Technophobic – 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 9:00 PM

Burn-In
Director: Charles Dillon Ward, Experimental, USA, 3 min
A request to be forgotten, the messy deletion of bodies from photo albums, the faint remains of digital ghosts, the impossibility of invisibility, and the permanence of the internet.

Adulting
Director: James Duesing, Experimental, USA, 8 min
The collective experiences of a diverse group of LGBTQIA+ people create a queer valentine having a fever dream.

The Triangular Door
Director: Dylan Mars Greenberg, Experimental, USA, 9 min
The last survivors of an obliterated culture search for spiritual bondage in a reality show from hell.

The Alignment Problem
Directors: Guilherme Peters, Matias Mariani, Roberto Winter, Animation, Brazil, 13 min
The term Alignment Problem in artificial intelligence studies refers to the challenge of ensuring AI systems’ goals and behaviors align with human values and intentions. This concept is articulated between a male and a female entity.

I Am Not Like That At All
Director: Gunter Wilhelm Puller, Music Video, Austria, 15 min
A maelstrom of different desires and conflicting self-images unleashes an odyssey of music and poetry that resolutely opposes the ossification of today’s world.

Sing Our Song When the World Ends
Directors: Tanner D Masseth, Andrea Florens, Animation, USA, Mexico, USA, 16 min
A young girl is chased out of a nightclub by an evil force. She escapes between game worlds, idly witnessing a surreal chain of events beyond her control.

The Gun Felt Good In My Hand
Director: Daniel Robin, Documentary, USA, 12 min
An exploration of fear and American gun culture.

Spark From a Falling Star
Director: Ross Meckfessel, Experimental, USA, 21 min
An odd, unseen alien presence arrives, one that, beyond the usual fondness for abduction, transforms people into objects, public spaces to private real estate. At home in a world of windows and reflections, it floats unmoored through the real and virtual alike.