Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest

10.0

Flying Lessons

Two estranged adopted sisters are forced together by their mother's sudden death: Beatrice, an autistic Chinese high school senior who wants to learn to fly, and Talia, a queer black musician who never wanted custody of Beatrice in the first place. Starring the autistic actress the story is based on, the film blurs narrative and documentary styles and showcases a unique and underrepresented perspective on death and grief.

2023-10-15 | en

8.1

Metropolis

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

1927-02-06 | de

8.1

2001: A Space Odyssey

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

1968-04-02 | en

7.6

Twelve Monkeys

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

1995-12-29 | en

7.7

Brazil

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

1985-02-20 | en

6.4

Mars Attacks!

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

1996-12-13 | en

7.9

Blade Runner

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

1982-06-25 | en

6.0

Night of the Hunted

When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.

2023-10-12 | en

8.6

Lost in the Sky

A lone rescue robot in a strange galaxy must reach a surviving astronaut before she's consumed by a looming black hole. A space adventure made entirely with practical effects.

2023-04-08 | en

6.7

The Juggler

A juggler in a park opens his magic box and takes out 3 balls. The audience marvels at his dexterity, until one ball escapes. The mutinous ball takes on magical properties as it draws the juggler into a series of adventures with many levels of meaning: appearance, fantasy and love. Without words.

1980-01-01 | fr

6.2

My Neighbor Wants Me Dead

The Tenant continuously fails to escape his deadly apartment within a 5 minute time limit as his blood-thirsty neighbor threatens him from behind the front door

2019-03-09 | en

5.0

Ciro-Norte

On stormy night in an ugly urban landscape, Ciro Norte, a scientist with wild hair and thick glasses, straps himself to a chair he's has fashioned with wires: lightening strikes, convulsing him. It seems his experiment has not worked. The next day, he drives his jalopy to a bar, sits alone, and weeps. But suddenly, a vortex sucks him into a dream state where he wanders, escapes man-eating fish, confronts his doppelganger, walks through a field of giant flowers, and comes upon Venus herself, buried up to her shoulders in sand. She is a giant, and she takes him to her breast. He wakes from the vortex, back in the bar, his mood transformed.

1998-06-13 | es

0.0

Bliss

Marie, a pretty young woman, wanders through the aisles of a futuristic supermarket where everything, from the miracle pill to the virtual man, is for sale. Tonight, she's having a birthday party. She's invited a few old friends and their virtual companions. Everyone is young, beautiful and meek.

2001-01-01 | fr

6.3

Almost Home

A group of aliens searching for a new planet on which to make home, with little success. Promotional short for Dreamworks Animation's forthcoming feature, Home.

2014-03-07 | en

6.5

Fly

Fly is the story of a bird that has a deformed wing that prevents it from migrating. Abandoned by his flock, he sinks in despair. Everything changes the day Pio-Pio appears. This defenseless chick gives him joy and a sense of purpose in life. Until one day destiny makes him do things that he would't even do for himself, such as flying.

2020-08-01 | es

4.0

Rachel

A mysterious guest shows up to a birthday party.

2019-06-12 | en

1.0

Policed The Animated Movie

Set in the near future. Ex police officer J.B. Fitzgerald is combated by a government influenced by corrupt police officers, corporations and power-hungry political whoremongers.

2020-07-03 | en

5.8

The Good German

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

2006-12-15 | en

8.2

A Clockwork Orange

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

1971-12-19 | en

7.8

To Be or Not to Be

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

1942-03-06 | en

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Scott Forrest

Brigette Morrison

Jenn Winter

George Morris

Richard Baccari

Brittany Smith

Miriam Erlichman

Irene Spadafora

Rhoda Kopstein

Alec Saidak

Chris Allen

Gabe Bettio

Todd Morgan

Michael Posthumus

Lilly Pat

Andrew David DeAngelo

Anastasia Coon

Angelica Chitwood

John DeGreef

Rhiannon R. Sauers

Michael Christofore III

Arne Fogel

Stephen D'Ambrose

John Mullen

Bill Slichter

Joseph Barillaro

Steven I. Schafer

Pat Clemons

Paul R. Smith

Sandrine Holt

Ivan Sergei

Barbara Bain

Tony Ward

Patrick Dollaghan

Mike Cannizzo

Chuck Castleberry

Camille Carida

Deborah Kay Carroll

Whitney Cline

Desma Droze

Stacia Droze

Jodi Harris

Cora Pyles

Mike Chessler

Tom Olhausen

Ellen Bradley

Paul Ganus

Dani Minnick

Ricky Hendricks

Misty Rorrer

Dr. Eugene Walker

J. Damian Anastasio

Ginny Kunz

James McAuley

Darrin Plant

Jeff Zabel

Megan Plant

Tim Swanson

Martin Pazos

Louis Westgarth

James Hagan

Humphrey Westgarth

Sean Kent

Phil Brotherton

Jamie Ingram

Vito Paullecci