Short Film Presentations

Displaced by World War II, a troop of Polish soldiers find an inseparable bond with an orphaned brown bear they name Wojtek.

A music video for the Shipmate’s Music song, Bear Portrait.

When a conductor of the stars tries to enforce order, an innovative star leads him to discover the beauty of creativity within structure.

A Starship Crew with a fondness for Musical Theatre is in danger.

An aging actor (Patrick Bergin) in hospice reflecting on his favorite role of Starship Captain meets a 9 year old cancer patient who is a faithful fan.

Set in a small town in the future, a military robot is transformed into a human service robot Tom. But the war is still coming, and the robot Tom must make a choice.

A quirky set of safety guidelines for encountering time-traveling infiltrators in your workplace, presented by the Organization for Time Travel Oversight.

The first human landing on Mars does not go as expected

Months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a series of unidentified aircraft sightings over Los Angeles lead a determined journalist to reluctantly pair up with a Japanese American photographer to prevent another attack.

A scientist working alone finds herself in a situation...something is not right...

A love story in a world where a person can stay in many places at the same time thanks to a new invention of a robot-doppeller.

In a Dystopian Earth 600 years in the future a lone Sleeper awakens to a now unpopulated earth and with the help of the last working orbital AI satellite...

A mystery begins in a young woman's garden; something is alive and running amuck.

A failing actress is haunted by a silent double that seems intent on taking her place—forcing her to confront what it means to be seen, remembered, or erased.

Tony and Linda are struggling to grow their family. When Tony is forced to face his fertility issues, he turns to a mysterious oyster dealer.

Lucie and Jean-Michel grapple with an existential crisis and a computer crash. In this dark comedy blending poetry and artificial intelligence, they search for meaning.

The year is 2194. Transfers between the digital and physical worlds are routine. In specialized facilities, bodies are cultivated for artificial intelligences seeking human form. At one such facility, an officer from the Department of Embodiments arrives to speak with a being completing its transformation.

Upon learning that the supposedly extinct dodo bird might still exist, ornithology professor Paula Linberl sets out on a cross-country expedition to unravel the mystery.

"Snow Bear" Hand drawn animation. (This film will not be shown in the Film Festival.)