JUNE 21 DAY 2
7 SHORT FILM BLOCK 1 - SPACE AND TIME
SCENE ONE movieland /10am - DOORS OPEN AT 9am
SHORT FILM BLOCK 1
SPACE AND TIME
RESISTANCE
An insect virus spreads through the human population turning them into drones. Although lured by the promise of safety and security, the loss of freedom is a price never worth paying.
SPECIAL GUEST, DIRECTOR
JON RUSSELL CRING
SHORT FILM BLOCK 1
SPACE AND TIME
THE MOVE
A couple move in together for the first time and learn new things about each other, their apartment and the universe.
SHORT FILM BLOCK 1
SPACE AND TIME
THE lure
Late at night, a lone fisherman discovers he is not the only one hoping to hook something.
SHORT FILM BLOCK 1
SPACE AND TIME
headache
In a world where people's lives consist of consuming and producing painkillers, Frank is suddenly transferred to a new department and a new life.
SHORT FILM BLOCK 1
SPACE AND TIME
my protector
A future in which machines hunt Earth's last survivors, the stubborn child of a vulnerable family is forced to prove herself as a protector. A coming of age story in the wake of the apocalypse.
SHORT FILM BLOCK 1
SPACE AND TIME
a little longer
A nurse assists Richard, a dying man on his deathbed by providing a VR service that allows him to see his memories.
SHORT FILM BLOCK 1
SPACE AND TIME
the rainbow bridge
Tina takes her elderly dog MeeMoo to a clinic claiming to enable human-pet communication. Two sinister doctors find Tina and MeeMoo share an unusually strong bond that defies time and space, making them vital to the doctors' experiments
JUNE 21 DAY 2
FEATURE - GE THEATRE AT PROCTORS
schenectady’s own
JOHN SAYLES cult CLASSIC
afro futurist masterpiece
the BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET
1PM - DOORS OPEN AT NOON
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem. Followed by engaging expert panel talkback.
JUNE 21 DAY 2
5 SHORT FILM BLOCK 2 - FUTURE TECH
SCENE ONE movieland /4PM - DOORS OPEN AT 3
SHORT FILM BLOCK 2
future tech
LIFEQUEST
FEAT: DIRECTOR TALKBACK
LIFEQUEST HAS WON 45 AWARDS!
LifeQuest delves into the personal life of Jake, a young physicist on the brink of a major scientific breakthrough, with his pursuit of knowledge, thereby creating an engaging narrative. SPECIAL GUEST, DIRECTOR RICHARD LOUNELLO
SHORT FILM BLOCK 2
future tech
I’m not a robot
2025 ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could she be a robot?
SHORT FILM BLOCK 2
future tech
mark II
In a retro-future world, an unhappy office worker signs up for a high-tech self-improvement procedure…of a kind.
SHORT FILM BLOCK 2
future tech
updated
A couple discusses if it is too risky to bring his demented mother to their upcoming wedding. Could updating her surveillance equipment improve their lives?
JUNE 21 DAY 2
Sci:fi schenectady filmfest party and films
ge theatre at proctors
SHORT FILM BLOCK 2
future tech
sincopat
Ona, a creative executive of a large company, is about to launch the latest technological revolution into the market: a device that allows listening to music directly inside the brain.
party before saturday’s final FILM BLOCK
OUT OF THIS WORLD FILM FEST PARTY
6PM – 7
Mingle with filmmakers, actors, crew, fellow cinema fans and supporters in the toweringly groovy Wright Family Atrium at Proctors. Light Fare, cash bar.
OPENING SHORT FILM
STAKEOUT
7:30PM - DOORS OPEN 7
“On a tense stakeout, two weary cops debate the value of their work — unaware that something sinister stalks the streets… and them.” This just completed short thriller by local filmmaker Micah Khan was shot in Schenectady at ARMORY STUDIOS NY. Micah Khan is best known for his 2023 feature THE ZOMBIE WEDDING and short MEETCUTE ON DANCEWORLD - 2020.
FILM BLOCK TICKET INCLUDES
WATCH THE SKIES
GROUDBREAKING FEATURED FILM
WATCH THE SKIES
FEAT: EXPERT PANEL DISCUSSION
8PM - DOORS OPEN 7
A rebellious teenager’s father went missing years ago and she believes that he didn’t run away, but was abducted by aliens. She joins forces with a quirky ‘UFO Club’ of endearing misfits and they embark on a high-stakes adventure that defies the law and challenges the very fabric of reality.
Followed by expert AI panel discussion.
*This Sci-Fi adventure is breaking new ground as the world’s first full theatrical release to use AI visual dubbing technology.
SCROLL UP FOR FILM BLOCK TICKET - INCLUDES BOTH STAKEOUT AND
WATCH THE SKIES
JUNE 21 DAY 2
MISCI PROGRAMMING
3 shows daily
the planeterium experience
SciFi and Science meet on the dome. miSci’s Suits-Bueche Planetarium features a high-definition digital projector and GOTO Chronos Star Machine, one of only a handful in the US, that displays 8,500 stars and 24 constellations as seen from any location on Earth.
TICKETS ON SALE JUNE
LARGE SCALE misci EXHIBIT
SCIENCE FICTION,
SCIENCE FUTURE
Imaginations run wild with possibilities of the future. Teleportation, holograms, invisibility and mind control are not just in the movies. Just like science fiction stories, curiosity, innovation and imagination underpin many scientific principles. This exhibition incorporates these notions to bring to life that once only considered possible in film and literature.