfinder, pilot of the military orbiter Meteor Tree, is performing a spacewalk in his thick space suit. Only a few hundred feet away, there is the disturbing presence of an enormous and unknown saucer shape craft ready to make contact.
The Dark Odyssey
A brave captain and his faithful mate transport a captive warrior, who holds The Inventory of The Mind, across the interstellar line. When their ship is forced to navigate an asteroid field, their mission is jeopardized.
Geneva Jacuzzi's Casket
Los Angeles 2066AD: The Pleasure-U BioDrone, Kate Shaw's only assistant, has contracted an undiagnosed mental-disease. The BioDrone’s head, inside a reprogramming bag, continuously calls to Kate’s brain with strange visions.
Alien vs Predator
A black blob of viscous fluid pulsates and moves about the screen, a kind of dark matter of undifferentiated tissue and unknown bodily origin.
Dystopia
Forget reality shows and Instagram beauties; a young girl's fantasy becomes the playground for a gang of women set to create the perfect man, one limb at a time.
The Dead Collectors
During a pandemic in an alternate reality, two men have the job of collecting the deceased.
On The Margins of Metaxy
An experimental film that takes audiences to an imaginary world where the boundaries of the normal are broken or bent.
Sleep Talker
A woman comes home to find that her husband is talking in his sleep, but soon realizes that something else is talking through him.
The Identifier
n a future where memories can be embedded into physical objects for viewing and consumption, a young identifier is forced to authenticate the memory of a recently deceased murder victim whilst digging into the closed archives of a police precinct.
Florence
A prototype therapy AI robot cracks under the pressure of meeting her inventor’s expectations and needs to decide to either help millions, or herself.
Telos or Bust
Ascended masters, new religions, inner earth cities, crystals and lost continents. Immerse yourself in the confluence of strange myths and beliefs of the citizens of Mount Shasta, California.
Crusoe
This Sci-Fi action comedy follows the adventures of Crusoe, an astronaut stranded on an alien planet teeming with hostile life.
Deleve
Teenage girl makes selfie when strange things start happening.
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Co-presented by Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival


OTHER WORLDS - SCI-FI SHORT FILM SESSION

From near-future nightmares, uncanny Ais, alien visitors, and dancing from animation to surrealism, these science fiction, cli-fi, and post-cyber-punk shorts offer glimpses at imagined tomorrows and alternative todays.

A prototype therapy AI robot cracks under the pressure of meeting her inventor’s expectations and needs to decide to either help millions, or herself.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    UK
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Rating
    15+
  • Director
    Florian Thess
  • Screenwriter
    Tom Van Overloop
  • Producer
    Harry Rhys Williams
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