Sci-Fi-London: Authorised Realities Only
Sci-Fi-London: Authorised Realities Only - Shorts Programme 6 Step into a world where dystopia is not a destination, but a condition of existence. Here, speculative futures and altered presents become lenses through which to examine our fractured reality. From the ruins of civilisation to eerily familiar techno-utopias gone awry, each film in Authorised Realities Only offers a distinct vision of what happens when systems fail, identities fragment, and technology rewrites the rules of being. FEATURING: FISH | dir. Bishrel Mashbat | 6 min | United States An obscenely wealthy couple's night out, at an elite and very eccentric restaurant shows that money can buy anything. DO BANGLADROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC TAGORE? | dir. Aleem Hossain | 3 min | United States In the year 2065, a Bangladeshi-American documentarian explores what the Bangladroids recall of their homeland. DISSOCIATION | dir. Hugo Livet | 5 min | France In a world devoid of humans, ordinary objects come alive, borrowing the forces of nature to transcend their static existence. FACTORY DROP | dir. Petja Pulkrabek | 15 min | Germany In the year 2118, a gigantic skyscraper called the Factory rises above the ruins of the old world. In the lower floors, forced labourers toil tirelessly to produce diamonds. KINTSUGI ANGEL | dir. Lukas Huffman | 10 min | United States Filmmaker Lukas Huffman crafts a haunting visual poem featuring the wearable sculptures of Erika Senft Miller. PROJECT AETERNA | dir. Dennis Sungmin Kim | 16 min | Korea, Republic of Humanity’s enduring desire for eternity in a world that relentlessly pursues technological progress at all costs. THE GENERATORS | dir. Georgie Cowan-Turner | 13 min | Ireland Oscar and his ailing husband struggle with a medical system where energy credits are the new currency. THE POWER OF INK | dir. Karen Elaine Lutz | 7 min | United States When society divides into sectors and drones are everywhere, who can you really trust? WILBERT WIRE | dir. Ricky Townsend | 13 min | New Zealand You would expect a robot to be many things, but perhaps not a student at your local art school.