Annie, a horror short film in which the terrible ones are the humans, wins the IV edition of the ROS Film Festival. Annie is a girl who wakes up in the middle of an abandoned quarry without knowing how or why she got there. As she gets to her feet, she begins to understand her complicated situation. Tied to a post by a metal chain, Annie is unable to escape. As the hours pass, her [...]
Workshops for children 12:30 h. Short films screening 18:30 h. The jury's decision Talk by Jordi Ojeda 20:30 h. ELECTROJORÓBATE with Raquel Sastre 21:30 h. LAS CIGARRERAS, Alicante Get your tickets> Smart You Fabian Mosele, ITALY (8:42) Smart You, your automated self, is the latest technology that will make your life easier. Seemingly joyful advertisements, Smart You unveils the dangers and limitations of AI through [...]
CREW OF THE FUTURE Short Films screening 18:00 h. Panel discussion moderated by Gabriela Martí (Rizoma Festival)) 19:00 h. Concert HOLA TIERRA (Antonio Arias) 21:30 h. LAS CIGARRERAS , ALICANTE Get your tickets> The Call Khuruts Begoña, SPAIN (12:22) Based on a story by Ray Bradbury. A new planet has been discovered in 2019. Habitable, if not for its unbreathable atmosphere. In 2020, the Basque Space [...]
DEGREES OF FREEDOM Panel discussion moderated by Lorena Sánchez (QUO Magazine) 19:00 h. SHORT FILMS SCREENING 20:30 h. LAS CIGARRERAS , ALICANTE Get your tickets> SPELL Philippe Safire, USA (6:42) SPELL. A Digital Age Tragedy. Our story takes place in Digital City, a socially and technologically advanced society. People enjoy access to vast freedoms and rapid economic growth. That is, until a woman reports a [...]
Short Films Screening Robots: Love, sex and slavery? Further discussion with Lydia Na Viva la Pepa, Alicante 21:00 h. Get your tickets> Chinese Frankenstein TSE Tin Chak Jevon, HONG KONG (26:25) Our Chinese Frankenstein -- Doctor Frank, can’t stand the loneliness after his ex-girlfriend Shan left him. He then invents a robot that looks exactly the same as his Shan, named “T01”. To make T01 [...]
Screening of CYBERPUNK category 8 y 1/2, Alicante 18:30h. PACK 1 20:30h. PACK 2 CYBERPUNK SHORT FILMS Pack 1 A.D.A.M. Pablo Roldan, CHILE (17:00) In the not too distant future, in the Republic of Chile, the young detective Joyce Nova fulfills her functions in a thin horizon between law, morality and her particular vision of justice: after having suffered a horrendous crime firsthand. and [...]
Screening of Real ROBOTS Category LAS CIGARRERAS, Alicante 19:30h Get your free ticket here Next: SISTEMATURGIA VARIÉTÉS Performance of MARCEL·LÍ ANTÚNEZ Founder of La Fura dels Baus Tickets 8€ : entradium.com/events/sistematurgia-varietes REAL ROBOTS SHORT FILMS DIY Political Machines: Circular to Linear Motion Jennie E. Park, USA (5:11) Three kinetic sculptures explore relationships between circularity/co-opting/recycling and linearity/polarization/binariness, and how personal agency or positionality intersects with these linked mechanics. [...]
Launch party with DJ Priest and Lorena Sánchez (QUO Magazine) Screening of competing music videos SÖDA BAR C/ Medico Pascual Pérez, 8. ALICANTE 21:30 h. MUSIC VIDEOS Front Line Assembly: Arbeit Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen, CANADA (3:55) In a not-so-distant future, an ordinary working man wakes up from a daze and realizes something is wrong. The Terror Adaptors - 'Blast Off!' [...]
Further discussion with Ricardo Domínguez, director of ROS Film Festival. FAHRENHEIT 451 Café y Libros C/ Elda, 18. ALICANTE 19:00 h. 1st EDITION WINNER P9-13 Henry Prince, USA (7:16) A sci-fi short film that weaves fiction into reality and grapples with the ethics of narrowing the boundary between man and machine. Inspired by the real work of neuroscientists and cyberneticists, P9-13 takes viewers on a journey to [...]
Escapes into the future, metaverses, shadow machines, androids made of skin, slaves, rebels... The first selection of short films of the fourth edition of the ROS Film Festival 2021 is a real rush. Here we show four trailers that give you an idea of the high level of the short films that have been submitted to the contest. 4232 The last hope for freedom In a great metropolis covered by a [...]
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