Official Selections: 5th LA Sci-Fi Film Festivals
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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A Safe Place
West Coast Premiere
Short
Alain lives locked up in a large house with his husband, Raphael. They were about to renovate the place and turn it into a bed and breakfast. A new virus, still unknown, poisoning the air, stops them in their dream. Alain is now obsessed with the idea of protecting Raphael, but the latter is suffocating : for him the house is more unhealthy that the outside world, as if haunted.
Director: Nicolas Lincy
Producer: Nathan Jactel and Baptiste Gourvennec
Writer: Nicolas Lincy and Illan Reille
Cast: Pierre Léon, Pascal Cervo, Maïe Degove
Editor: Raphaël Goldszal
Dark Cell
Short
In a space prison, two inmates are startled by the sudden intrusion of armed, terrified guards, warning of an infestation of monstrous creatures.
The proposed escape to Earth via their cell is thwarted by a capacity limit of two passengers, prompting a dire survival dilemma.
As time dwindles, they must choose who will live.
Director: Jean-Michel Tari
Producer: Jean-Michel Tari
Writer: Jean-Michel Tari
Cast: Alain Figlarz, Juliette Tresanini, Jonathan Pineau Bonetti, Eric Debrosse, Pol White
Editor: Jean-Michel Tari
First sci-fi short in the world using 3D printers to create the entire movie set, props, weapons and hard part of the costumes.
Instagram: @darkcell_movie
Facebook: fb.com/DarkCellSF/
Gibberish
Los Angeles Premiere
Music Video
Tune in... and watch the skies. In this science-fiction music video, a lonely radio operator finds that her quest for connection is about to come true -- and be out of this world.
Director: Alexander McKee
Producer: Alexander McKee
Cast: Bridgette Garb
Editor: Alexander McKee
Music by / Artist: Lucjo
Instagram: @dawnchasermediaofficial
MOTHERSHIP "The Awakening"
West Coast Premiere
Short
An intergalactic being wakes up on a barren planet with no memory of who he is or where he comes from.
“The Awakening” is a short excerpt from the animated miniseries MOTHERSHIP, currently in development at the Nathan Love animation studio in New York.
Director: Joe Burrascano
Producer: Allison Robinson
Writers: Joe Burrascano & Tim Probert
Instagram: @mothership_meta
COSMOS MELANCOLIA
Short
Director: Alexandra Leroux et Damien de Medeiros
Producer:Alexandra Leroux et Damien de Medeiros
Writer: Alexandra Leroux et Damien de Medeiros
Cast: Pia Bender, Elliot Chazal, Albert de Coster, Roman Kané
Editor:Alexandra Leroux
Music : Damien de Medeiros
Cinematography: Martin de Chabaneix
- LOS ANGELES FILM AWARD (Winner Best Director, Honorable mention Narrative short, Honorable mention Score)
- LONDON INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS (winner Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Short film)
- SWEDEN FILM AWARD (Winner Best Sci Fi film)
- ALTFF ( TORONTO) : Winner Best cinematography
SELECTIONS:
- LOS ANGELES SCI FI FILM FEST
- ARFF BERLIN
- ARFF PARIS
- BARCIFF (BARCELONE)
- TINFF (TORONTO)
- NNFF (ISRAEL)
- TIFF (TIRANA)
- MKIFF (MILTON KEYNES / UK)
Instagram: @beauchateaufilms
Death Valley
World Premiere
Short Film
A photographer searching for wildlife in the bleak California desert makes a dangerous discovery.
Director: Jared Masten
Producer: Terrence Holtz
Writer: Jared Masten
Director of Photography: Christopher Watkins
Cast: Anthony Ginzburg, Cole Ewing, Yessin Chouaib, Melanie Silva
Editor: Jared Masten
VFX: Michael Stine
Instagram: @death_valley_official
If Birds Fly
Short
Old daredevils don’t die… they go supernova.
If Birds Fly is a puppet fantasia about an aging daredevil who struggles to find value in his bright and brutal career as he prepares to attempt his most daring jump.
Director: Jack Pullman
Producer: Viktoria Winge (Main Producer), Sam Koji Hale (Associate Producer) - Ibex Puppetry, Heather Henson (Executive Producer and finance), Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams, Hartsville Productions (Finance)
Writer: Jack Pullman and Viktoria Winge
Editor and Cinematographer : Alex U. Griffin
Cast/Puppeteers: Emory Royston, Leah Olbrich, McCristol Harris III, Taylor Bibat, Alex U. Griffin
- Phoenix Film Festival ( U.S 2023)
- Flickers' Rhode International Film Festival (Canada 2023
- Sci-On! (U.S Nevada 2023) (Artistic Excellence Award)
- Reel Puppet Film Festival ( U.S. 2023)
- First Contact. ( U.S 2023) (AWARD: Best ANIMATED FILM )
- Luleå International Film Festival ( Sweden 2023) ( AWARD: Best Animated Film and Covid Special)
- Fargo Fantastic Film Festival (U.S. 2023)
- Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival (U.S. NY. 2023)
Instagram: @ifbirdsflythemovie
Facebook: fb.com/HandmadePuppetDreams
Producer: fb.com/viktoria.winge
Director: fb.com/jack.pullman.7