Sci-Fi - Global Sci-Fi Showcase M

CLONE (Dir: Alexander Stephens; USA, 4.30) A man meets his clone for the first time and passes on some important information regarding his future. Australian Premiere | RIFT (Dir: Farhad Bakhtiarikish; Sweden, 14.15) An unhappy married man who still believes in true love meets a woman in a virtual dating app called RIFT. NSW Premiere | TIME TOURISTS (Dir: Ian Sweeney; New Zealand, 6) Two strangers stumble upon a beautiful natural sight, despite neither having experienced nature before. Australian Premiere | SENTENCE (Dir: Seungmin Cho; Republic of Korea, 9.37) Bombarded by A.I. sentences, human writers must decide whether to soldier on as writers or leave the realm of creation to live as human beings. Australian Premiere | OLD MEN RULE (Dir: Alexander Gavrilov; Russian Federation, 12.50) In the near future, where old people are subjected to a test for society, an investigator encounters a couple who are in no hurry to die. Australian Premiere | THE DEEP LOVE (Dir: Jiamin Jiao; China, 18.37) He gave up every inch of his skin and every organ and became a robot just to be with her forever. Australian Premiere | THE WISE OLD OWL (Dir: Quentin Porte; France, 19.55) June 2022: an engineer is laid off after publishing conversations he had with the A.I. prototype he was working on. Here is his story. Australian Premiere | ERIK (Dir: David Kodheli; Albania, 22.54) Erik finds himself in a school and immediately gets a crush on a girl named Ela. Australian Premiere | LOST IN THE SKY (Dir: Simon Öster; Sweden, 12.20) A rescue robot dreams of becoming a hero, but in his search for survivors he is left with a devastating choice. Australian Premiere