AI(2021)

The Collector of Brains(fr)

A young pianist is shocked when she witnesses a strange chess tournament with a robot. Could there be a gruesome secret behind this exhibition?

Tau(en)

Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.

A.I. Mama(en)

A post-cyberpunk short film featuring Kei, a young programmer who attempts to resurrect their lost mother by coding an A.I. that can input childhood memories with the help of her diary.

Let's Be Friends(en)

See and hear synthetic actors talk about ‘AI-acting’, addressing many artists’ fears, namely losing artistic exclusivity because of emerging AI technology. Synthetic actors - generated with DALL•E 2, explain the differences between ‘traditional’ 3D-animated characters and them, ai-generated actors, as well as how artificial intelligence will affect acting careers in general soon.

Hellraiser: Bloodline(en)

Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell.

Peripheral(en)

Bobbi Johnson is a young literary sensation facing her difficult second novel. Already dealing with a crazed stalker and her junkie ex-boyfriend, Bobbi is convinced by her publisher to use new smart editing software and finds herself going head-to-head with an artificial intelligence determined to write her book for her.

We Put the World to Sleep(en)

Adrian and Duru get lost in the characters they play in an apocalyptic film and embark on a secret mission to end the world for real. Second entry in Adrian Țofei and Duru Yücel’s trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne and Pure.

L1L1TH(es)

A scientist tries to bring his wife back to life through artificial intelligence.

Demon Seed(en)

A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.

Dome House Six(en)

Set in the near future after a significant collapse of civilization, Dome House Six is a sci-fi thriller about trust, mischief, lust and control, that follows four seemingly unconnected people as they try to survive in a post apocalyptic landscape.

Ven a cenar con el niño(es)

ADA(en)

An A.I. therapy tool helps a lonely and depressed man confront the darkest parts of himself.

BLANK(en)

Suffering from writer's block, an aspiring author gets a tip from a friend, the utilisation of AI. After the initial prompt, the writer is pleased with the results, until the sinister nature of the AI is revealed.

A.M.I.(en)

A seventeen year old girl forms a co-dependent relationship with an artificial intelligence on her phone and goes on a murderous rampage.

Deadly Friend(en)

When tragedy strikes his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door, lonely teenage genius Paul tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its known limits into a terrifying new realm.

Unsichtbarer Angreifer(de)

The Turguts are a modern, tech-savvy family: Emma, her husband Amir and their son Malik live in a state-of-the-art smart home. Emma relies on smart technologies not only in the house, but also in her work as a psychotherapist. In order to be able to help more and more people, she is helping to develop an AI-based therapy app. However, as the first practical phase begins, initially minor but soon serious incidents occur with the networked and omnipresent technology.

My Digital Boyfriend(en)

A lonely college student downloads a dating simulator app only to find her pixelated partner may be more real than she thought.

As A Joke(en)

Owen is trying to circumnavigate the safety parameters of a smart home device when he’s trying to dispose of a corpse.

Full Metal Duel(zh)

Two students have to fight against some AI-Monsters and try to protect the campus.

Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest(en)

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.