David's Lab - Last Signs of Life

Ghosts vs. Aliens 03(ja)

A two-part feature directed separately by Shimizu and his colleague Keisuke Toyoshima. Unrelated to each other, both have a common goal: to bring ghosts and aliens together in pure, referential and absurdistic delirium, including neo-Nazi specters, zombie yakuzas and nasty aliens.

Ghosts vs. Aliens(ja)

Horror, gag, entertainment by Keisuke Toyoshima of "Heller master Shimizu Takashi ×" "Kaidan New Ear Bag Nobuhiro" !! "Kaidanui watching me ..." and "My alien" are included.

The Pocket-Watch(sr)

Anything can happen when a watch stops and a movie cuts.

Companionship(en)

An over-worked and under-loved woman tires of the dating scene and tries using a new dating app which promises its users that they will "never be alone again."

PLAVE 'Dash' in Cinema(ko)

Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex(ja)

When army of Gigans tries to invade and destroy the Earth, the only one who can stop them is Godzilla.

I See What Is Here(en)

The shots used in this piece were from first test shots with the Mobile Phone 60x microscope. Subjects included the fur of a cat, hair of a girl, a cutting board, and a ball of cat fur that was burned with an incense stick. Unfortunately, during the final shot the flame melted part of the microscope lens.

Hunting Grounds(en)

A group of college students experience the ultimate close encounter of the most ferocious kind in the deserts outside of Roswell, New Mexico in this documentary styled horror film.

HABITAT(en)

In a dead-end room lives a slave of the system, addicted to the computer mouse and a reality show that never ends. Obsessed with an illusion, his dream is to go to the paradise that he has seen in a TV commercial...with just a flick of a finger.

Double Helix(zh)

Late at night, KONG Xianyun and her younger brother Yuanyuan escape from their family house. They trek into an abandoned school, where Yuanyuan’s memories are awakened – the sound of books, piano, and laughter. Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire engulfs everything. Adapted from The Song of Life by the worldrenowned sci-fi writer WANG Jinkang, this speculative short contemplates on the future of AI. Soaked in a never-shredding atmosphere and accompanied by the secret tune of a piano, DOUBLE HELIX tells a gripping story of intelligence robot, family trauma and a pair of run-away siblings who trek into an abandoned school.

I Am the Doorway(en)

After Saturn XVI crashes back to Earth, ex-astronaut Arthur struggles with an infection. Richard and his friends are blind to it's origin but his victims won't be. The Doorway is open.

Atmosphere(es)

Cecilia, Alberto, and Felipe live through a strange epidemic that plagues the abandoned streets of a coastal town. Suddenly, an uncontrollable desire forces them to leave in search of the sea.

No Horizon(en)

After a jailbreak on an interplanetary POW transport ship, a prison guard loyal to his culture an commander is shown the true nature of his lifelong enemy. Coming face-to-face with a captain leaves him questioning everything he has been taught. Should he continue to blindly follow the rhetoric of his society or finally make his own decisions.

The Bunker(en)

When mysterious alien ships appear in the sky, a scientist is sealed in an underground bunker and must create a bio-weapon to stop the unknown visitors, but paranoia and isolation cause her to question the true intention of her mission.

Sync(en)

Every 15 seconds, a computer, network, or mobile device is hacked by cyber-terrorists. To combat this problem, Syntek Industries has manufactured data couriers designed from advanced machine robotics. These couriers are known as SYNCS. Syncs are programmed to securely deliver data packages without interruption.

JO 3.0(en)

A new batch of automatons are put through their paces by an unseen foe and when they begin to fail, each is brutally decommissioned. When JO 3.0 receives a memory flash it causes a serious problem as she begins to question her purpose... and whether she is a machine at all.

On Your Mark!(ru)

Loaf(en)

A re-enactment of the chestburster scene from Ridley Scott's Alien, but with a loaf of bread in place of a Xenomorph.

Macrocosm(en)

Planet earth’s contaminated drinking water threatens to end civilization. A celebrated quantum physicist, volunteers to be the first interdimensional traveller with the hopes of finding an answer to the contamination problem.

Contract(ru)

Bearded contract employee goes on a "giant bouquet of flowers" planet and prefers friendship with the robot because all inhabitants are creepy psychos.