Live Action Short Film

Logline: Science has “fixed” the body and brain, producing a static world where art is extinct and humans live in isolation. Amongst the endless, automated monotony, Ashwin, a journalist, seeks out Daedalus, the last living painter, in hopes that their work will bring purpose to his aimless existence. Synopsis: In a near future where science has "fixed" the body and brain, South Asian journalist Ashwin lives in complete isolation, his only companion an AI earpiece called Father, who oversees his media access, meals, and all scheduled activities. Under his authoritarian regime, order and advancement are priority one, and connection to the land and to one another have become extremely scarce. Seeking release from the endless monotony, Ashwin awaits approval of his Human Partnership Visa, which would grant him access to his first ever human companion. On Day One, Ashwin wakes from dreams of a lush natural world he doesn't recognize. He moves through his usual routine: exercise, tea, and work, where he uses a tape recorder to interpret footage of catastrophic current events under Father's unyielding censorship. But when their bickering comes to a head, Ashwin discovers that Father has been withholding his visa denial all along, sending him into a fit of rage. The following morning, after a mandatory psychological evaluation, Ashwin receives word from fugitive artist Daedalus. Branded a terrorist by the state, she works outside the system to reclaim the memory, land, and community that have been stripped away through years of manipulation and control. Seized by visions of unknown family members and landscapes, Ashwin extracts his earpiece and abandons his silo in search of Daedalus' underground studio. Humanizer is a story about what we lose by capitulating to fear and of the untold blessings we stand to gain by risking it all.

In a retro-futuristic city where shapeshifter birds are persecuted and feared, Miriam, a struggling single mother, secretly brings her troubled son, Daniel, to work at the towering Bank of Avalon. When Daniel suddenly exhibits alarming signs of transformation, she’s forced to protect him before others discover his true nature.

A traveler and a narrator in the post-apocalypse; they narrate an abandoned city as we arrive at a destroyed landscape and understand what happened to this small village. We explore the genesis of a countryside city in Brazil.

LOGLINE: In a near future where immigrant workers promised freedom are secretly indentured, a model Indian coder smuggles his mother's forbidden tamarind rice into work, uncovering why the company needs them to forget home. SYNOPSIS: Sriram is the ultimate role model. Polite. Productive. Easy to love. As an immigrant programmer in a near-future America, he has spent years believing that if he works hard enough, he'll earn the freedom to return home. Inside Aurora Corporation, immigrant workers are tracked through biometric scores, movement quotas, and "travel credits" that quietly bind them to the company. When Sriram's long-awaited trip to India is pushed out by years, he clings to the one thing the system cannot regulate: his mother's tamarind rice. What begins as an act of comfort becomes an act of rebellion. As memories of home resurface, Sriram uncovers a system built on erasing identity, forcing him to choose between the future he has spent years earning and the self he has spent years forgetting. Blending psychological sci-fi, satire, and South Asian futurism, JAM BOY is an allegory about immigration, corporate indenture, and the hidden cost of trading belonging for acceptance.

Kill House is the newest reality show craze where 16 contestants try to survive - literally! It's down to the final four. Who will wind up the winner?

After the death of his daughter, Ruben acquires a companion android to cope with his grief. However, Marta was not created to be treated like a child, but to awaken her buyer’s desire. Trapped inside a house frozen in time, they will become locked in a relationship as impossible as it is disturbing.

Niels, a survivor of a zombie apocalypse guided by a mysterious map, seeks to find Samanta, another survivor. In his journey he will have to do with the creatures of the present and the ghosts of the past...

Lucas is an 11-month-old baby with a strong desire: for his parents to stop looking at their cell phones and pay attention to him. Every night he sighs dejectedly in his crib, asking the stars to change his luck. One day, his mother's cell phone falls into his hands. Far from getting rid of it, he becomes hooked on it just like them, changing his future forever. And that of humanity.

A stranded traveller, ensnared out of space and time, glimpses a fractured path to salvation.

Caught in a seemingly endless depression, Ryan invents time travel to get himself out.

A brilliant student who cannot dream installs illegal software into her neural implant to finally experience the life she wants—at a terrifying cost.

When Cliff’s only companion— a virtual assistant—shuts down in a future where the air itself is becoming unbreathable, an asthmatic 70-year-old man’s cry for help to a faraway support desk becomes a haunting search for meaning and human connection. "A compelling work, which really grabs one in. it’s authentic and heartfelt" Nelson Farber, Culture Journalist/Filmmaker