SCREENINGS AT 19:30

ARNICHES THEATRE, ALICANTE

FREE ENTRANCE UNTIL FULL CAPACITY IS REACHED

 

Eva. Connected Through Time (ep. 1_The Hairpin)

Anton Outkine, Nata Pokrovskaya. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
(4:39)

Eva, an android from the distant future, arrives in present day to meet Dima, a young scientist and her original inventor. Together they will save humanity from a man-made anomaly.

Steelheaven

Chiao Chang, UNITED STATES
(9:09)

“Steelheaven” is a collaborative, 9-minute, 3D-animated short film, powered by Unreal Engine 5. The story is based on a robot fighting against her destiny, trying to escape from her society, ending with a paradox: will her life be saved by sacrificing it?

Beyond

Jhonathan Barrera, SWITZERLAND
(1:00)

“Beyond” is an animated micro short film presented as a fake ad for the metaverse. The film opens with an avatar standing in front of a gate, reminiscent of a biblical scene. The woman pitches the metaverse as an utopia, where all your desires can be fulfilled and there are no consequences to your actions. The short is heavily satirical and critical of today’s society, where big corporations evangelize people.

Joselito

Marta Jiménez Revuelta, SPAIN
(9:00)

Joselito’s wife collects damaged appliances from her neighbors so that her husband can fix them. In his house, he hides a great secret

Toy

Natasha Smyrnaiou, GREECE
(11:00)

New Years Eve. Nikos is looking for a New Year’s gift for his godchild in a toy store with a strange salesman. During his stay there, he evoked memories of his own childhood. He finally gets a toy, but not what he thinks..

Ambient Piano No. 1

Myk Eff, CANADA
(5:32)

An exploration of the idea of a musical composition being its own kind of world– in this case, a piano world.

Can you decide

Lu Pulici, ITALY
(4:55)

This is the official music video of the track ‘Can You Decide’ written by the Manchester (UK) singer song writer, Jon Kenzie. The video tells a story of a lonely robot musician who is struggling between the desire to travel and play music throughout the galaxy or go back home to be with the one he loves. This short film has been a global collaboration, co-produced by Italian film company 22S Productions and the Spanish puppet company, Trukitrek. All the puppets and scenery have been recycled and skillfully crafted from waste materials.

CIRCVS MAXIMVS

Maxime Chudeau, UNITED STATES
(2:43)

A simulated city crowd lives in total ignorance of their condition, until their creator suddenly manifests itself…

Brief History of Consciousness in the Simulation

Vanessa Rosa, BRAZIL
(2:30)

In a distant future, intelligence and life keeps evolving in the Solar System and eventually humans are not recognizable any longer. However, life as we know it continues to exist in a simulation, the ‘Human Memorial’

Lo-tech reality

Guillermo Garcia Lopez, SPAIN
(8:00)

Against the post-industrial landscape of Detroit, visitors arrive from the sky in search of knowledge. They find nothing but traces of civilization, and a coded transmission between the images and sounds of the city.

In too deep

Chris Overton, UNITED KINGDOM
(16:00)

Mourning the death of his young daughter, a grieving father goes to extreme measures, using A.I technology to relive their fondest memories. A story with an ominous warning to society.

Starring Academy Award® Winner Rachel Shenton and Olivier Award Nominee Stephen Wight.

Stare – Impérieux

Nikola Radulovikj, BULGARIA
(3:37)

Music video for the track Stare by Impérieux.

Collaboration project between Nikola Radulovikj (nikolarr.com) and Sofia Records.

KAJO | REM Koolhaus

Evelyn Lee, UNITED STATES
(4:12)

Official music video by Kajo performing REM Koolhaus. © 2022 Elysium Recordings LLC/Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings Inc. (BobbyBoy Records)

Ciberdanz

Danny de León, CUBA
(14:47)

Three young people wake up in a digital universe with no idea how they got there, in the search for answers they meet Celax, an egocentric and powerful character who proposes to guide them to the exit, but only on the condition that they are able to defeat him in a strange and absurd dance duel, thus beginning an exciting adventure in an unknown and hostile world that forces them to exploit their choreographic potential beyond the limit to try to escape unscathed.

Primacy

Jos Man, SPAIN
(19:47)

Robert Preston and Julia Desmond struggle against Arion’s logic, the Artificial Intelligence in charge of the most advance military computer system, developed to help them achieve their targets following the most efficient way.