A Date in 2025: sci-fi romantic comedy short on human-technology interactions
Ryan Turner, “A Date in 2025” (2017) Goofy teenage romantic comedy about a socially awkward
After Her: missing-girl parody that leads to a personal transformation
Aly Migliori, “After Her” (2018) A young man, Callum (Christopher Dylan White), goes in search
Apocalypse Now Now: where superstition and technology create monsters in a post-apocalyptic urban dystopia
Michael Mathews, “Apocalypse Now Now” (2017) Made as a proof-of-concept film on which a television
British Films | North American Films
Invaders: a whimsical Christmas SF film provides some sobering food for thought about human social needs
Daniel Prince, “Invaders” (2018) Playing as a homage and parody of the 1980s film “Batteries
Sorry We Missed You: a social realist docudrama that feels not a little exploitative itself
Ken Loach, “Sorry We Missed You” (2019) He may be well into his 80s but
Regulation: character study of how a police state controls citizens through small decisions and actions
Ryan Patch, “Regulation” (2019) Set in the not-too distant future, in perhaps a post-industrial /
The Good Liar: a story of identity, reinvention and revenge shafted by a superficial script
Bill Condon, “The Good Liar” (2019) Getting two giants of British stage and film proved
Arabic-language Films | Middle Eastern Films
Profiles in Courage: ENN Middle East reporter Gertrude Bellinger – parodying Western MSM disinformation on Middle East affairs
Pavel Serezhkin, “Profiles in Courage: ENN Middle East reporter Gertrude Bellinger” (2019) Written and produced
Knives Out: superficial examination of class and privilege in crime comedy whodunnit
Rian Johnson, “Knives Out” (2019) At times playing like a spoof of the classic whodunnit
Hybrids: a hybrid short film of too many cliches and stereotypes
Patrick Kalyn, “Hybrids” (2013) This sci-fi live action short seems to have been made as