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Departure

Takayuki Yoshikawa, JAPAN
(5:11)

A story set in a world where God has departed and only religion remains. A lonely robot is left behind in a closed, deserted old building.

Caress

Misagh Bahraloloomian, IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
(1:42)

Are you alone? Just insert the coin!
Just insert the coin!

Hamelin 77

Javier Ideami, SPAIN
(16:46)

Lara, a school teacher, is interviewed at the Nawu corporation for the position of prompt engineer, which consists of using language to guide artificial intelligence systems. A catastrophic power failure during the interview will trigger an unexpected discovery that will reveal the delicate balance between humans and artificial intelligence systems.

THE SPRAYER

Farnoosh Abedi, IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
(8:45)

In the land occupied with the sprayers army, no one has the right to grow any kind of plants either in public or private.
So many of the people and soldiers do not even know how dose a plant grows or look like, until one day one of the soldiers finds a seed buried deep down in the dust and his curiosity is just the beginning of something extraordinary, something big, something revolutionary

BackSpace

Nick Trivundza, Lexie Trivundza. UNITED STATES
(7:08)

The search for black holes is a dangerous activity. Only those willing to venture deep into BackSpace survive. Adventurers, explorers, outlaws and anyone seeking fortune will kill, betray and face danger to find it. Hunter and Monkey track down a lost capsule that may hold the coordinates to a black hole.

99

Javier ideami, SPAIN
(8:12)

A girl tries to support her friend Lyz in relation to a mysterious message that Lyz has received. As events unfold, she finds out that things are not always what they seen

Doll+: Body Transmigration in its Ideal Fantasy

Ran Zhou, UNITED STATES
(13:22)

In a posthuman world, a Chinese factory meticulously manufactures the ideal figure from vibrant orange-yellow plastic. Genderless and biologically unbound, this entity exists in a virtual realm where notions of illness, death and beauty are rendered utterly absurd. Through the surreal spectacle of plastic dolls spinning in the sky to electronic music, the film reflects on capitalism, virtual existence and the very essence of the human body.

limbo

gokce erenmemisoglu, TURKEY
(1:27)

Limbo is a short film that is a part of a project by the director. It involves both photography and film. The project tries to make critic of modern humanity and relationships, how senseless we have become by using toy body parts and plastic dolls.

SKINS

Argentino argentinox Mazzarulli, ITALY
(6:16)

With the 3D animation, this short film try to explain the concept of race, diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of society because the universe has only one border… it is called humanity.

CONSCIOUSNESS

Ciro Ayala, UNITED STATES
(5:00)

A sci-fi art-film about the birth and dangers of a new kind of consciousness: Artificial Intelligence.

Sad Machines

Paola Michaels, ARGENTINA
(9:36)

Different types of robots and machines engage in existentialist dialogues. They complain. They question their sense of being, their sense of belonging to the environment they inhabit. They question their choices, their capabilities. They talk about fate and chance. The ontology of machines. The machines are sad.

Dear Humans

Joo Peter, INDONESIA
(5:00)

Dear Humans
Singularity is knocking at the door.
In this satirical dystopian short film, AI in human form reveals itself with haunting words. The speaker seems completely lifelike human and yet, like the following 10 speakers, is completely artificial. Or is a real actor, the author underneath one of the characters?

Short film 5 min, directed by Joo Peter, written by ChatGPT and Joo Peter, characters and voice by Synthesia and the author.

Dear Ada

Jose Daniel Garcia Bermejo, SPAIN
(13:00)

Ana is a bit naughty and can’t focus on class, ehich is driving he mom kind of mad. An unspected frind will change her way of seeing the world.

John DeMena – Eternal Eyes (Music Video)

Ishan Shukla, UNITED STATES
(5:05)

Outer space, dystopia, love, and captivating graphics intertwine in this hypnotic animated story where the main character, struggling to cope with modern society, seeks an escape from this world unsuspecting what he will truly discover.

Erden

Celina Schmidt, GERMANY
(14:40)

When the Earth is about to end, Raya and Kaii are planning to move to an exoplanet together. 100 years later, an android ghost drifts through space, remembering their past love.