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Schedule For 4th Annual Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival
Schedule For 4th Annual Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival
Schedule For 4th Annual Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival
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Zelos (2015)
Director: Thoranna Sigurdardottir
Run Time/Country: 15 min, UK
Synopsis: A competitive woman realizes she purchased an unbeatable rival when she commands a Zelos clone to outshine her flawless friend.
Post-Film Q&A Panel:
A discussion with filmmakers is scheduled to follow (20 min).
Short Film Block: "Humanity vs. Technology"
Time: 8:30pm - 11:30pm
Location: Theater 1
Caihong City (2015 - Official Trailer)
Director: Florina Titz
Run Time/Country: 2 min, USA/China
Synopsis: An inside look at an upcoming film depicting the adventures of a dying genius, a mentally ill prophet and a depressed prostitute in a fantastical city.
Aero Origins (2015 - Official Trailer)
Director: Arturo Vargas
Run Time/Country: 1 min, USA
Synopsis: An inside look at an upcoming film depicting the planet Antea, where a man and his brothers fight off an evil universal force that seeks to end their race.
Test (2014)
Director: Jay Lifton
Run Time/Country: 10 min, USA
Synopsis: A man spends a day taking a bizarre test at a mysterious facility run by odd employees.
Against the Wall (2011)
Director: David Capurso
Run Time/Country: 9 min, USA
Synopsis: In a futuristic city, a man and woman break into an abandoned hi-tech game park.
The Unremembered (2014)
Director: Chris Knight
Run Time/Country: 13 min, USA
Synopsis: A man must decide to either save himself or help a stranger from the future being hunted down by another time traveler.
Government Funded Robotics Research Experimenting on U.S. Soldiers (2015)
Director: Henry Prince
Run Time/Country: 7 min, USA
Synopsis: Government agencies launch the Second Soldier program which uses experimental robotics on active duty U.S. soldiers.
Requiem for a Robot (2013)
Director: Christoph Rainer
Run Time/Country: 6 min, USA/Austria
Synopsis: A worn-out robot with a corrupt memory and an addiction to alcohol ponders the age-old question: "Where did he go wrong?"
The High Priestess (2015)
Director: William Holden
Run Time/Country: 15 min, USA
Synopsis: A depressed woman can't seem to get out of her rut nor escape the fraud of her doctor and high priest.
Helio (2015)
Director: Teddy Cecil
Run Time/Country: 20 min, USA
Synopsis: A worker begins a revolution upon his escape attempt from a dystopian underground city.
Forbidden Beach (2015)
Director: Thierry Los
Run Time/Country: 7 min, France
Synopsis: Discover the codes of surf culture with "The Surfin' Bots," two laid back robots just waiting for the right wave at the beach but discover they aren't the only ones.
Tap Tap Tap (2016) World Premiere
Director: Dean Philips
Run Time/Country: 17 min, UK
Synopsis: The life of a script reading obsessive takes a surreal and dangerous turn when an old Italian typewriter mysteriously appears in his bedroom.
The Treatment (2015)
Director: Marvin Meiendresch
Run Time/Country: 7 min, Germany
Synopsis: One day, an isolated patient bound only to routine and his doctor's care, notices that the massive door to his room is left ajar and takes the opportunity to escape. Upon
his exit, he begins to question who he truly is.
Las fieras 1969 (2014)
Director: Alaric S. Rocha
Run Time/Country: 12 min, USA
Synopsis: A student locks herself inside her university's bathroom werewolf-like creates invade the city and it is her love for others and weeks of pure loneliness which save her.
Will I Scatter Away (2015)
Director: Emma Eisner
Run Time/Country: 6 min, USA
Synopsis: Danger threatens a man seeking himself in a dream-like landscape.
Connection (2015)
Director: Zac Gillam
Run Time/Country: 8 minmin, Australia
Synopsis: Feeling the strain of early parenthood, a couple are recommitted to one another during a freak outer-worldly event.
Polaroid (2015)
Director: Lars Klevberg
Run Time/Country: 15 min, USA/Norway
Synopsis: Two women discover an old polaroid camera and in their own selfishness exploit the device, only to discover its horrible hidden past.
