Best of THRILLER/SCI-FI shorts festival
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Independent, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short Films, Thriller
SWEET DREAMS, 34min., USA
Directed by Gary Alvarez
Set in the near future when most people can no longer dream, "Sweet Dreams" follows the story of Esperanza, a young woman who's excited to be a mom for the first time. Weeks before the baby is due, her partner Kiké goes missing. As she searches for him and her savings dwindle, she comes across an opportunity to make some quick money: surrogate dreaming, a new technological advancement which allows her to sell the dreams of her unborn child through a dreamcatcher clinic. After a trial run, Esperanza begins to suspect that the clinic is somehow connected to Kiké's disappearance.
https://www.instagram.com/sweetdreams_film/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sweet-dreams
DESERT INN, 8min., USA
Directed by Yuanhao Zhang
Arthur, a primitive anti-electronics hillbilly, must confront Jim, the young electronics-enthusiast receptionist at a smart-device hotel in the desert, in order to find a room for the night and defend his traditional way of doing things.
https://www.instagram.com/desertinn_shortfilm/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-desert-inn
Triggered 2.0, 22min,. USA
Directed by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez, Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm
A diabolical madman known as The Director 2.0, with a vendetta against Wolverine, plots a way to take his powers and use him as a distraction as he enacts his ultimate means of destroying all superpowered beings, by pitting him against his one ally, Blade, in a fight to the death. Lucas Bishop must find a way to break free of his control so he can save his friends and the rest of humanity.
https://instagram.com/triggeredfanfilm
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-triggered-2-0
Tendon, 13min,. USA
Directed by Jannik Ehret
Recovering addict Rene sees a creature poison the city's water supply and has to convince his skeptical sister and her no-nonsense boyfriend to stay away from the tap water.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-tendon
Scorekeeper: A Star Wars Fan Film, 16min., USA
Directed by Roman Santa Croce
An Elite Rebel Team infiltrates an Imperial outpost on a mission of securing an asset that has vital information. Unbeknownst to them, they are not the only ones on the hunt.
https://www.instagram.com/creativeforcefilms/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-scorekeeper-a-star-wars-fan-film
LEFT, 15min., Egypt
Directed by Seif Abdel Raouf
"Loay," a young man invites his friend "Oday" over to help him move into a new house. As "Oday" finishes bringing in boxes, "Loay" asks him for one last favor: to take a specific box upstairs while warning him to avoid the mysterious room on the left. Curiosity gets the better of "Oday", and he enters the forbidden room, initially finding it ordinary. However, he soon hears unsettling knocking from the room bathroom and discovers that each time he closes the door, the knocking resumes.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-left