35th International Short Film Festival Berlin 2019
5 - 10 November 2019

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SP 06 Sci Fi Shorts - Me, Myself and the Robot

Whether clockwork or steam engine comparisons, people like to see themselves as automatons. Thank you, Descartes! The longing for a more rational, more efficient image of himself drove homo sapiens ever further. But only with the development of the computer human egocentrism becomes threatened seriously, and it seems that reality is always one step ahead of science fiction. An equal being suddenly demands discourse instead of delegation. Change becomes necessary.

08.11.19, 21:00h, Volksbühne 3. Stock

09.11.19, 19:30h, Zeiss-Großplanetarium Kino

10.11.19, 17:00h, Babylon 2

Sci-Fi Shorts - Me, Myself and the Robot
Sci-Fi Shorts - Me, Myself and the Robot

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Kindly presented in cooperation with: Science Week Berlin

8 films
Middleware

Middleware

Christopher Alves / Sam Alisson // France // 2018 // 02:10 min

Animation

A beetle creeps into the fully automatic factory. What begins like a "Modern Times" with robots takes on more human traits.

Synthia

Synthia

Bernhard Weber / Maria Hinterkoerner // Austria // 2018 // 12:00 min

Live Action

Synthia is the perfect machine. But when the sense of irony is missing, her determination can be fatal.

Best Friend

Best Friend

Nicholas Olivieri / Shen Yi / Juliana De Lucca / Varun Nair / David Feliu // France // 2018 // 05:00 min

Animation

Loneliness is history thanks to virtual friends. But the artificial circle of friends leads into dependencies and fears of loss start to dictate Arthur's life.

The Chef

The Chef

Hao Zheng // United States // 2019 // 20:00 min

Live Action

In a time when work is done by robots, a traditional Chinese chef is forced to train a Caucasian humanoid to cook Chinese food, but a former protégé of the chef makes this harder by joining an anti-robot riot group.

If [Girlfriend Deluxe]

If [Girlfriend Deluxe]

Steve Moss // England // 2018 // 06:50 min

Live Action

Technology has a hard time imitating true intimacy. Even the perfect likeness of one’s own wife turns out to be a less then ideal alternative.

Article 19-42

Article 19-42

Julien Becker // Luxembourg // 2019 // 14:51 min

Live Action

Julie and Thomas drive deep into the forest to meet a retired doctor who is willing to cross ethical and legal boundaries.

Je veille sur toi

Je veille sur toi

Help3

Janek Tarkowski // France // 2019 // 15:00 min

Documentary, Live Action

In the near future human relationships will be replaced by a hologram conversation with the son. And nurse will be replaced by androids. In this situation Nicolas' condition becomes more and more critical.

2050

2050

Alexandra Lupashko // Russia // 2019 // 04:00 min

Live Action

Annoyed by the advancing technologization of everyday life? Load your weapon!