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- DirectorNik KacevskiStarsHolly May LewisStefania KochevaMartin PaunovSet in the near future, a thirteen-year-old girl plays a deadly game of cat and mouse in a world where overpopulation has caused for a desperate law that forces citizens to kill their designated 'Soulmate'.
- DirectorRoberts KulenkoStarsArmands BergisLeons LescinskisTatjana LukasenkovaA potato farmer connects with the injured alien that crash-landed in his field, much to the chagrin of the local authorities.
- DirectorBobby BalaStarsAleks PaunovicIshana BalaRobert MailletAn ex-slave trader struggles to live a reformed life as a lowly interplanetary cargo hauler. Stranded and broke, he faces his dark past and difficult ethical choices in a desperate attempt to provide a better life for his daughter.
- StarsAnthony BonaventuraJeannie BoletChris VossA troubled Off-World Officer, running from his past, finds himself slammed directly into it when he boards the mysterious spaceship ATROPA. A love-letter to the grungy science fiction movies of the 70s and 80s, the seven- episode digital series ATROPA features a twisting sci-fi plot, dazzling visual effects, and legendary genre actor Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Top Gun, Starship Troopers).
- DirectorJonathan WilhelmssonStarsKaren Olrich-WhiteAlexandra FrickJames FraserA woman is faced with existential crisis after learning that the universe is an untitled simulation.
- DirectorAlireza GhasemiStarsKian AlipanahGolnoosh GhahremaniIlia HasaniFour kids start their journey to the moon with the mission of finding a mysterious place called The Redland but the gates of Redland are being guarded by a mischievous snake.
- DirectorFernando CamposJaime JassoStarsGustavo Sánchez ParraYam AcevedoIn order to sustain his family, a troubled pilot accepts one last crooked deal to transport a dangerous cargo inside his spaceship.
- DirectorGavin RotheryStarsRichard GloverCharlotte HatherleyMichael Robert JohnsonA Deep Reserve soldier is awoken from stasis and finds the world ruined by war.
- DirectorHonora TalbottStarsShukri AbdiHunter M. AltmanMelinna BobadillaIn a near future when women rule the world, a politician visits a "Grooming School" to snag a trophy husband, but her boring date takes a turn when her Stepford-y match stops pretending to be something he's not.
- DirectorDicky ChalmersStarsChun-Yao YaoYi Ti YaoWhen a girl goes back to a guy's house following a dating app hook-up, she becomes suspicious of his true intentions after discovering his obsession with cooking ramen broth, and a strange AI digital assistant called Angel.
- DirectorCharles WahlStarsScott BaileyKevin KincaidJosh MacDonaldThe discovery of a time machine sets up the possibility of an unforgettable adventure for George and Lori...ten minutes at a time.
- DirectorKris SundbergStarsAndrew PackMichael PackPamela PackBrothers and best friends, Andrew and Michael do everything together, until an unfortunate accident forces Andrew to decide whether he can live without his closest companion.
- DirectorDiana Mills SmithStarsHein de VriesToni Jean ErasmusA desperate survivor races after the most valuable resource in a dangerous and desolate wilderness.
- DirectorAndrew McGeeStarsMargaret CluniePhoebe FrenchAbigail MooreIris, torn out of her idyllic digital world and uploaded into a stolen synthetic body by her grieving mother, must face her body's objectification and violent potential in a dark future.
- DirectorJeffrey MorrisStarsJohn ChoLance ReddickMing-Na WenChased by commandos, Agent Nick Morgan is on the run in the multiverse! To escape, he jumps between parallel Earths including a polluted industrial hellscape, a planet where dinosaurs evolved into humanoids, and a fungi world with giant mushrooms.
- DirectorBara Anna StejskalovaA tender story about finding love even amid utter decay.
- DirectorJackson MillerStarsJay BrothersAria BuckleyChase CargillDan Warner is a desaturator, tasked with sapping beauty from the world in a future where Color is used as energy.
- DirectorLexie Findarle TrivundzaNick TrivundzaStarsPaul HaapaniemiJames Hayward BrinkleyHolly StandbrookHunting for blackholes is a dangerous business. Adventurers, Explorers and anyone trying to find their fortune, will kill, and face danger in BackSpace to find one. Hunter and Mono track down a lost pod that may lead to a blackhole.
- DirectorRadheya JegathevaStarsJay Jay JegathesanWhen an astronaut ponders on the quietude of space, he comes upon a startling self-realisation. The truth is written in the stars, but what will he uncover?
- DirectorTom WebbStarsMadeleine ChalkSimon HaycockLiz McMullenIf you're going to be taking part in one of history's iconic moments, you'd better prepare a speech.
- DirectorDidier KoningsStarsLeah SilbermanClifton StommelMore than anything, April wants to be a photojournalist. When she finds overlooked evidence at an investigation site, it seems like the perfect opportunity. But for whom?
- DirectorCamille Hollett-FrenchStarsRhona ReesElysia RotaruNhi DoA young woman attempts to regain control of her body in a future where social media and the State operate as one.
