Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
“Vox” is a semi-romantic sci-fi drama that opens the idea of relationships between humans and artificial intelligence. It is an introduction to a new world and a possible future but is told through the small story of Vox (the A.I.) and Noah (the human). Vox is meant to be ‘a slice of the future.’
Directed by Akil McKenzie and Kevin Santos (Canada)
Featuring Elizabeth Butler, “If I Knew” is an acoustic-driven dance song about the intoxicating first moments of first love.
Directed by Tyler Casper (USA)
In the near future, after leaving the European Union the UK has fallen into an economic depression. Unemployment is at an all-time high mainly due to the influx of Artificial Intelligence and the erosion of many low paid jobs. The youth have suffered the most with very few opportunities for the future. The streets are violent and gang culture is at an all-time high. The situation is deteriorating and terrorist attacks are being carried by organizations that aim to bring down the ‘system’. They target the public with the aid of a mind-controlling drug of South American origin. London has never been a more dangerous place.
Directed by Soner Metin and Michael Hoad (UK)
A mysterious gate appears. It entices The Man a glimpse of what he desires. Slowly he starts changing the more he looks into The Blue Gate.
Directed by Peter Loza and Steven Low (USA)
A man ignores warnings and enters a contaminated zone in search of a missing family member.
Directed by Emmanuel Delfin (USA)
A lesbian girl needs to make a choice between her life and her hallucinated lover.
Directed by Desmond Lianng (USA)
Mr. Bouhaïk, an independent filmmaker based in France, brought us the intriguing “Max”, awarded ISA Bronze Best Sound Design and also two honorable mentions: Best Mystery Short and Best Sci-Fi Short.
The statement in New York of Nora Jaenicke, writer and director of ISA Platinum award-winning “Whales”, for Best Drama Short. Filmed in Italy, “Whales” was also nominated for Best Film of the Month.
Salifú is an immigrant living in Barcelona. Through the news, he relives the ordeal suffered by many people who do not choose to leave their country.
Directed by Rui Lopes (Spain)
1943, a revolt broke out at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Among the resistants, a famous polish ballerina. It is said that she disarmed a cruel SS officer with the simple grace of a ballet movement. Only her story has survived until today. Her name was Franciszka Mann.
Directed by Elias Djemil (Canada)
Kevin is an aspiring screenwriter who’s about to give up hope of ever making it. But when his best friend Samantha suddenly loses her father to a car crash, they both find strength and encouragement in each other.
Directed by David Michaels (USA)
Ex-Jedi knight Mia who is gifted in the force mourns the tragic loss of her younger sister Kira. For retribution, she sets out on a journey across the galaxy to find the person she feels responsible: her old Jedi master Cade Raan.
Directed by Melanie Green and Garrett Turner (USA)
Directed by Sheridan Philipp (USA)
If all the world’s a stage, who’s behind the curtain?
Written by Jean Buschmann (USA)