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 /
Tag: Science Fiction Films
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
The Kid: minimalist proof-of-concept short that raises intriguing questions about its themes and issues
Nicholas Wenger, “The Kid” (2018) “The Kid” is a six-minute proof-of-concept film made to demonstrate
Arabic-language Films | North American Films
Seam: an action thriller SF allegory of societies under siege from government and global oppression
Elan Dassani, Rajeev Dassani, “Seam” (2017) An excellent little film that could serve as a
Custom Order: a thin plot and equally thin characters in a story on commodifying identity
Will Lowell, “Custom Order” (2017) Looks like I hit a dud sci-fi short for once
Australian and New Zealand Films
Colony: a stereotyped sci-fi horror treatment of colonisation and possession
Catherine Bonny, “Colony” (2018) Partly informed by the history of early European settlement in Australia,
They Watch: a dystopian sci-fi film of the oppressed being used to oppress others
Andre LeBlanc, “They Watch” (2016) In the near future, a mother and her teenage son
Orbit: adaptation of famous Edgar Allan Poe story enquires into the fragility of identity
Nicholas Camp, Don Thiel III, “Orbit” (2019) A clever re-telling of the classic Edgar Allan
Clean Cut: short whimsical sci-fi black comedy of an unlikely serial killer in the making
Andrew Hunt, “Clean Cut” (2015) From DUST, an online channel specialising in screening science fiction
French and French-language Films
Protocole Sandwich: a likeable and subversive commentary on conformism, hysteria and denial in Western society
Valerie Bousquie, Josephine Meis, Antoine Vignon, Benjamin Warnitz, “Protocole Sandwich” (2019) This very likeable and