2010 Short Films: Con Block: Electronic Frontiers

2095

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Written/Directed by Troy Romeo; Produced by Julia Stemock

Westly Ferris is in love with his co-worker, Shannon, but she barely knows he’s alive. When he builds up enough courage to ask her out, he fails miserably.

But that night Shannon contacts Westly on the internet and offers him the opportunity to get to know her better online, beginning an online romance. Yet during the day, Shannon feels they need to hides their relationship from the always prying eyes of the corporation. But the corporation might know more than either of them thinks, and in a world of computers nothing is as it seems.

24 min

Attackazoids!

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Written/Directed, by Brian Lonano; Produced by Erin Horsey

After escaping an onslaught of giant killer robots, one woman seeks refuge and comfort from a mysterious old man on a ghostly street in a world that isn’t what it seems. “Attackazoids!” is a science fiction nightmare combining live action, stop motion animation and bizarre sound to create a unique and haunting vision of an alien invasion.

6 min

Mnemosyne Rising

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Written/Directed by Miguel Alvarez; Produced by Soham Mehta

A solitary deep-space transmitter pilot begins to experience unusual flashbacks when he learns he’s being sent back to Earth.

20 min

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Shocking, Bloody Robot News!

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Written/Directed/Produced by Mike Fisher

Using 2D animation, 3D animation, video and motion-comic technique, SBRN! takes a fun look at the fact that robots will soon kill us all.

5 min

Singularity

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Written/Director by Stephen Griffin; Produced by Clay Hassler

In the year 2029, Simon Fischer approaches what scientists call ‘the Singularity’– the merging of human and artificial intelligence. In order to accomplish this, Simon has compiled a computer database of memories that he has been sequentially extracting from his own brain, and transferring them into Nomad, a highly intelligent and eerily human android.

6 min

Strike

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Written/Directed by Jonas Klinkenbijl; Produced by Jonas Klinkenbijl, Floris van der Weijden

Pete Oldman enjoys his life in retirement. He likes to smoke his cigar, to drink his cognac and he loves his goldfish. When his apartment gets outfitted with a high-tech surveillance system to check upon its residents, Pete’s life takes a turn for the worse. All his guilty pleasures seem to be prohibited and with each transgression a mysterious progress bar is updated with a Strike. After a showdown Pete is subdued into cooperation with the new system. The camera decides he will not get away that easily and takes matters into its own hands.

12 min

Window Pains

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Written, Directed, Produced by Paul Allen Tillery IV

When a man struggles to fix his computer, the effort sends him down a spiral of frustration and rage. He faces error messages, customer service lines, and the limits of human patience. Ultimately the man must face the truth: in the world of computing technology, nothing works, and nobody cares. When you’re on hold, no one can hear you scream.

5 min