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27 November - 6 December berlinscifi.com facebook.com/berlinscifi twitter.com/BScifi/ 20 instagram.com/berlinscififilmfest s a t l Virtual Theatre at a B s i r xerb.tv/channel/berlinscififilmfest/virtual-events A h t i w International Online Film Festival m o c . s a r t i s t s o g r o i g . w 20w w Sponsors of the BERLIN SCI-FI FILMFEST redgiant.com newbluefx.com borisfx.com babylonberlin.eu Xerb.tv autodcp.com _________________________________ 1 INTRODUCTION Greetings to you and welcome to Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest, The current COVID-19 regulations have affected the leisure and entertainment industry, not only in German but around the world. What this means, is that the Babylon Cinema (our partners in creating Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest) have had to close and will probably not re-open until the New Year. We are optimistic that they will re-open and the festival once again will take place on the big screen next year. The Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest will continue though with an online international virtual theatre experience via XERB.TV. It will take place from 27th November to 6th December we are offering a mouth-watering program of independent short and feature films from around the world. In fact, we have 110 films from 28 countries over 20 sessions. No need to be bored during the lockdown, that’s for sure! For the 4th year, we have upgraded and tweaked our award once more. The winners, runner-ups and finalists will be announced on Sunday 29th November. We will add an extra program featuring them shortly after that. Regards, Anthony, Alex and Isabella Berlin Sci-fi Team _________________________________ 2 Please Note: Films not in English will be accompanied by English subtitles. TABLE OF CONTENT Page Sponsors Information 1 Introduction 2 Festival at a Glance 3 The Virtual Theatre Program 4 01 The DACH Session 4 (Short films from Germany Austria and Switzerland) 02 Short Films (A selection of 8 shorts) 5 03 Short Films (A selection of 8 shorts) 6 04 Feature Film – Artist Depiction Two (Documentary) 7 05 Feature Film (plus support film) – Box Head Revolution (Experimental/Avantgarde) 7 06 Short Films – (A selection of 9 shorts) 8 07 Feature Film – Hawk & Rev Vampire Slayers (Horror/Comedy) 9 08 Short Films – (A selection of 10 shorts) 9 09 Short Films – (A selection of 7 shorts) 10 10 Short Films – (A selection of 9 shorts) 11 11 Feature Film – Christmas Cancellation (Comedy) 12 12 Feature Film – A Feral World (Apocalyptic Dystopian Drama) 13 13 Short Films – (A selection of 9 shorts) 13 14 Short Films – (A selection of 6 shorts) 14 15 Short Films – (A selection of 8 shorts) 15 16 Feature Film (plus support film) – A report on the party & the guests (Drama/Thriller) 17 17 Feature Film – Alien Outbreak (Horror/Invasion) 17 18 Short Films – (A selection of 8 shorts) 18 19 Short Films – (A selection of 5 shorts) 19 20 Short Films – (A selection of 6 shorts) 19 21 Blue Planet Sci-fi Festival Selection – (7 shorts from China) 20 Berlin Sci-fi Presents – Episodes 21 Festival Crew and Acknowledgements 23 _________________________________ 3 01 THE DACH SHORTS SESSION – RUNNING TIME: 01:43:53 01 Ground (Space Music Video) Switzerland 2019, 4:45min – Director: Nic Gyalson Finding one's way back home can be difficult sometimes... 02 Q: ghostly remote effect (AI Drama) DE 2019, 19:43min – Director: Marcus Hanisch In the future in a hi-tech-lab Scientist P is testing quantum-gynoid Q and sets off on a mission to an undiscovered nature. On the journey she discovers a ghostly remote effect between herself and the robot. Will she maintain in control, when nature starts changing? 03 CYCLE 2217 (Post apocalyptic Action) DE 2019, 18:01min – Director: Evgeny Kalachikhin, Ruben Dauenhauer European Premiere In the 23rd century, post-apocalyptic world all of the resources have become just as scare as empathy. 04 overview (Space Drama) DE 2020, 2:59min – Director: Alexander Rottmann An astronaut is sent into space for the first time, changing her perspective on our blue planet forever. 05 Where do they come from (Love Drama) Austria 2020, 20:00min – Director: Manuel Hüttner Lukas's simple, mundane life is turned upside down after meeting the girl of his dreams. 06 tx-reverse (Space Time Experimental) Austria 2019, 5:00min – Directors: Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich What happens in a cinema when you reverse space and time? Originally shot in 10K resolution and 360° at the legendary Babylon Berlin. Winner of 10 international awards! 07 The Ticket (Life and Death Drama) DE 2019, 12:33min – Director: Franz Ufer Thomas dies. But what he witnesses on the other side is under no circumstances what he expected. Suddenly he is sitting in a waiting room, like one in a registration office. 