AUTHORISED REALITIES ONLY - SHORTS 6
Step into a world where dystopia is not a destination, but a condition of existence.
Here, speculative futures and altered presents become lenses through which to examine our fractured reality. From the ruins of civilisation to eerily familiar techno-utopias gone awry, each film in Authorised Realities Only offers a distinct vision of what happens when systems fail, identities fragment, and technology rewrites the rules of being.
FISH
dir. Bishrel Mashbat | 6 min | United States | UK Premiere
An obscenely wealthy couple’s night out at an elite and very eccentric restaurant shows that money can buy anything.
DO BANGLADROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC TAGORE?
dir. Aleem Hossain | 3 min | United States
In the year 2065, a Bangladeshi-American documentarian explores what the Bangladroids recall of their homeland.
DISSOCIATION
dir. Hugo Livet | 5 min | France
In a world devoid of humans, ordinary objects come alive, borrowing the forces of nature to transcend their static existence.
FACTORY DROP
dir. Petja Pulkrabek | 15 min | Germany | UK Premiere
In the year 2118, a gigantic skyscraper called the Factory rises above the ruins of the old world. In the lower floors, forced labourers toil tirelessly to produce diamonds.
KINTSUGI ANGEL
dir. Lukas Huffman | 10 min | United States
Filmmaker Lukas Huffman crafts a haunting visual poem featuring the wearable sculptures of Erika Senft Miller.
PROJECT AETERNA
dir. Dennis Sungmin Kim | 16 min | Korea, Republic of
Humanity’s enduring desire for eternity in a world that relentlessly pursues technological progress at all costs.
THE GENERATORS
dir. Georgie Cowan-Turner | 13 min | Ireland
Oscar and his ailing husband struggle with a medical system where energy credits are the new currency.
THE POWER OF INK
dir. Karen Elaine Lutz | 7 min | United States | UK Premiere
When society divides into sectors and drones are everywhere, who can you really trust?
WILBERT WIRE
dir. Ricky Townsend | 13 min | New Zealand
You would expect a robot to be many things, but perhaps not a student at your local art school.