Returning for an eight exciting year, Other Worlds, one of the premier SciFi Film Festivals in the US, features some of the best and unheralded genre films. Beginning on Thursday December 2 at Austin’s Galaxy Highland 10, the four day event includes over 25 feature films, a slew of shorts, a screenwriting workshop, and the Mary Shelley Award. This year also features an additional five days of virtual events.
After skipping last years virtual only event, I gladly return to the festival for another go around
Here’s what to expect at Other Worlds 2021
Sunday, December 5
10AM
2001: A Brunch Odyssey
4807 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
Before the final day of films, discuss your favorites of the festival so far with other attendees and filmmakers. For the first time, this party is open to all attendees.
12PM
Other Worlds Shorts II
Includes:
- Echo Pines
Stephanie Begg | Australia | 12 min
Newly-minted Detective Barnes takes the lead on a missing child case, only to encounter a one-two punch of unexplainable phenomena in a nearby forest and no support from her fellow officers.
- Florence
Florian Thess | UK | 13 min
She’s the first of her kind: an AI therapist for human patients. But as she learns more about the human condition, Florence isn’t sure that she knows the answers an isn’t sure that she knows the answers any more than those she seeks to help.
- Giselle
Emmanuel Shiu | US | 2 min
A micro-meditation on loss, grief, and new beginnings.
- Killing Time
P. Patrick Hogan | US | 15 min
A mysterious figure slips inside an isolated home and forces an independent research engineer to confront her past.
- The Name of the Prime Minister
Bizzy Thompson | UK | 10 min
In this political thriller, a psychiatrist interviews a man convinced Tony Blair is still the Prime Minister, while trying to get answers from agents in a secret government facility.
- Pew! Pew! Pew!
Loren Dunn | US | 13 min
At a cosplay convention, Miles has got some explaining to do with his friends. And what’s worse, his archenemy has just forced him into “battle,” putting those same friends in mortal danger!
- Smudged
Jack Muldoon | US | 10 min
DMV, the near future: Adam finds himself on a Dantean odyssey through the bureaucratic hell of license-renewal.
- Transfer
Sage Mears, Aaron Pagniano | US | 11 min
Max is rightfully nervous for this interview, and Bridget is not going to make it any easier for him.
- Voices
Jake Hart | US | 7 min
A telepathic intelligence operative is confronted by her handler for connecting with the minds of unsanctioned targets.
Homebody: The Haunt Of Guy Withers
Stars: Jordan O’Neal, Ryan Sterling Smith, Gary Teague
When Guy retreats into the apartment he runs as a shared short-term rental, he finds himself at the mercy of a world that doesn’t even notice he is gone, and haunted by the prospect of what lies past his door.