GLORIA MERCER | CANADA | 2020 | 16 MIN | V.O.A. / ENGLISH
In the near future, cities are crowded, nature is sparse, and children attend school in hyper-realistic virtual reality. Marion, a teenage girl escaping a stifling home life, falls in love with another student, but can’t be sure if her feelings are real or if this is part of the simulation.
Octavia’s Visions is inspired by the Parables of the African-American futurist, author Octavia E. Butler, who died in 2006...
Unliveable (Inabitável)
In Brazil, where a trans person is murdered every three days, Marilene searches for her daughter Roberta...
Escaping the Fragile Planet
A few hours before the world ends, two men have an unexpected encounter, while a strange pink fog is spreading throughout the city...
Red String of Fate (Unmei No Akai Ito)
In the year 2090, a robotics engineer tries to bring her fallen lover back to life.
Are you Still Watching?
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