The Future – 2017

Show Title: The Future
Competition Shorts
Thursday, April 6, 5:00 PM

Letter to a Distant Future
Director: Georg Koszulinski
Experimental
8 min
USA

A marooned cosmonaut send a message out into the cosmos.

The App
Director: Julian Merino
Narrative
15 min
Spain

The App gives it’s customers the steps to achieve happiness.

They Charge For the Sun
Director: Terence Nance
Narrative
17 min
USA

In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.

Rover’s Eyes
Director: Laura Heit
Experimental
3 min

The Mars Rover Opportunity landed in 2004 and is still roaming the red planet eleven years after it’s expected demise. It’s up there looking for ancient lakes, and rivers, and signs of life.

Capital
Director: Semih Bedir
Narrative
15 min
USA

In a world where everything is for sale, a Muslim family tries to save money for the arrival of their baby.

1950 DA
Director: Sébastien Tulard
Narrative
8 min
France

Axel is a child who only dreams of space travel. Left out by other children who do not understand him, he takes refuge in his world by observing the stars.

Taubman
Director: Ben Price
Narrative
18 min
UK

A Catholic man is refused a passport due to his Jewish heritage.