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Returning for a fifth exciting year, Other Worlds Austin, one of the premier SciFi Film Festivals in the US, features some of the best and unheralded genre films. Beginning on Thursday December 6 at Flix Brewhouse, the four day event includes 20 full length films, a slew of shorts, and a screenwriting workshop. Not terribly surprising to anyone who regularly follows my writings, I’ll be at there.
Here’s what to expect at Other Worlds Austin 2018.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9TH
12:00PM SCIFI SHORTS 2 – ELECTORAL COLLAGE
Alexander Frank | Germany | 21 min
Norman is in a lot of debt from student loans. He can pay it off by letting a client inhabit his body for 10 years. Alas, the transfer doesn’t go quite as planned.
Cidney Hue | USA | 8 min
A woman is subjected to a horrifying virtual reality experience before making a difficult decision.
Alumni: ODESSA (2014).
Emily Limyun Dean | USA | 15 min
Amidst a changing world and growing tensions between humans and robot domestic workers, A.I. Andromeda discovers how far she’ll go to retain her hard-won humanity.
Larry McKee | USA | 6 min
Writer: Robert Jauregui
Five minutes in the life of two salvage yard workers who provide a disturbing energy source to clients.
Hiroki Yokoyama | UK | 10 min
In this not-too-far-from-present-day social commentary, ex-cons are having a hard time getting a fair shake.
Phil Bucci | USA | 3 min
The time has come for a young woman to escape the violence of her home life. But doing so is a little complicated.
Alumni: PAUL’S BAD DAY (2017); SPECIAL FORCES (2016).
The Adventures of Penny Patterson
Stephanie Donnelly | USA | 19 min
Penny’s boyfriend has been acting weird ever since he took a tour of the mysterious science lab in town. But she doesn’t have time for his changes or rumors of the “mysterious” new superhero in town – she has a science fair to win.
12:10PM ARTIST DEPICTION (WORLD PREMIERE)
Brett Ryan Bonowicz | USA | 82 min
Conceptual artists Don Davis, Charles Lindsay, and Rick Guidice have helped bring NASA projects to life. Their incredible pioneering artwork, which helped define the aesthetics of futurism and space travel, is ubiquitous; and yet these artists have always been hidden behind the scenes. Until now.
Alumni: CLOSER THAN WE HINK (2017);THE PERFECT 46 (2014).