Please and Thank You
Science Fiction, 11m, United States
When an AI apocalypse begins, a virtual assistant risks everything to save her well-meaning user for one simple reason: he’s polite to technology.
Dir/Writ: Hal Kirkland, Prod: Taylor Björn Bro, Tony Cavalero
The City of Silence
Animation, 8m, France
In a world where breaking the silence will get you killed, Ethan will discover the healing power of music.
Dir: Marie Cornemillot, Manon Finet, Alexia Garde, Maïlys Girouard, Manon Laporte, Salomé Pereira, Milo-Clément Philipp, Margaux Plassard, Emma Stassi & Flavie Vericel.
La Anciana y la Eternidad (The Old Lady and the Eternity)
Mockumentary, 12m, Spain
An 86-year-old woman, refuses to be uploaded to a digital afterlife, facing the consequences of defying the authoritarian regime.
Dir/Writ/Prod: Marc Martínez Jordán, Prod: Tuixén Benet Cosculluela
おか (Okage)
AI, 5m, Japan
A robot dog sets out on a journey to Ise Jingu Shrine, relying on strangers to recharge its battery along the way. Note: This is an AI film presented in the context of a dystopian sci-fi collection.
Dir/Writ/Prod: Daiz Keikaku
Pinball, Brooklyn
Science Fiction, 13m, United States
On the eve of his wedding, Esteban wanders into a bar and finds an old friend: a pinball machine quietly retrofitted with an AI memory system.
Dir/Writ: Geoff Sean Levy, Prod: Ian Kaplan, Sami Sheppard, Katherine Lillian Croft, Michael Kuna, Ali Webb, Carlos Flores, Denisse Jimenez
Ultra Juice
Comedy, 4m, United States
A lonely man finds friendship in an unexpected place: his new vape.
Dir/Writ/Prod: Carl Conway Maguire, Prod: Lizz Astor, Norman Magnuson
We Were Here
Comedy, 11m, India
In a crumbling Indian town, three retired men protest machines replacing human jobs by pretending to be household appliances.
Dir/Writ: Pranav Bhasin, Prod: Yash Gonsai