SCI-FI-LONDON 9 : Shorts Programme 1 April 30, 2010

SCI-FI-LONDON is the UK’s leading genre event and an internationally recognised launch pad for genre movies. At each festival we have at least a dozen UK premieres.

The festival is now in its 9th year and will take place Wed 28th April – Mon 3rd May 2010 at The Apollo Piccadilly Circus Cinema, London’s most luxurious cinema.

SCI-FI-LONDON love short films and think they are a wonderful format for science fiction themes.

Each year SCI-FI-LONDON receive hundreds of excellent films and it is a difficult task to decide what to select for our shorts programme. A little like DJing, we want to get the mix right and take you on a fantastic journey – we feel we have it right this year with a remarkable range of styles and ideas from around the world.

BUNKER
(2009, Dir: Paul Doucet, France, 10mins)
In her bunker, Marie survived the nuclear war. Years later she decides she can’t go on.

CONNECTED
(2009, Dir: Jens Raunkjær Christensen, Jonas Drotner Mouritsen, Denmark, 8mins)
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, can all those who’ve made it survive?

COPELIA
(2010, Dir: Nic Benns, UK, 14mins)
Morton Strobel converts sound into protective structures. The Authority uses the invention to save a town from terrorism.

I SPIT ON ELI ROTH
(2008, Dir: Devi Snively, USA, 6mins)
To save the horror genre, three female filmmakers torture and kill Eli Roth. A cautionary tale.

LA CARTE
(2009, Dir: Stefan Le Lay, Belgium, 10mins)
A man from a colour postcard falls for a woman from a black and white one.

LAY ME DOWN
(2008, Dir: Shinako Sudo, Japan/USA, 14mins)
A boy needing a heart transplant discovers his father’s unsettling secret.

LIFELINE
(2009, Dir: Andres Salaff, USA, 6mins)
To find his lost love, a scientist travels through numerous realms and dimensions.

MISTER GREEN
(2009, Dir: Greg Pak, USA, 15mins)
Catastrophic global warming has become reality; jaded government employee Mason becomes embroiled in a radical plan to save the planet by radically transforming the human race.

MUTUALLY ASSURED DESIRE
(2009, Dir: Andrew Hellesen, USA, 6mins)
In a nuclear apocalypse, the last man and woman on earth must fulfil their biological duty.

SCHIZOFREDRIC
(2009, Dir: Andy Poyiadgi, UK, 15mins)
An unorthodox selfimprovement programme leads to Fredric watching an impostor take over.

WHEN WILL IT BE SILENT
(2009, Dir: Dan Sachar, Israel, 7mins)
In a post-apocalyptic future, a man battles to dig a grave on a love story’s last day.

Official Website: http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2010/programme