Michael A. Burstein writes that a German film student is making a short film of “I Remember the Future”, the title story of his collection.
The first minute-and-a-half teaser is available on this page. Writer/director Christian Offner writes “This is the first teaser for the science fiction short film I Remember the Future based on Michael A. Burstein’s short story of the same title. The first part shows excerpts from the scenes we already shot, the second part after the title, shows concept art and animation of the science fiction scenes we have yet to shoot.”
In the story, “70-year-old science fiction author Heinrich Richter is living lonely in his apartment and spends most of his time daydreaming about the utopian worlds he created in his novels over the decades. When his daughter Melanie comes to visit, they have an important conversation, but Heinrich repeatedly lets his mind wander into episodes from his science fiction stories.”
The scenes in the trailer were shot in Berlin in January. Now Offner has the project on http://www.startnext.de/irtf (a German version of Kickstarter), where he’s seeking funding for “the complex science fiction scenes which will be shot on location as well as in a studio and a built set.”
The film also has a Facebook page here.
Burstein talks about the whole process in this post.