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Schedule
Saturday, March 16, 2019
OCMA-Orange Country Museum
South Coast Plaza Village
1661 W. Sunflower Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92704
714-780-2130
https://www.ocma.net
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NEW FROTIERS:DOCUMENTARIES FROM THE EDGE
11:00 am - 12:45 pm
DIVE ODYSSEY
Director: Janne Suhonen
2018,
Finland, 9 min.
Dive Odyssey takes the viewers on a journey into crystal clear darkness where the only light ever is man-made. The film is an ode to thousands of years of mystical experience of water. It is also a tribute to science-fiction classics, some of which may be recognized in the film.
WEATHER AND CHAOS: The Work of Edward N. Lorenz
2018
Director: Josh Kastorf
USA, 11 min
This is the first film about Edward N. Lorenz and his role in Chaos Theory produced with the participation and of scientists who worked alongside him. With their help we take a closer look at what the butterfly effect actually meant in the context of Lorenz's work, and why it should make all of us rethink our understanding of our universe.
NOBODY DIES IN LONGYEARBYEN
Director: David Fried
USA, 9min
Permafrost in a northern island of Norway is affecting Global Seed Vault, infectious diseases like anthrax, flu, global warming.
GOOD IN THE MACHINE
2018
Directors: Colin Ramsay, James Uren
USA, 15 min.
Good in the Machine asks how can we make "good" AI, what does it mean for a machine to be ethical, and who or what is the agent of the machine.
EVERY GHOST HAS AN ORCHESTRA
2017
Director: Shayna Connelly
USA, 7 min.
The question of what happens after we die is a universal question explored by paranormal researcher and experimental composer Michael Esposito.
UNDERSEE
Directors: Margie Kelk & Lynne Slater
Canada, 8 min.
Sea creatures with large eyeballs are curious about invasive gray sludge.
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Sci-Fi Shorts
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
BETH'S THREE O' CLOCK WITH DR. HARLOW
Director: Emma Penaz Eisner
USA, 3 min.
Beth discloses a recent dream to her analyst. A vivid study of casual brutality and failed empathy, this surrealistic film intermixes stop motion animation with live action sequences.
MUSA MULVADA
Director: Lisa Tabish
USA, 17min
LONDON, 1929. A fortune teller with dark secrets of her own visits various clientele throughout the city. As she navigates the tempestuous personalities and shocking visions, she must choose between telling the truth and her own survival.
EXTENT
Director: Paul Draper
US, 13 min.
Time stands still as two old friends attempt to grapple with a question that defines their very existence. If you could live forever, would you?
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BLOCK TWO
FEATURE PRESENTATION
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
MECHANICAL TELEPATHY
Director: Akiko Igarashi
Japan, 78 minutes
This sci-fi drama depicts love and skepticism through the relationships between
researchers who visualize human hearts.
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INTERMISSION
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BLOCK THREE
INTERNATIONAL SCI-FI SHORTS
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
I DONT WANT TO BE ALONE
2018
Director: Sergio Rozas
Spain/Japan,11 min.
A lonely girl walks around a future Tokyo chased
by weird huge monsters. Even though she fights them,
the monsters just keep growing in size
and number so the girl has to make a decision.
BLINK
2018
Director: Atmaja Bopardikar
India, 15 min.
Maria misses her father, a good man who's vices eventually lead to his death. But in front of Spiritual Consultant Magdalia Mercado, Maria will reveal that sometimes... they come back.
ZILLY'S WAR
2018
Director: John Broadhead
USA, 25 min
A brilliant young woman on a four year mission to an alien planet
finds herself remembering her childhood and facing her inner demons.
THE 9 BILLION NAMES OF GOD
2018
Director: Dominique Filhol
France,20 min.
A Tibetan monk rents an automatic sequence computer in 1957 New York. The monks seek to list all of the names of God. They hire two Westerners to install and program the machine in Tibet.
This short film is based on the book by Arthur C. Clarke.
TATU - Trailer
2018
Director: Alejo Garceron
US, 10 min
Monster Robots in a car junkyard battle it out.
DORIAN GRAY
2018
Director: Michal Janicki
USA, 9 min
A stop-motion animated journey through Oscar Wilde's iconic
story about a man who sells his soul for eternal youth.
THE DESERT
2018
Director: Ben Bigelow
USA, 14 min
In a suburban mansion, Martha sneaks into her son's virtual reality chamber. Here,
he wanders through a desert with extraordinary powers.
The machine is intended as a psychiatric treatment, yet Martha's trespass sets in motion
a series of threatening events.
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PKD Film Festival: Herbert Sigüenza Live Table Read - Isaac Asimov Play Sat., 3/16 @ 8pm
Join Herbert Sigüenza, founding member of Culture Clash and Playwright in Residence at San Diego Repertory Theater, for a special sneak preview live table read of his new play, “Project Grand Master Funk Isaac Asimov X,” based on the life and writings of legendary science fiction legend Isaac Asimov! It’s 1990. Asimov is ill and has to archive his writings and documents before he dies. He gets unexpected help from a beautiful and brilliant Latinx student that is on assignment to preserve his legacy and perhaps save humanity as well! This science fiction docu-comedy is scored with 1980’s Funk music making it whimsical, smart and funky!
An accomplished writer, performer and playwright, Herbert Sigüenza has written critically-acclaimed plays about Abbie Hoffman, Pablo Picasso and a futuristic Chican@ adaptation of Shakespreare’s Henry IV, Part One. Sigüenza also voiced the characters of Tio Felipe and Tio Oscar in the award-winning Disney • Pixar animated film Coco.
CFAE Gallery
Santora Bldg., 2nd floor
2017 N. Broadway, Suite P
Santa Ana, CA 92701
