Producers Club
358 West 44th st, NYC,
Friday, October 2, 2026
All film blocks are $20.
Friday All Day Pass is $35
EXPERIMENTAL SCI-FI
11AM-1PM
Book of Skin
Director Neil Kendricks
United States. 10 min
Surreal and provocative, artist-filmmaker Neil Kendricks’ experimental short film, "Book of Skin," reimagines the myth of Pygmalion with a gender-bending twist
Cruce del Coyote
Director David Stout
United States, 3 min
Coyote is our guide slipping effortlessly between worlds, between dimensions, shares allusions to rising temperatures that manifest in bodily, environmental, and social inflammation.
Yield To Its Gaze
Director Anders Elsrud Hultgreen
Norway, 6 min
Since the dawn of man, light orbs have been observed in the night. From rainforests to sand dunes, they have been interpreted as spirits, fairies, demons, and UFOs. Despite modern science, the phenomenon remains unexplained.
Anguilla
Director Max Mistry
United Kingdom, 15 min
A cosmic meditation on obsession, discovery, and the fragile boundary between genius and madness.The story follows an amateur scientist as he nears the end of his lifelong research into eels
Teeth
Director Zachary Liverseed
United States, 18 min
An agoraphobic painter becomes infatuated with a strange woman from his dreams. In following this pursuit, he unknowingly falls headfirst into the gaping maw of madness
Final Timefall
Director Ivan Miodrag Cvetkovic
Serbia, 1 min
Because the light on the event horizon stands still like a mountain, the omniscient that exists at history’s end is able to wander through photon sediment, to relive every life, reveal every secret. Toward time’s end, we all fall; at the time’s end, we all arrive... as soon as we die... God’s consciousness awaits us – Although... it does not yet exist.
Q&A with filmmakers after the screening
AZIMUTH
Director Martin Bluy, Cassandre Cinier, Chloé Coudray, Thomas Courtouis, Damien Lagadeuc, Mathis Giraudeau, Thomas Teisseire, Francois-Clément Michez
France, 6 min
The story is about Hadenna, a young warrior, traveling the galaxy in search of the ultimate cure to return her brother, Theos, to his true body
Model Professor
Director Peter Brinson
United States, 11 min
Model Professor is a short film about an A.I. named Evie, newly integrated into a small liberal arts college. Unbeknownst to the faculty and students, the school – in partnership with her company – has tasked her with evaluating which professors she might replace.
Action, Cut, Bang!
Director Erkan Lüleci
Germany, 11 min
When an actor is shot with a prop on a film set, he is given the chance to find out who or what wants to kill him.
SCI FI FEATURE PRESENTATION
1PM-230PM
LOST IN TIME
Lost in Time
Director Henry Colin
Canada, 90 min
Alexa Morden stars as Leda Calder, a woman who moves between what appear to be different worlds, and different times, as she works to piece together the truth behind her fragmented memories, in this science fiction mind-bender from Canadian director Henry Colin. Holly Stevens co-stars as Leda's friend Jane, who may hide the key to the mystery of Leda's identity.
INTERNATIONAL SCI-FI
230PM-430PM
Peter Gabriel's "Secret World"
Director Daniel Corey
United Kingdom, United States, 7 min
Created for Real World Records' 5050 video project, "Secret World" is an official Peter Gabriel release produced and directed by award-winning multimedia artist and musician Daniel Corey
OUMUAMUA
Director Iker Iturria
Spain, 8 min
Kai, a young survivor of humanity’s collapse, transfers his consciousness into an android to reach Oumuamua, the ship where exiled androids still carry the memory of the world that once rejected them, before the final impact.
The Inspector
Director Jandro
Spain, 12 min
A fake gas inspector visits vulnerable elderly people to take advantage of them. It is now the turn of Carmen, a charming grandmother who keeps great antiques.
The Tahquitz Myth
Director Harrison Pierce
United States, 20 min
A Palm Springs college student sets out to disprove an ancient Coachella Valley myth... only to discover a terrifying truth...
