Short Films Block 3
Shorts Block 3! Adaptations, speculations, animations, and more!
Q&A with visiting filmmakers at the end of the block.
The Battle of Grovers Mill
An aspiring journalist faces the unimaginable when news of a nearby crash site comes over the radio.
Based on “The War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells and the Orson Welles / Mercury Theatre on the Air radio play of the same name.
Sapere Aude
A man of science, trapped between the arcane and incomprehensible grief, resorts to unthinkable measures to try to prolong his beloved’s life. In all his heartache, he is devoured by his grief, unwilling to confront the reality of his wife’s condition until it is too late. There is no sense – no moral – in suffering. There is only pain. Hashir dares to discover the truth and faces the consequences.
The Sun Fails To Rise
Two months ago, a strange illness erupted at Seongnam University's Institute of History, in which many researchers claimed to have heard a whisper that not only grew louder over time, but also induced hallucinations and eventually madness. Due to the highly transmissible and incurable nature of the disease, the Bureau of Investigation succeeded in sealing off the source of the disease at great cost and began further testing and exploration work.
On this day, B-level investigator Lin Xiaosheng and his junior Liancheng are about to carry out an ordinary data recovery work, but something seems to be wrong.
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