A showcase of the best fantasy/sci-fi shorts from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Short Film: UNDER THE EL
Best Micro-Short: AI THREATENS HUMANITY
Best Direction: WAX GIRL
Best Story: THE BALLAD OF SLOT SLOT
AI Threatens Humanity, 3min., USA
Directed by Layal Hamden
Experts warn that AI is growing so fast it could become as dangerous to humanity as nuclear war.
https://www.instagram.com/layalhamdeh/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-ai-threatens-humanity
Wax Girl, 9min., USA
Directed by Stimson Snead
“An artist commissions a wax figure as his latest muse, only to discover his obsession with “breathing life” into art has consequences more terrible than he can imagine.”
https://www.instagram.com/stimsonsnead/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-wax-girl
Under The El, 7min., USA
Directed by Emmett Madden-Prado
In the open air drug market of Kensington, Philadelphia, an unhoused addict is tricked into participating in a new form of rehabilitation, virtual reality, only to be released back to the streets for the results of her rehab to take hold.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-under-the-el
The Ballad of Sloth Shot, 20min., Canada
Directed by Simon Rasmussen
A sharp-shooting cowgirl must stop a time-travelling supervillain from destroying her town.
https://instagram.com/gadzooksproductions
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-ballad-of-sloth-shot
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