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We are committed to presenting short films as part of our festival line-up. Each year we put a call out for short film submissions and each year we receive hundreds of amazing stories from around the world. It is always very difficult to choose amongst them but we have brought together a great, eclectic mix of fantastic film for this year’s screenings.

Funny, odd, thought-provoking and brilliant, don’t miss the best in international short
film-making in this year's selection.

SCREENINGS
THU 27 APRIL, 9.30PM
SAT 29 APRIL, 2.15PM
SUN 30 APRIL, 12.30PM


All these films are also screening in the Apollo West End bar in our
FREE MINI-CINE

You can also catch selected short films with feature presentations at the festival - remember to pick up a voting form and tell us your favourite - the SCI-FI-LONDON AUDIENCE AWARDS 2006 are presented
by ROGUE TROOPER

 
AEDENA
(2005, Dir. Ben Alia, France, 5mins)

Is this the story of Adam and Eve? Lush and beautifully shot, this is the second movie we have screened by Ben Alia.

In 2002 we screened the excellent AVATARS.
ANOMALY
(2005, Dir. Matt Wildash, UK, 11mins)

As the Alliance Starship QUIXOTE returns home following a routine mission, it receives a mysterious and sinister transmission from a nearby planet believed to uninhabited...

COST OF LIVING
(2005, Dir. Jonathan Joffe, Canada, 10mins)

What would you pay to live forever? Starring William B. Davis (Cigarette Smoking Man, 'X-Files').

 

DOLL No: 639 (A 639. BABA )
(2005, Dir. Andras Desi, Hungary, 15mins)

A lonely man lives in his cosy apartment. He enjoys life but a strange incident derails the routine.

The story is set in a the future that could be the past.
ESC
(2005, Dir. Justin Henton, Canada, 4mins)

A 3D computer model comes to life and after an unknown error in the program gets into an action packed adventure across the computer desktop...

where do you want to go today?
GODSPEED WAYNE HARLOW
(2005, Dir. David Ellinor, UK, 2mins)

An Englishman decides to fund his own space program in a vain attempt to launch a slug into space.

If the slug doesn't do it for Britain – who will?
HOME DELIVERY
(2005, Dir. Elio Quiroga, Spain, 10mins)

A joyous tale of revenge in this animated zombie-comedy.

Based on a short story by Stephen King
L'AMOUR EST
(2005, Dir. Adam Comiskey, UK, 4mins)

Refusing to accept their relationship is over, the good doctor begins an experiment to discover how much Alice really wants to leave.
LITTLE VICTIM
(2005, Dir. Dean Ronalds, USA, 8mins)

A whimsically dark comedy about what lies at the end of the rainbow and the diminutive measure of a man.

From the people who brought us THE NETHERBEAST OF BERM-TECH INDUSTRIES
NO SANCTUARY
(2005, Dir. Dan Lovallo, Australia, 10mins)

They say kids make the best game players. Students playing a tank war simulation in a military training school learn that their play is not as innocent as it seems.
THE OMINCIDE 8000
(2005, Dir. Ian Hothersall, UK, 4mins)

Robert has received the OMNICIDE 8000, ultimate weapon of mass destruction, by mistake. He rings the customer care-line and enters a world of call-centre hell.
PLASTIC
(2005, Dir. Mark Davis, UK, 15mins)

‘…and I knew there was something wrong with the girl the first time I killed her’.

The class reject stalks the prom queen and gets more than was advertised on the packaging
SEED
(2005, Dir. Bennett Cain, USA, 6mins)

The story of a dark and mysterious room tucked away behind a door that rarely opens, the secrets within, and their discovery by a curious young boy.

Unnerving animation.
THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT
(2005, Dir. Stephen O'Regan, EIRE/USA, 8mins)

A strange conversation about an unusual discovery.

Based on the short story by writer Terry Bisson, this stars acclaimed actor Tom Noonan and top New York stand up Ben Bailey.

X
(2005, Dir. Raphael Wahl, Germany, 6mins)

Inspired by Stanislav Lem's short stories about the spaceman Ijon Tichy, this film tells of a comical space travel adventure.

Submissions for the 2007 festival will open in the Summer. We accept shorts via withoutabox.com - the film festival submission engine.