Synopsis: The internationally recognized 1975 account of Travis Walton's UFO abduction is explored. Delve deeper into the roles of the media, debunker Phillip J. Klass and the
impact on Walton's life over the next 40 years. Features original interviews with UFO experts and archive interviews with members of the original logging crew.
Panel: The Travis Walton Experience
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Guests: A discussion with the film's director Jennifer Stein, co-producer Bob Terrio, phenomena investigator Peter Robbins and The Huffington Post contributor Lee Spiegel.
Feature Documentary Film Screening
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Theater 2
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick (2015) USA Premiere
Director: Coquart Yann
Run Time/Country: 56 min, France
Synopsis: Philip K. Dick was one of the most prolific writers of the modern era but more than thirty years since his death PKD is now considered the most prescient anticipator of
the digital age. An agoraphobic who rarely left his suburban Californian home, PKD would travel through countless worlds in his mind -- often with the help of amphetamines. In his
many novels and short stories he described numerous themes haunting our lives today including virtual worlds, totalitarian societies and enslaving technologies. Together with
Philip K. Dick, who reminisces about his life in a rare interview, his inner psyche is explored with the aid of his psychotherapist, his widow and his biographer with one interviewee
noting that Dick spent much of his life writing about the "creeping sensation that all certainties stand upon sand."
Short Film Block
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Theater 2
Memory Reloaded (2013)
Director: Despina Charalampous, Panos Pappas
Run Time/Country: 20 min, Greece
Synopsis: Two young people persecuted by bureaucracy unexpectedly meet in a world where the Dome of World Archives store the memories of gifted people which have
replaced those of computers.
Number of Silence (2015)
Director: Csongor Dobrotka
Run Time/Country: 20 min, Germany
Synopsis: A mystery web series exploring the quest for truth among alternate realities, a fictitious metropolis, a huge corporation, a psychiatric hospital and a disappearing satellite.
Good Year (2015)
Director: Kaizo Hayashi
Run Time/Country: 21 min, Japan
Synopsis: One night, a woman appears before a man working at a deserted factory in Yamagata Prefecture, where there is a large water tank that seems to have a creature inside.
Sample Return (2015)
Director: Chris Remerowski
Run Time/Country: 8 min, Canada
Synopsis: Two freelance astronauts, tired of being underpaid, travel between the stars in search of better jobs. After an unsuccessful job search they drift further into disaster in their
unreliable craft before obtaining a curious sample return.
Grace (2015)
Director: Jem Moore
Run Time/Country: 11 min, USA/Taiwan
Synopsis: A man with a hidden past takes a temp job as a night watchman at a haunted and abandoned hospital where he may never escape.
Pong (2014)
Director: Dominika Oarowska
Run Time/Country: 15 min, Poland
Synopsis: An embittered genius of particle physics performs the final experiment of his career, confronted with sentiments of his whimsical computer and a birthday party crowd.
O. (2014)
Director: July Allard
Run Time/Country: 15 min, France
Synopsis: The Parker family lives through different universes and in each of these space-times, their life is subject to radical changes. An infinite number of choices and events are
possible and everything can happen according to their actions.
Dive (2014)
Director: Matthew Saville
Run Time/Country: 13 min, New Zealand
Synopsis: A man will do anything to get back his reflection, which has a mind of its own.
Post-Film Q&A Panel:
A discussion with filmmakers is scheduled to follow (15 min).
Short Film Block
Time: 9:30pm - 10:15pm
Location: Theater 1
The Skyship Chronicles (2015)
Director: Christian Cashmir
Run Time/Country: 17 mins, USA
Synopsis: Set in a 1895 steampunk fantasy world of Ireland, a man is killed by his partner and his inventions stolen forcing his granddaughter to begin her quest to reclaim what is
rightfully hers. Twenty years later in Wichita, Kansas, a postal clerk discovers a mysterious box containing one of the most powerful inventions and a so begins a battle for the
ultimate weapon.
Milgram And The Fastwalkers (2015)
Director: Richard Cutting
Run Time/Country: 8 min, USA
Synopsis: An internationally prominent doctor inadvertently becomes a detective when his new client's case sends them both deep into the dark world of UFOs.
Post-Film Q&A Panel:
A discussion with filmmakers is scheduled to follow (15 min).
Feature Film Screening
Time: 10:15pm - 11:30pm
Location: Theater 1