Marie´s ambition
Director Manu Fernández
Spain, 17 min
Marie faces the hegemonic king of chess and during the tournament, in a speakeasy, a high-ranking official of an organization will make an attractive but crazy proposal to the French player to improve her game. What she doesn't know is that this persuasive and elegant man is none other than the prince of darkness himself.
We Regret to Inform You
Director Michelle Bossy
Greece, United States, 13 min
Set in a dystopian near future where everyone is provided with a 24-hour warning before their death by the government, Mariam receives such a call from Bob, a real-life operator that is on his first day on the job, informing her of her final day.
Proxima
Director Maksat Anuarbekov
Kazakhstan, 29 min
An astronaut lands on an exoplanet, trying to find alien life, and finds himself in a time loop where he is forced to confront his past.
Q&A with filmmakers after the screening
DeathRay
Director Michael Wardner
United States, 1 min
"Aliens have come. Do they measure up?"
ANIMATION AND SCI -FI
430PM-630PM
Forbidden Valentine
Director Owen Coughlan
Canada, 11 min
A short film about AI and unrequited love.
The One-Minute Problem
Director Nicolás Delgado de la Cámara
Spain, 20 minutes
When a Spanish immigrant who’s trying to invent teleportation in his garage sucks too much power from the electrical grid, a Department of Water and Power inspector vows to shut him down, putting both his invention and his relationship with his pregnant wife at risk.
The Librarian
Director Peter Mason
United Kingdom, 5 min
An antiquarian book collector unknowingly acquires a cursed, ancient tome from a stranger in a desolate Welsh inn
The Border at Tolstoi
Director Bob Kotyk
Canada , 15 min
A border guard at the US-Canada crossing of Tolstoi, Manitoba falls victim to the effects of a strange weapon that separates her mind from her body.
The Planet That Doesn't Exist
Director Nadav Embon
Israel, 8 min
Prof. Star L'Etoile 23 years old has discovered a planet, which earned her, a statue, three medals, and the position as head of astronomy world wide
Enthusiasm Abounds
Director Mark Ross
United States, 13 min
In a world where social justice is automatic...and absolute...Enthusiasm Abounds.
All For Tomorrow
Director Russ Emanuel
United States, 1 minute
What does the future hold? A germophobic man wakes up in a mysterious, sterile room with no memory of how he got there,
project AETERNA
Director Dennis Sungmin Kim
South Korea, 16 minutes
Two wolves seeking immortality through digital technology learn the deeper meaning of what it means to live forever.
Stuck At The Spaceport
Director John Semerad
United States, 5 min
It’s Lore’s first day as a navigator, and she’s eager to start her new job—if only her ship would show up. Stranded at a chaotic spaceport full of eccentric aliens, malfunctioning tech, and interstellar bureaucracy, she quickly learns that deep space might be the least of her worries
Anywhere But Here
Submitter Kennedy Kacik
United States, 3 min
A college girl wishes to escape her most boring class, only for her problems to follow her into her dreams. Will she address them once and for all?
Q&A with filmmakers after the screening
SUPERNATURAL SCI-FI
630PM-845PM
Long Long Time
Director Perry Kroll
United States, 5 min
A stranded traveller, ensnared out of space and time, glimpses a fractured path to salvation
I/O Teaser
Director Molly Vernon
United States, 3 min
On her eleventh birthday, gifted gamer Sky accidentally unleashes hybrid alien beings imprisoned for decades inside a Cold War–era program disguised as a video game. As civilization collapses and the creatures hunt humans for the dopamine that allows them to feel, Sky must survive the world she helped create—and find a way to close what she opened
Minutes ll Seconds
Director Anthony R. Page
United States, 20 min
As Desi faces the prospect of celebrating her birthday sequestered from her childhood self, she embarks on a non-linear surrealistic adventure into the depths of a forest and a nightclub. Little does she know, her quest for self-discovery and curiosity inadvertently unleashes a deadly force, Seraphine, setting off a chain of events that challenge her perceptions of reality and identity
SB
Director Márton Hartvig
Norway, 10 min
A man unable to deal with his grief is contemplating suicide, but when he finds out he is too weak to do it, he finds a mysterious solution
Fake News Movie
Director Jeffrey Michael Bays
United States, 10 min
Based on SiriusXM's "Not From Space." While channel surfing you stumble upon a cable news broadcast with live coverage of alien contact but it's unclear whether one of the channel's sponsors is involved. Starring Tom Mustin, Emmy-winning news anchor ABC-7 Denver.
