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EMP|SFM in and the Seattle International Film Festival present the third annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Seattle Cinerama Theater.

The Science Fiction Short Film Festival (SFSFF) brings together industry professionals in both filmmaking and the genre of science fiction to encourage and support new, creative additions to science fiction cinema arts.

Grand Prize

A pitch meeting with SCI FI Channel executives for a chance to potentially write or direct a two-hour film for the network.

Mission & Objective

The Science Fiction Short Film Festival promotes and encourages an awareness, appreciation and understanding of the art of science fiction cinema. Its mandate is to create a forum for creative artistry in science fiction film and recognize the most outstanding short films produced.

Jury

A nationally recognized panel of distinguished film, television, literature, and science fiction industry professionals, peers and film critics will review qualifying submissions. A jury, which includes science fiction notables and award-winning film professionals, will view the top selected films in competition during the festival to determine the winners.

Festival Format

10 short films screened in the first session 4:00pm – 6:00pm; 10 short films screened in the second session 7:00pm – 9:00pm. An awards ceremony will follow the evening session.

Tickets

Advance tickets will go on sale here January 10, 2008
Tickets are $9 for a single session, $15 for both sessions. For more information, please call 206-464-5830.

Films

Adam, Vampire
d. Travis Jackson (USA)
A 1950s B-Movie star struggles with the decision to cheat on his wife while a splinter from a prop wooden stake races toward his heart. An Atom-Age fairy tale.

Alpha Worm
d. Mike Fischer (USA)
Alpha Worm is a tale of survival about an astronaut and alien – at war with each other but drifting helplessly through space together. Who will prevail in this conflict of willpower and intellect?

The Apparatus
d. Jesse Moore (USA)
A once renowned sleep therapist is losing business rapidly as a new sleep apparatus, the LunaScape TR by HewlittLabs, begins invading the infomercial slots of late-night television.

Avant Petalos Grillados
d. Velasco Broca (Spain)
Second and last folder of the audiovisual tryptich Echos der Büchrucken, inspired by an open tale by Elier Ansgar Wilpert.

E:D:E:N
d. Fabio Guaglione (Italy)
The human race is at risk of extinction. A bunch of military explorers embark upon a space expedition searching for a new habitable planet. They locate one several years later, but they soon discover that they are not alone…

EEE-Funk
d. Hunter Fine (USA)
A stop-motion animation music video for the LA indy rock band, Sputnik Monroe. The video was constructed with over 6,000 pictures cut out of the band and the leading characters. The end product is an animation realm that's never been done before.

Eggworld
d. Vincent Le Quang (USA)
Eggworld capital – 3007. 500 years after the great war, the egg people, also known as 'Oeumans', are living under the protection of their captors, the Octoboss. A new find is about to change their lives forever.

Escape! From Robot Island
d. Tim Thompson (USA)
Kirk Samson, held captive in Robot Island, must choose to save the world or destroy it, and escape the clutches of the evil Dr. Vonderbugen with his daughter in this sci-fi homage.

Forecast
d. Erik Courtney (USA)
An old man embarks on a dangerous trip back in time to undo a tragic event that has haunted him for decades.

Four Corners
d. Douglas Mueller (USA)
The crossroad of life is revealed to a cyclist when he encounters an unexplained traffic light.

Graw
d. Joseph Pettinatti (USA)
A masked scavenger stealing from the victims of a horrific disaster is forced to decide between saving his bounty or his life.

I Was a Creature From Outer Space!
d. Vincent Sassone (USA)
A strange creature from outer space is held captive in a secret New Jersey facility. Terrible things happen when a young lab technician foolishly starts taunting the creature to impress his girlfriend.

Lucidity
d. Barry Friedman (USA)
Darren is consumed with lucid dreaming, preferring the fantasy life he can create to real life with his alienated girlfriend. Will he ever get her to understand and share in the gift he has discovered?

Monster Job Hunter
d. Yehudi Mercado (USA)
Monster Job Hunter is about a man/child rising to the occasion and becoming the hero he only dreams to be in his world of video games.

The Mourner
d. Eric Brown (USA)
After a man's wife is raped and brutally murdered he volunteers himself to serve as the murderer's executioner. But is it the answer he's looking for?

Not 2b Toyed With
d. Hal Melfi (USA)
Avid Star Wars toy collector Troy is about to discover the power of the dark side when his nephew invades his perfectly packaged world. What happens when your world suddenly collapses all around you?

Operation: Fish
d. Jeff Riley (USA)
A child's goldfish is abducted by a criminal mastermind with nefarious intent and a Secret Agent is dispatched to rescue it. Utilizing his time displacement gun to manipulate events, the agent attempts to foil the villainous scheme.

The Nothing Pill
d. Yu Gu (USA)
Dr. Vera Yong is a scientist compelled by an oppressive government to develop the 'nothing pill.' The antidote to loneliness, the pill is intended to help solo astronauts in their colonization of space. In her dying world, will she discover an escape from her own painful memories?

The Recordist
d. Zal Batmanglij (USA)
Charlie Hall, an alcoholic college-student, haphazardly drifts through her life. But when she meets an older woman, who talks of aliens and the occult, Charlie begins a journey of self-realization.

What Love Remains
d. Nicholas Jenkins (USA)
Around the corner from tomorrow, a man resurrects his dead wife in the form of an android. At first glance, it is her. But he slowly begins to question everything about their relationship, including their daughter.