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

Friday, December 3

4:30PM

Keeping Company

Writers: Josh Wallace, Devin Das

Stars Jacob Grodnik, Devin Das, and Ahmed Bharoocha

A fateful chain of events begins to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door, only to find themselves selling to a serial killer. (Also screens on Saturday, December 4 11:30PM)

The Turn of the Screw

Writer: Alex Galvin and Henry james

Stars: Greer Phillips, Jane Waddell, Ben Fransham

Julia—a last minute replacement for another actress—arrives the night before open and is thrust immediately onstage to act the lead role in an evening of terror. Cast as the governess in a stage adaptation of Henry James’ Turn of the Screw, Julia, just like her character, begins to suspect that not just the fictitious house is haunted, but also the stage where she stands.

Lingering Visions Shorts

Includes:

• Blue Fire

Nick Ronan | US | 21 min

A mysterious alien entity serves to reunite two ex-lovers and offer a new path forward, should they choose to take it.

• Evie

Alex von Hofmann | Australia | 18 min

Teen Evie lives in a post-apocalyptic frontier rife with human scavengers and genetically modified dinosaurs. When her father is injured, she must venture out alone to get the supplies to save him.

• Silver Age

Steve Makowski, Harrison Lees | US | 22 min

Does Elliot’s ailing grandfather have a secret past as a masked vigilante, or is he just senile?

• Why Is It So Warm At Christmas?

Choi Woo Gene | Korea | 27 min

Eugene is a movie star and, thanks to a freak accident, a masked superhero. There’s just one problem: his stylish costume leaves him cold in winter months. Never fear: crafty superfans to the rescue!

(Also screens on Saturday, December 4 9PM)