FUTURE SHOCK
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Friday, August 22, 10:00 AM
Camelot Theatres
FUTURESHO
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FUTURE SHOCK
93 Minute Running Time
Program: Short Film Programs
Is your past imperfect? If retro's not your thing, maybe a look at the future will convince you that there's no time like the present.
Packaged Films...
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Cold and Dry (Tørt og Kjølig)
Norway, 2008, 12 min.
This wry Norwegian comedy explores what would happen if science invented the perfect system for freeze-drying people, so that any problem or illness they have could be cured in the future.... more
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Cosmos
USA, 2007, 23 min.
This wry fable explores the imagined fate of a lone cosmonaut circling the earth at the precise moment that the former Soviet Union falls.... more
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Dear World
Poland, 2008, 17 min.
A man wanders through a dreamy, post-apocalyptic landscape, intent upon reaching Zone 42, where erratic radio signals tell him that a colony of survivors awaits.... more
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Pests (Alimañas)
Spain, 2007, 15 min.
A woman guards a junk yard trailer loaded with medical supplies. A young boy breaks into her encampment, begging for food, but she forces him back out to the terrifying world beyond. She relaxes until she realizes the mistake she's made.... more
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The Radiant City (La Cité Radieuse)
France, 2007, 16 min.
WON: Second Place, Best Live Action Short Over 15 Minutes
In this futuristic look at a world just beyond ours, where society demands a smoking populace, lives are forever altered by the strike of a match and the first, long, slow, steady inhale of a cigarette.... more
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Third Days Child
USA, 2008, 10 min.
In this future -- which looks suspiciously like the past -- the choices are few for mothers and their busy, busy schedules.... more
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