Short Sci-fi films from iShorts

The Ballad of Maddog Quinn) (New Zeland)

Director: Matt Inns | Producers: Matt Inns | Cast: Maggie Pirie, Jed Brophy, John Bach | Year: 2022 | Lenght: 15 min. | Feature film 

An unlikely outlaw wreaks hell across the dusty dystopia of The State on a wild quest to save what is held most dear.


Cell (Great Britain)

Director: Paul Holbrook | Producers: Paul Holbrook, Sascha May | Cast: Laurence Saunders, Livvie May, John Lomas | Year: 2017 | Lenght: 10 min. | Feature film 

A Prisoner of war wakes up in a Nazi prison cell to discover he’s the unwitting test subject in a cruel psychological experiment where all is not as it seems.


New Air (China)

Director: Leo Lee | Producers: Joan Xu | Cast: Myryl Angeline Caccam, Léa Le limantour, Elizabeth Turner | Year: 2022 | Lenght: 9 min. | Feature film 

A story of a mother and daughter on a brutal, resource-scarce planet galaxies away. Both struggle for survival in the harshest elements within a punishing new reality. How far will mankind go to forge new roots in an untamed environment?


The Spark (Italy)

Director: Marco Pavanello | Producers: Marco Pavanello | Cast: Josue Rivera | Year: 2023 | Lenght: 12 min. | Animated film

Humanity is long gone. After an apocalyptic war, a member of the team of robots tasked with finding a new hope for life discovers a mysterious map.


Slice of Life (Croatia)

Director: Luka Hrgovic, Dino Julius | Producers: Luka Hrgovic, Dino Julius, Rachele Wiggins | Cast: Luka Hrgovic, Anton Svetic, Ivica Pusticki, Emilija Habulin | Year: 2019 | Lenght: 25 min. | Feature film 

Story about a low-life drug dealer who tries to turn his life around, but finds himself at the mercy of fate when he encounters a cop with an agenda of his own.


Lebensraum (Germany)

Director: Hannes Maar | Producers: Philipp Gysin, Hannes Maar | Cast: Maximilian Held, Luis Heutling, Simon Kirschner | Year: 2023 | Lenght: 15 min. | Feature film 

“Lebensraum” is a dystopian chamber play. Marie Kaufmann has to face an unusual interview that decides not only her own fate.


Webcam (USA)

Director: Nick Delgado | Producers: Begoña Castillo, Nick Delgado, David Server | Cast: Ramiro Cazaux, Krystal Ellsworth, Dichen Lachman | Year: 2024 | Lenght: 16 min. | Feature film

After a devastating natural disaster, James Mann is the last man on Earth. Trapped in a bunker, his only companion is WebCam, a very loyal camera robot. James is broken, alone, and ready to give up… until WebCam receives a mysterious transmission that will change their world forever.

Bonds of Courage

Bonds of Courage is a non-commercial fan film following the story of Master Malachas who has retired from endless galactic conflicts to a serene world. There he spends his time training his two padawans: Enar and Kivo. But the shadows of his past loom large as his archenemy Sith Lord Awramar resurfaces with a thirst for vengeance.

Student Sci-Fi Film Competition

The Student Sci-Fi Film Competition is already an integral part of the Future Gate programme. The festival wants to give a platform to young filmmakers and introduce their works to the general public. This year, you can also look forward to a collection of the best work by emerging directors in Czechia and Slovakia.


Alarm

director Ondřej Tešnar, 2022, 3 min., Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

A security team tries to prevent the theft of an experimental weapon.


Keep Out

director Tan Lui Chan, 2024, 9 min., Fakulta designu a umění Ladislava Sutnara ZČU v Plzni

In an isolated world, one boy stumbles upon an unexpected secret.


Invasive species

director Patrik Polák, 2024, 16 min., Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

In preparation for a quiet New Year’s Eve celebration, a family discovers the shocking truth about the parasitic identity of one of its members.


Mirage City

director Barbora Fialová, 2023, 3 min., Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

A girl and her robot set off on a journey to Mirage City in search of her parents.


Nuclear Apocalypse for Intermediate Pioneers

director Jakub Šindler, 2023, 15 min., FAMO

After accident at the nuclear power plant, the dysfunctional family is forced to spend Christmas in quarantine.


Doomed to Placehold

director Matěj Martinec, 2024, 9 min., FAMU

Doomer watches digital content on his phone in his room. He’s been through it all, he’s believed it all already, but it turns out that even he has a dysfunctional and simplistic view of the world.


Ordo Mundi

director Samuel Dostál, 2023, 8 min., Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

The disruption of symmetry and regularity brings Viktor back to reality where he meets a girl. Can he reflect on the mode he lives in?


Last Human

director Petra Semanová, 2023, 4 min., Súkromná škola umeleckého priemyslu animovanej tvorby

A little girl, as always, steps out onto the street with certain fears.


Prometheus 3000

director Marty Müller, 2023, 1 min., VŠVU Bratislava

A film about the hardships of a life past its “expiration date” thanks to simulated immortality.


Collision

director Štěpánka Mikulíková, 2023, 3 min., Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

Planet Earth is fed up with all the annoying human parasites, when it meets and old acquaintance – an asteroid.


Stay Home Stay Safe

director Martin Bystrianský, 2023, 20 min., Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

In the virtual world, the writer meets his muse, but she is not real enough. He therefore decides to leave the shelter.