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
Tag: Science Fiction Films
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
French and French-language Films
In Orbit: a distinctive visual style in telling a rough story about survivor guilt
Soham Chakraborty, Hanxu Chen, M Joffily, Justin Polley, Julie Trouve, “In Orbit” (2019) Similar to
Perfectly Natural: science fiction horror film about demonic possession of the for-profit corporate kind
Victor Alonso-Berbel, “Perfectly Natural” (2018) No aliens, monsters, paranormal events or denizens of Hell or
French and French-language Films
Best Friend: a short comment on loneliness, addiction and substituting virtual reality for the real thing
Nicholas Olivieri, Shen Yi, Juliana De Lucca, Varun Nair, David Feliu, “Best Friend” (2019) In