Find and Seek
Director Rachel Dwornick
United States, 20 min
Annie and Lucas need to find a new apartment. Upon their hunt they settle for a place that seems too good to be true, as Annie witnesses hauntings that Lucas does not seem notice. As they settle in, Lucas becomes fascinated with an old puppet show that parallels to the couple's eery experience and tests their relationship.
BZRK
Director Chandler Clarke
United States, 19 min
A violent man undergoes experimental meditation to control his rage, only to unleash something that wants control of him.
Imposter Syndrome
Director Jackson Sui
United States, 7 min
A commercial food stylist arrives to work on set, only to find that she must confront a sinister yet strangely familiar stylist who has taken her place.
The Detached
Director Avinash Bhaya
United States, 15 min
As their city collapses, Emmett and Suki must decide whether to scavenge for diminishing resources or enter the CLOUD, a digital “utopia” free of the dying Earth.
Guuse
Directors Dave Nair, Samuel O'Sullivan
United States, 3 min
Four friends go camping in the woods, only to find themselves entangled in an ancient, evil version of a beloved children's game.
Common Time
Director Stacey Larkins
United States, 5 min
In a world governed by 4/4 meter and institutional scripts, a "ghost in the machine" attempts a radical rewrite of reality
Cardboard
Director Diana Densmore
United States, 22 min
A neglected young girl builds a cardboard time machine and runs away to the future, only to find her adult self in the throes of depression. As the two connect, they remind each other of the joy of loving oneself.
Q&A with filmmakers after the screening
COSMIC SCI-FI AND CYBERPUNK
9PM-11PM
The Devil's Fork
Director Raymond Seabert
United States, 7 min
Do not mistake obsession for choice. By the time the ritual is understood... it has already begun.
Swipe )
Director Patia Prouty
United States, 5 min
A single woman is terrorized on a dating app by a match who will not go away.
Dagon
Director Logan Fry
United States, 6 min
Dagon is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft.
A young man sailing in the Pacific is captured by the German navy. When he escapes, he finds himself stranded on a strange mud plain. He succumbs to the heat but is eventually rescued. In his ensuing delirious dreams, he thinks back on the strange beasts at the bottom of the ocean, and of Dagon, who will now lay him out and end his life.
The Human Equation
Director Karney Hatch
Spain, 20 min
Superintelligent AI has taken control of the world's nuclear arsenal, and now one scientist has been summoned to meet with an AI android to learn the fate of the human race.
Strive
Director Jussi Rautaniemi
Finland , 15 min
In a machine-addicted future, 17-year-old Toni craves something real. He joins a deadly street race, challenging fearless driver Max, unaware of the bond they share. A gritty coming-of-age thrill ride.
Update
Director Luca Violante
Italy, 15 min
Year 2039. The jobs of the twenty-first century no longer exist. UPDATE, a revolutionary AI, has replaced the entire human workforce, giving people back the time they have always wished for — time to do whatever they want. And yet, for many, that time feels empty.
Ghost in the Glasslm)
Director Chuck Griffith
United States, 20 min
In a sterile biotech office on the eve of return-to-work, Mac, a mid-level manager, is chosen to test an experimental AI patch designed to sharpen executive performance. As it embeds itself into his daily routines, the program begins to blur his instincts, desires, and memories.
Your Body, My Mind
Director Louis Günther Götz
Germany, 18 min
In a technologically advanced future where humanity has become alienated, a sensitive man with a deep connection to nature must decide whether to fight for the truth or become a puppet of a manipulative system.
