The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, in partnership with the Seattle International Film Festival Group, will present the third annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival on Saturday 2 February at the Seattle Cinerama Theater. Twenty films have made the cut, and will be shown in two sessions of ten each: from 4 to 6PM, and from 7 to 9PM. Following the evening session will be the awards ceremony (determined by a panel of judges). The grand prize winner will receive a pitch meeting with Sci Fi Channel executives for a chance to potentially write or direct a two-hour film for the network. Festival attendees will have the opportunity to vote for the Audience Award.
Tickets to the festival go on sale 10 January at seattlefilm.org, and will be $9 for a single session, or $15 for both. More information is available by calling 206-464-5830 (Monday-Friday, 10AM-5PM).
The films to be shown in the first session are:
Adam, Vampire directed by Travis Jackson. “A 1950s B-Movie star struggles with the decision to cheat on his wife while a splinter from a prop wooden stake races toward his heart. An Atom-Age fairy tale.”
Alpha Worm directed by Mike Fischer. “Alpha Worm is a tale of survival about an astronaut and alien—at war with each other but drifting helplessly through space together. Who will prevail in this conflict of willpower and intellect?”
The Apparatus directed by Jesse Moore. “A once renowned sleep therapist is losing business rapidly as a new sleep apparatus, the LunaScape TR by HewlittLabs, begins invading the infomercial slots of late-night television.”
E:D:E:N directed by Fabio Guaglione. “The human race is at risk of extinction. A bunch of military explorers embark upon a space expedition searching for a new habitable planet. They locate one several years later, but they soon discover that they are not alone…”
Eggworld directed by Vincent Le Quang. “Eggworld capital—3007. 500 years after the great war, the egg people, also known as ‘Oeumans’, are living under the protection of their captors, the Octoboss. A new find is about to change their lives forever.”
Lucidity directed by Barry Friedman. “Darren is consumed with lucid dreaming, preferring the fantasy life he can create to real life with his alienated girlfriend. Will he ever get her to understand and share in the gift he has discovered?”
Monster Job Hunter directed by Yehudi Mercado. “Monster Job Hunter is about a man/child rising to the occasion and becoming the hero he only dreams to be in his world of video games.”
Not 2b Toyed With directed by Hal Melfi. “Avid Star Wars toy collector Troy is about to discover the power of the dark side when his nephew invades his perfectly packaged world. What happens when your world suddenly collapses all around you?”
The Recordist directed by Zal Batmanglij. “Charlie Hall, an alcoholic college-student, haphazardly drifts through her life. But when she meets an older woman, who talks of aliens and the occult, Charlie begins a journey of self-realization.”
The Nothing Pill directed by Yu Gu. “Dr. Vera Yong is a scientist compelled by an oppressive government to develop the ‘nothing pill.’ The antidote to loneliness, the pill is intended to help solo astronauts in their colonization of space. In her dying world, will she discover an escape from her own painful memories?”
The films to be shown in the second session are:
Avant Petalos Grillados directed by Velasco Broca. “Second and last folder of the audiovisual tryptich Echos der Büchrucken, inspired by an open tale by Elier Ansgar Wilpert.”
EEE-Funk directed by Hunter Fine. “A stop-motion animation music video for the L.A. indy rock band, Sputnik Monroe. The video was constructed with over 6,000 pictures cut out of the band and the leading characters. The end product is an animation realm that’s never been done before.”
Escape! From Robot Island directed by Tim Thompson. “Kirk Samson, held captive in Robot Island, must choose to save the world or destroy it, and escape the clutches of the evil Dr. Vonderbugen with his daughter in this sci-fi homage.”
Forecast directed by Erik Courtney. “An old man embarks on a dangerous trip back in time to undo a tragic event that has haunted him for decades.”
Four Corners directed by Douglas Mueller. “The crossroad of life is revealed to a cyclist when he encounters an unexplained traffic light.”
Graw directed by Joseph Pettinatti. “A masked scavenger stealing from the victims of a horrific disaster is forced to decide between saving his bounty or his life.”
I Was a Creature From Outer Space! directed by Vincent Sassone. “A strange creature from outer space is held captive in a secret New Jersey facility. Terrible things happen when a young lab technician foolishly starts taunting the creature to impress his girlfriend.”
The Mourner directed by Eric Brown. “After a man’s wife is raped and brutally murdered he volunteers himself to serve as the murderer’s executioner. But is it the answer he’s looking for?”
Operation: Fish directed by Jeff Riley. “A child’s goldfish is abducted by a criminal mastermind with nefarious intent and a Secret Agent is dispatched to rescue it. Utilizing his time displacement gun to manipulate events, the agent attempts to foil the villainous scheme.”
What Love Remains directed by Nicholas Jenkins. “Around the corner from tomorrow, a man resurrects his dead wife in the form of an android. At first glance, it is her. But he slowly begins to question everything about their relationship, including their daughter.”