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In 2019, the BALTICON Short Film Festival (BSFF) will take place on Sunday evening at 7:30pm. We will thrill festival attendees with independently produced short films from around the region and across the globe. BSFF features live action and animated films in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror from some of the best independent filmmakers this side of the Crab Nebula.
Each year Balticon searches for the best short films in the science fiction, fantasy and horror categories. This year we attracted a record 297 entries and from these selected to present 17 such films. |
Members of Balticon will vote on their favoring films, and the winning entries will be awarded a Balticon Film Festival certificate for best in show in the animation, science fiction, and horror categories.
| No. | Title | Director/producer | Country of origin and date | Language (If not English, then subtitled) | Length | Comments |
| Doors Open – 7:15pm | ||||||
| Session 1 – 7:30pm until 9:30pm | ||||||
| 1 | No caminho da escola (On the way to school ) | Rosaria Moreira | Brazil – 2017 | Portuguese | 9:18 | By 90 elementary school students – animation |
| 2 | Bad Timing | Clifford Lowe | US – 2019 | English | 19:04 | Time travel |
| 3 | Exit | Jose Luis Velazquez Menendez | Spain – 2016 | Spanish | 14:51 | Who is the mysterious woman? |
| 4 | Gryphon Animo | Matthew Maloney | US – 2018 | No voice | 10:32 | Feather of a gryphon is needed – animation |
| 5 | Marta | Juan Fco. Andres | Spain – 2017 | Spanish | 12:34 | Life in the future |
| 6 | Greta | Dani Calavera | Spain – 2019 | Spanish | 5:05 | Based on true events |
| 7 | El Despues (Afterwards) | Leandro Vallejo | Argentina – 2017 | Spanish | 12:48 | Time travel mystery |
| 8 | Sputnik | Vincente Bonet | Spain – 2017 | English/Russian | 20:00 | Early space travel saga |
| Intermission | 15 minutes | |||||
| Session 2 – 9:45pm to 11:30pm |
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| 9 | Widdershins | Simon P. Biggs | UK – 2018 | English | 11:16 | Life is an immaculately crafted watch, until … – Animation |
| 10 | Extraterrestres (Aliens) | Simon Fariza | Spain – 2016 | Spanish | 5:32 | Off to Ganymede |
| 11 | Your Last Day on Earth | Marc Martinez Jordan | Spain – 2018 | Spanish | 14:15 | Time travel tours |
| 12 | El Origen | Jose Antonio Campos Aguilera | Spain – 2018 | Spanish | 10:02 | Life in the future |
| 13 | Psychic Sue | Dave Lojek | Ireland – 2014 | English | 12:48 | Life of a psychic |
| 14 | Dark Spectre II | Bruce Nachsin | US – 2018 | English | 9:17 | Superhero crime fighter |
| 15 | Celda Dual (Dual Cell) | Ignacio Malagon Del Rio | Spain – 2019 | Spanish | 14:24 | Dangers of video games |
| 16 | Loot | Pablo Medina | Spain – 2018 | Spanish | 12:15 | What if real life was like a video game |
| 17 | Normal | Paco Caballer | Spain – 2018 | Spanish | 9:36 | Time travel tours |