The Student sci-fi film competition has become an integral part of the Future Gate programme. It gives young filmmakers a platform to showcase their work and introduce it to a wider audience. This year, once again, the competition will present a selection of the best films created by emerging directors from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Films in Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/br>\n\n\n\n Core Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n director Illia Mashkin, 2026, 11 min., UTB Zl\u00edn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The line between memory and simulation blurs in this psychological sci-fi drama about guilt that refuses to be silenced. Accompanied by cold artificial intelligence, Felix journeys into his own subconscious to close the chapter on his deceased mother. Instead of redemption, however, something much darker awaits him. The film explores whether it is possible to rewrite the past or whether our traumas will ultimately consume us \u2013 even with the help of cutting\u2011edge technology.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/br>\n\n\n\n I’m looking for Mr. Laser<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n director Laura Bor\u00e1ros, 2026, 7 min., FAMU<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n What would you do if you came across a video that defies the laws of physics, yet seems convincing in some way? A short story about following in the footsteps of someone who may or may not exist, mapping the maze of imagination and illusions created by the mysterious Mr. Laser.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/br>\n\n\n\n The kitchen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n director Val\u00e9r Futej, 2026, 14 min., FAMU<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The static environment of the kitchen will be disrupted by the arrival of a young woman: a new cook, with her efforts to adapt to the strictly defined working conditions and fit into the settled routine. When she realises that the mechanism is starting to put high pressure on her and destroy her individuality, it will be too late to free herself from the system she has become a part of. Through its manipulation of colour, formalism, and visual concept, The Kitchen is a stylised allegory of conformity and the replaceability of the individual in today\u2019s consumer society.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/br>\n\n\n\n Quantum jump<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n director \u0160imon Mesz\u00e1ros, 2026, 11 min., FAMU<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n After falling in love with death, a man sets out on a surreal journey to escape the life \u2013 and the role \u2013 that should have defined him. As the world crumbles into fading echoes of meaning, he discovers renewal within the ruins of the universal self.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/br>\n\n\n\n The Collectors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n director Ji\u0159\u00ed Arbter, 2026, 10 min., Slezsk\u00e1 univerzita Opava<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n They met at an antique shop. A love of collecting brought them together; envy tore them apart. Now they\u2019re competing for the best collection in the entire basement. Who will emerge victorious from this battle of madness, frantic cleaning, and bloodshed? And who will pay for it with their life? The hunt is just beginning\u2026\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/br>\n\n\n\n The shelter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n director Viktorie Novotn\u00e1, 2026, 10 min., FAMU<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A young woman wakes up in a room she can\u2019t leave. The windows are boarded up, and the door is chained shut. The last thing she remembers is a party. But she isn\u2019t alone in the room. A stranger tells her that the end of the world has begun outside. The question is whether she believes him and stays, or tries to escape despite his warnings.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/br>\n\n\n\n Truth, love, lizards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n director Pavel Plesn\u00edk, 2026, 15 min., Akademie Michael<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lizard enthusiast Erik falls for Emma, a pet shop worker. But when he finally asks her out, their date spirals into a bizarre confrontation with cosmic conspiracy theorists who insist Erik and Emma are not ordinary humans at all, but lizard creatures in disguise.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/br>\n\n\n\n The Disappearance of Mitchell Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n director Kacper Senkowski, 2026, 10 min., UMPRUM<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mitchell Johnson, the biggest pop star of the computer world, disappears without a trace. Twenty years later, his biggest fan, Detective Bobo, is still trying to solve the mystery of Johnson’s disappearance. One day, he receives a phone call that may help him finally solve the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Discover the most exciting student sci-fi films from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, proving that great ideas can emerge beyond the walls of professional film studios.","protected":false},"featured_media":10718,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"movie_category":[93],"class_list":["post-10783","movies","type-movies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_category-short-films"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n