Sci-Fi

Tank-17, a robot tank designed to be air dropped on a target after it has been nuked, feels betrayed. First by it’s Russian human creators for sending it and its and comrades into the war on a suicide mission, and then by the remnants of an American spy agency that tricks it into brainwashing it’s AI comrades after the war. Learning of a final betrayal by an American autonomous drone spy plane it that considered to be it’s best friend sends the AI robot tank into a spiral of depression and loneliness. After meeting another robot tank, Tank-17 becomes determined to rescue the tanks that it brainwashed from the Americans spy agency. They are joined on their mission by the American autonomous drone that is in search of it’s own redemption.

Assisted by Professor John Hill and completed over 48 hours the weekend of April 10th by a team of 13 students; Lih Cunha Rohleder, Harper Russell, Nathan Vo, Kriner Kriner, Jami Davenport, Jalen Wilson, Remy Colbert, Adriana Vazquez Machado, Adrienna Edwards, Emily Brainerd, Brianna Lipford, Lilith Shamback, and Emma King. Assigned Genre: Sci-Fi Assigned Prop: Something that when opened or destroyed advanced the plot. Assigned Dialog: "You could call it a coincidence, I guess." Jury Award (Best Film) Honorable Mention for Best Sound Effects.

After humanity celebrates first contact with an alien species, an accountant is tasked with finalizing negotiations with their representative.

An astronaut crashes on an unknown planet and explores it.

Cooper, a burned-out tattoo artist recovering from the LA fires, has his world upended when a spaceship crashes in his backyard and a fierce alien woman, Lyra, emerges. As he tries to hide her from his emotional neighbor Jimmy and rule-obsessed HOA enforcer Whitney, Cooper is pulled into suburban chaos and unexpected connection, learning that just when life seems surreal enough, the universe always has more to drop from the sky.

A young and eager crewmate embarks on a life changing journey in The sky with a mysterious captain unknowingly sealing his fate.

Amidst a surprise attack from the Moon Wolves, Kamo and his tribe must defend themselves while he himself must learn the importance of strength.

SUNSHINE GIRLS follows the story of Elaine Hamilton, a timid woman nearing her 30th birthday who must make the difficult choice between motherhood and medically induced photosynthesis. In a world that is quite literally suffocating, society has become dependent on the oxygen-producing Sunshine Girls to sustain life. Within the confines of this organization (part new-age adult summer camp, part dystopian prison) Elaine learns that falling in love can take your breath away.

A girl and her robot sneak into a tech corporation’s server room

FIRST BLOOD - WORLD PREMIRE - Depicting a famous thought experiment in Quantum Mechanics, Alice travels back in time and is transported into an alternate version of the recent past. Trapped in a world which prizes collectivism over individuality, Alice is forced to confront her life choices, grappling with profound questions about identity, fate, and the search for meaning. Philosophical science fiction grounded in real-world physics and inspired by the stylistic tones of directors Orson Welles and Ridley Scott, this new perspective on the genre explores the cosmic and spiritual feelings stirred in scientists as they study nature at the grandest scale.

When a boy experiments with an AI chatbot, the digital world bleeds frighteningly into real life. Surreal horror meets online gaming culture in this cautionary tale about what happens when technology takes over more than just your screen.

As the Apophis Asteroid travels across space to crash into planet Earth, a man navigates his anxieties of becoming a father and the possible end of life on the planet.