HIGHLIGHTS: February 2025 SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival.

Best Sci-Fi Film: KILLING R
Best Fantasy Film: SAINT-SACRIFICE
Best Story: OTHERS
Best Performances: BEYOND THE SYSTEM
Best Cinematography: OVERCLOCKING
Best Sound & Music: METAMORFOSI
Best Micro-Short Film: WEASEL
Best Visual Design: TRANSFORMATION
Best Sci-Fi Horror: 7:59
Best Experimental Film: EFFIGY HOUSE

SEE THE LINEUP OF FILMS:


SAINT-SACRIFICE, 14min., Canada
Directed by Jean-Claude Leblanc
He had promised her love and faithfulness until death do them part, but Antoine, the widower, will be willing to lose his soul to be reunited with his wife on the other side.

https://www.facebook.com/saintsacrificedsaxefilms
https://www.instagram.com/jean.claude.leblanc/
https://www.instagram.com/saint_sacrifice/

WEASEL, 2min., Mexico
Directed by Hisham Iyad Hajir
“An inattentive mother is captivated by her new Weasel—a weasel-shaped high-tech scanner that instantaneously sells anything it scans. But when a mishap involving her playful children turns the device from a helpful tool into a dangerous threat, she realizes this new technology is far beyond her understanding.”

TRANSFORMATION, 13min., Germany
Directed by Marcel Barsotti
Only humans still live on Earth. Dangerous genetic experiments have wiped out the entire food chain. The only food which is keeping the last humans alive is the yellow Nova. In the far future, the last Drakzuls, highly intelligent beings, had to flee from their homeland, their planet destroyed by their enemies. They are searching for a new world to survive. And they found it.

https://www.marcelbarsotti.com/en/transformation/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/809854614469007
https://www.instagram.com/transformationthemovie/

7:59, 3min., Canada
Directed by Henri Carreau
In a dystopian world, a masked figure commutes to work. For him, everything is normal, but things truly aren’t.

BEYOND THE SYSTEM, 16min., Ireland
Directed by Fergus Mulligan
A worker in a future dystopian world begins to question his place in the production line and takes steps to break free from it.

EFFIGY HOUSE, 5min., Canada
Directed by Deb Ethier
A meditative dreamlike journey through the surreal inner spaces of the filmmaker’s mind as passing images and thoughts overlap, yearning to coalesce into a concept.
https://rustybolttheatre.zyrosite.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rustybolttheatre

OVERCLOCKING, 7min., Russia
Directed by Alexander Vikulov
A hero awakens in a mining farm powered by human brains, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Under pressure from aggressive orderlies trying to administer a mysterious injection, he discovers superhuman reflexes and intellect, allowing him to overcome his adversaries and escape to freedom.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29593991
https://www.instagram.com/art_simulacra

KILLING R, 15min,. Sweden
Directed by Irene Altagracia Perez Lopez
Rebecka needs assistance to focus on an important deadline and receives help from her AI clone, R. However, R not only provides support but also constantly criticizes Rebecka, reminding her of her limitations as both a mother and an architect, which creates feelings of insecurity and guilt within her.

http://irenelopez.se/killing-r/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087540991321

OTHERS, 19min., USA
Directed by Chris Durr
A lonely radio enthusiast in a midwest suburb becomes suspicious that a hispanic teenager is a response to his interstellar transmissions. Misperceptions turn to confrontation, when they are interrupted by a close encounter with an unexpected guest.

https://www.othersfilm.com/
https://www.instagram.com/others.film

METAMORFOSI, 5min,. Canada
Directed by Arty Sandler
A composer chooses to write music for “Alice in Wonderland” and by doing so accidentally opens a portal inside her piano, falls down the rabbit hole into the Wonderland and meets manifestations of different sides of her own character – Queen of Hearts and Jabberwocky.

https://www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi
https://facebook.com/zilnikmilana
https://instagram.com/milanazilnik

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