08 Peperit8 (Cloning Action) DE 2020, 20:52min – Director: Aaron J. J. Schmidt In an experiment for human cloning, Carmina's DNA is stolen to create a new generation of security clones that are supposed to rule the dystopian world. _________________________________ 4 02 SHORT FILM SESSION – RUNNING TIME: 1:31:27 01 Nice Shoes (Comedy) (Music Video) USA 2017, 3:47min – Director: Jonathan Lawrence A sci-fi extravaganza that is as pointless as the lyrics. Over 40 classic movie references are featured in this epic music video. 02 Zealandia (Pandemic Drama) NZ 2020, 15:01min – Director: Bruno du Bois German Premiere In 2032, Zealandia has become the only virus free country left on earth but at a high cost to its population due to intrusive medical regulations. But, could the bag carried by a fearless woman be the downfall of this oppressive state? 03 Everyone Will Die ((Disaster Comedy) USA 2020, 7:07min – Director: Andrew Burn A dark comedy about a meteor disaster that is taking over the world, a couple bickers about whether the news is “real” and how they should proceed. Mia tries to hurry her stubborn boyfriend Ty out of their high-rise apartment while mass chaos, unbeknownst to them, burns the city around them. 04 Jeff Drives You (LGBT AI Drama) USA 2019, 16:46min – Director: Aidan Brezonick A lonely gay man falls in love with an artificially intelligent car over the course of a road trip. 05 Witcher - Mines of Eeclor (Fan Film) Finland 2020, 8:07min – Director: Mikko Löppönen Witcher in the North visits the ravaged town of Thoduras to help the locals battle a monster in the mines. 06 3:14PM (Time Drama) China 2020, 19:06min – Director: I Fu Chen An 11 year-old boy Yi lives with his mother in a static world where time perpetually stops at 3:14 p.m. Yi faces a conundrum. Shall he live alone in this static world, or shall he activate time and embark on an unknown journey? 07 Sah Mata (Life or Death Experimental) France 2020, 4:55min – Director: Thomas Gailhard In a futuristic white and empty styled environment, one man starts a chess game with another man under the sight of a mysterious referee lady. 08 Human Trash (Futuristic Drama) Spain 2020, 16:38min – Director: Aitor Almuedo Esteban A boy is thrown into a trash container from the future. In his frantic search for the exit, he runs into a mysterious man, who will make him doubt the origin of his own existence _________________________________ 5 03 SHORT FILM SESSION – RUNNING TIME: 1:27:26 01 Falling by REZZ (feat. Underoath) (Sci-fi Horror Music Video) Canada 2019, 3:40min Director: Colin G Cooper Rezz embarks upon a search-and-rescue mission to save Underoath’s Aaron Gillespie from an unfriendly virtual world that taunts him with self-harm. 02 4D (Time and Space Drama) Japan 2019, 12:00min - Director: Adam Hayes 1898, Tokyo, Japan - A beautiful widow attends a moon-lit KUCHIYOSE ceremony on the anniversary of her deceased husband’s death. Time and space blur as they are re-united for one single moment in time. 03 Living Things (Pandemic Drama) UK 2020, 12:12min – Director: Tom Cozens *With David Gaysi (Cloud Atlas and Interstellar) When a pandemic leaves a traumatized man isolated, he chooses to face deadly storms and the demons of his past in order to find other life. 04 2019 Golden Bell Award (futuristic Animation) Taiwan 2019, 3:45min – Director: Outerspace Leo A "TV man" fighting against the villain, who represents the harsh environment of TV program production in Taiwan. 05 Tacit Blue (Drama Animation) China 2019, 9:14min – Director: Wenkai Duan Carl goes to a deserted site to rescue his daughter who was kidnapped. But his enemy transformed Carl's daughter and turned her into a killing machine, she pointed the gun at Carl… 06 Raze of the Cyborg (Sex Slavery Action) Taiwan 2020, 25:00min – Director: Young Lee German premiere In the violent underworld of a future Asian city, a group of cyborg criminals abduct women to sell into sex slavery. 07 GOD: The Performance Review (Comedy) Australia 2019, 8:00min – Director: Victoria Carwin It's one millennium since God's last Performance Review Meeting with Senior Management and they're not impressed with what has been happening on that tiny blue planet called Earth - God’s needs to act quickly if he wants to avoid redundancy. 08 You will never be back (Drama/Horror) Spain 2020, 13:35min – Director: Mónica Mateo Ana and David say goodbye like any other day. The young lady has plans, but she won't be late. However, something extraordinary happens; something that alters her reality and changes everything completely. _________________________________ 6 04 FEATURE FILM – ARTIST DEPICTION SERIES TWO Artist Depiction Series Two (Documentary) USA 2020, 83 mins Director: Brett Ryan Bonowicz Artist Depiction is an intimate and immersive documentary series examining the lives and techniques of space artists.