SHORTS: WE ARE IN A DIGITAL HELL

Digital Funeral: Beta Version

Directed by Sorayos Prapapan

Within a 360 loop from the center of a cluttered bedroom, a filmmaker prepares for his funeral.

We Still Have to Close Our Eyes

Directed by John Torres

Footage and outtakes from behind the scenes of various Filipino productions (including those of Lav Diaz and Erik Matti) are ingeniously recut to make a dystopian and urgent world of human avatars controlled by apps.

Carnival

Directed by Lia Wang

A lush, techno, sci-fi horizon shimmers with the unknown for a blind woman and her seeing eye dog.

Agari-Fighter (Mouth & Mouth Fighter)

Directed by Ga hyeon Seo

In the land of ASMR and mukbang, Starfish becomes an online celebrity through her addiction to eating inanimate objects, triggering a fierce showdown with a villainous competitor.

I Bought A Time Machine

Directed by Yeon Park

A young woman buys a time machine for her father off of eBay, and enters the odd world of internet mysticism, revisiting old memories, and the very real question of what we would do differently if given the chance.

Can’t judge〜Corona and the Japanese government 20XX version〜

Directed by Yuri Sasamoto

Slapdash and irrational, an absurdly funny low-fi/sci-fi short about a hapless bureaucrat complicit in a fascist invasion… with a musical number.

Porosity Valley 2: Tricksters’ Plot

Directed by Ayoung Kim

In a retro-digital future, Petra Genetix is a migrating data cluster who threatens to infect the system.

SDAFF Mini Q&As – WE ARE IN A DIGITAL HELL!

Follow up your shorts screenings with a treasure trove of 10 minute mini Q&As with select filmmakers from SHORTS:…