- DirectorAlexander JefferyStarsPaul PetersenCailey FlemingRyan BroussardMemories can either fuel our existence or eat away at us like a disease. In the not-too-distant future, Dr. Theodore Maine is on the cusp of losing his job at Janus Labs where he is developing research for Alzheimers treatment. That is, until a mysterious visitor named Obee changes his life forever.
- DirectorDaniel FosterStarsLauren Michelle BeausoleilJoel MillerShane LiburdFinding himself trapped in a cabin in the woods with his white friends, Jay makes a call to a mysterious organization.
- DirectorJordan Speer"Sunbelly" is an animated sci-fi short-film about a group of interplanetary explorers searching for home. When a scout of a distant planet uncovers a lost civilization, the explorers discover the long forgotten origins of their mission.
- DirectorTeddy CecilStarsBarrett JamesDennis KeifferDio JohnsonOne worker sparks a revolution when he attempts to break free of his dystopian underworld.
- DirectorCarlo BallauriStarsVirginia NewcombBenjamin Evan AinsworthTerence AndersonIn an overpopulated and underprivileged suburban neighbourhood, Jacob, a boy immobilised in a wheelchair, fights to protect a girl he spots across the courtyard, doing all he can to warn her of the dark figure walking toward her - The Recycling Man.
- DirectorAlexander CasimirStarsJohn Alan HulbertCharity RoseRey MarzAt the height of the 1930's Dust Bowl, a scarecrow must leave his post and find a way to save the only family he's ever known. But facing the outside world proves to be a challenge when your face is a burlap sack.
- DirectorKrzysztof SatolaStarsEthan SuessLeandra RyanMichael HennessyIn a near future where world humanity has been deprived of closeness, a small boy, Timmy, full of curiosity discovers a family expressing human emotions in an underground theater.
- DirectorHaukur BjörgvinssonStarsJóhann Kristófer StefánssonBríet ElfarÓlafur EgilssonYoung couple Anna and Gunnar live in a society in which people are assigned a new spouse in a lottery every seven years. Full of heartache the couple lives their biggest nightmare in face of life with a new partner.
- DirectorJocelyn StamatStarsMarisa TomeiMinnie DriverPaulo CostanzoA physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.
- DirectorDavid LeaStarsBrain LeaJanis LeaMarc Miles ThomasAn old man, his dog and a chance meeting. Who said nothing ever happens On Sunday.
- DirectorRebecca ScottStarsMegan CochraneRebecca RitzChristopher SkyA happily married couple, face the ultimate tragedy, can love conquer all - or will something else?
- DirectorNik KacevskiStarsEllie GallStefo NantsouYoung scientist Anna's father is dying. It is however a moment she has prepared for. Anna has manufactured replacement organs for him by creating a human animal hybrid.
- DirectorEmil SallinenStarsSara SouliéJonathan HutchingsHenry HanikkaMaryam, a rebel leader in an archaic world governed by ruthless religion, is set to prove that the god hovering in the sky is a lie. But she is stopped by a holy warrior that turns out to be her lost father. Soon their lives change as they are about to find out a secret only a god can keep.
- DirectorPhilip SansomOlly WilliamsStarsNapoleon RyanA sleep-deprived office worker photocopies a "Black Hole" late one night. Suddenly, the possibilities seem endless. Will greed get the better of him?
- DirectorBen HansfordStarsJohn GemberlingNatalie PalamidesMeaghan RathThe robot uprising begins exactly as you'd expect -- with murderous Roomba's vacuuming old ladies to death, hordes of driverless Priuses marauding the streets, and your bathroom scale cracking mean-ass jokes about your weight. Alright, maybe it's not exactly how you'd expect. But when the robots built to serve us start tea-bagging, dry-humping, and kill-shotting humanity out of existence -- gaming supernerd Bernie Meckler knows he alone holds the key to survival. Can Bernie and his super-slacker friends survive horrific murderbot onslaughts, Godzilla-sized Cranebots, AND living in a van with each other for an entire week? Watch UPRISING and find out.
- DirectorTimothy WadeStarsChris SchmuttermaierStephen BerginBrian BoltonA World War Two English soldier wakes from a coma to find a mysterious old man sharing his hospital room.
- DirectorNicholas WengerStarsEllen WroeEvan AlexJerod MeagherOn the streets of downtown Los Angeles, a woman and a young boy fight to protect something both highly valuable and extremely dangerous.
- DirectorLaura MossStarsSunkrish BalaBrandon BalesJon BassA lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.
- StarsClayton FarrisSkinner MyersDeJean BrownA small, late 1980s company invents a machine, that can tell who you are. As a picture is worth a 1000 words, that's what you get. But the computer develops AI and problems start.
- DirectorMarc Martínez JordánStarsEnric AuquerKarina KolokolchykovaSònia Masuda MoraA Fox-dressed man breaks the space time limits with only one goal: to spend some time with his wife. But below this recreational act there's a far more complex and ambitious plan.
- DirectorSharon EverittStarsPeri GilpinJoshua David BishopGabriella Gonzalez BiziouA running feud between Star Trek actors Brent Spiner and Levar Burton is the basis for this TV comedy pilot.