Blink of an Eye Shorts Programme

SCI-FI-LONDON is committed to presenting short films as a part of the festival line-up. Each year we put a call out for short film and each year we receive hundreds of amazing stories from around the world.

It is always a difficult task to select which films to bring you, so many of them are exceptional. However, we hope we have brought together a great and eclectic mix of fantastic film for our 7th festival. Some funny, some thought-provoking, some downright nasty, something for everyone, don’t miss them.

We screen all 19 movies back-to-back at the following times:

THUR 1st MAY - 6.30PM
SUN 4th MAY - 3.30PM

	ASCENSION (2007, Australia, Stephen Irwin) 14 mins Winner of the SCI-FI-LONDON BEST SHORT FILM 2008 Searching for the cause of a blackout late one night, the exhausted TIM mistakenly enters a neighbour’s apartment, blundering into a group of cultists desperate to escape Earth and ascend to the Thribelian solar system… unfortunately for Tim, they need a sacrifice!
	AN INTRODUCTION TO LUCID DREAM EXPLORATION (2007, USA, John Grigsby) 4 mins Painstakingly created by hand, frame by frame on an Etch-a-sketch.
	THE AMBASSADOR’S BRAIN (2008, New Zealand, Tom Reilly) 10 mins Reality and claymation universes collide in this dark sci fi comedy.
	CONTRE LA MONTRE (2007, France, Michael Le Meur)1 min Time trial is a perilous endeavour.
	EEL GIRL (2008, UK, Paul Campion) 5 mins In a secure navy research facility, a beautiful halfhuman half-eel girl takes a terrible revenge on the obsessed scientist who is studying her.
	FAIRY TALE (2007, France, Lee Sullivan) 2 mins Two fairies in the night sky are tempted by a mysterious glowing orb and descend to the world below...
	FINAL JOURNEY (2007, Germany, Lars Zimmermann)11 mins Cutting corners never pays.
	FLIPSICAL (2007, Australia, Joshua Tyler) 13 mins Parents will always love their children.
	IN MY HEAD (2007, UK, Jamie Shearing) 4 mins Glen’s afternoon drink takes a bizarre twist with the arrival of his imaginary friend Clint.
	IN VIVO (2007, Canada, Anne-Marie Ngo) 7 mins After years of failed attempts the transfer was successful. She moved. She breathed
	MARIONETA (2007, Greece, Minos Nikolakakis) 10 mins Once upon a time a toymaker created a wooden marionette as a chess opponent.
	MEETING IN PROGRESS (2007, UK, Andrew Coats) 12 mins In a world of corridors there’s one space they have not dared to enter: the sign says meeting in progress.
	MOON SHOT UK (2007, UK, James Harris) 1 min The first English moon landing goes a bit skew-whiff.
	NOT CUT OUT FOR CRIME (2007, UK, Oliver Purches)1.5 mins A film about a guy whose attempt to rob a convenience store has unexpected consequences...
	THE PHONEKEEPER (2007, USA, Stine Michelsen) 11 mins Valdemar lives and works in an answering machine. One day Sophia leaves a message.
	SIMULCRA (2007, USA, Tatchapon Lertwirojkul) 4 mins On a robotic planet, organic life is detected, but it is in a forbidden zone.
	UNPOSSIBLE (2007, UK, Robin King) 4 mins A paranoid inventor will go to any length to protect his new time machine.
	WATCHING THE WATCHMAN (2007, USA, Phillip Dishon) 2 mins A young man’s fate becomes bound to the ticking hands of a clock.
	WORMHOLE CHASERS (2007, USA, Gregory Zymet) 4 mins According to the logarithmic map of the universe, a wormhole is about to open in the corner of Marjorie Adam’s apartment.