DUST — 2018

Jan 20183m

Bound in ancient celestial ballet, nine dead Kings arise to claim a fallen Emperor. We find a strange Emperor perched on his haunches, reminiscent of a proud samurai general in battle. He resurrects stone effigies of nine predecessors. They bring on the destruction of his era, and the Emperor ultimately becomes one of them. Continuing a repeating cycle.

Jan 201818m

In the not-too-distant future, a tenuous peace between humans and remarkably humanlike “machines”—some don’t even know they’re not real—is tested when synthetics begin spontaneously exploding. A military-led search for these unwitting suicide bombers begins, sending a terrified machine woman and her human partner on the run.

Jan 201824m

Following a breakup, a introverted pot dealer becomes addicted to a virtual reality avatar of his ex-girlfriend while the building he lives in mysteriously refuses to let him leave.

Jan 20183m

A tiny robot is given the gift, life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable. When he sees a curious bird outside the workshop window, he will be inspired to reach beyond his limitations.

Jan 201812m

In an alternate reality where memories are literally worn about one's head, a jilted lover wrestles with the image of his ex.

Jan 20189m

After the seas have disappeared, a courageous pilot fights against vicious sky pirates for control of the last remaining source of water: the clouds.

Jan 201810m

A tormented woman believes a rare planetary alignment is actually a cosmic message from her distant interstellar home.

Jan 201818m

A broken man in a broken city succumbs to outlawed virtual reality to decide the fate of his father.

Feb 20184m

A tiny creature searches for companionship in an empty city. His music transforms the space around him and calls to others.

Feb 20183m

An animated short about the prefabrication of social media.

Feb 201824m

Time travel is easy... You just wait. An Agent from the future comes to the past to prevent crimes. The only way for him to return to the future is simply to wait. During this time, he must live in complete isolation. This would drive most men insane, but it suits the solitary agent just fine... until one day, when he runs into a girl about to commit suicide.

Feb 20186m

A brave young hero, a damsel in distress, a daring escape...

Feb 20184m

After developing a mysterious new device that will "change the world," the peppy, young wizkid who created it, slams into a wall he never prepared for: endless cold calls.

Feb 20189m

A short film about a robot's realization of the true nature of their reality.

Feb 20185m

New Game, New Rules. She wakes up alone in a desert. She can't talk, she's naked, and she's tattooed. Someone, or something, is toying with her.

Mar 20185m

"Strange Beasts" is an augmented reality game. It allows you to create and grow your own virtual pet. How far can it go?

Mar 20187m

In an undefined future where mankind have voluntarily abandoned technology to live back in nomadism, an old man initiates a kid to the reasons of humanity’s return to nature. Apparently teleportation had something to do with it.

Mar 201811m

Nervous Kerri is about to go on stage to make her debut at an open mike night, when her phone rings. It's her future self, telling her to leave before she gets on stage. She's very grateful for the warning, but as the calls keep coming, things become difficult. Unwelcome visions of the future cause her to second guess every choice she makes and she quickly learns a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...

Mar 201810m

In tomorrow's Tokyo, the technologically-enhanced body of a young mercenary hacker is overrun by a sentient data weapon.

Mar 201819m

A gift for some is a curse for all. In the near future, an unexplained phenomenon has progressively given the majority of the world's population telepathic abilities. While many herald this as a new age of human evolution and culture, for those who do not have this gift, this new world is a dark place. The non-telepathic have become the new under-class, with new laws and social change making them less than human.

Mar 20187m

After the death of her daughter ex-special forces soldier seeks revenge on the aliens that committed brutal murder.

Mar 20183m

In a world over-stimulated with visual content, an artist concedes to temptation and confronts the potential threat of obsolescence.

Mar 20185m

Make Games, Not War. It is the year 2056, and the two major political superpowers are on the brink of war with one another. In order to settle their major disputes they choose to elect some of their best and most promising candidates to battle on behalf of the nation. These are The New Politics.

Mar 20185m

A soldier suffering from PTSD is offered a chance to change her life.

Mar 20187m

A lifeform lost in space tries to find his way home.

Mar 20184m

A young boy is saved from bullies by an unexpected hero.

Mar 201822m

In an enclosed, bleak future, Carter is becoming the domineering manager's golden boy - until he meets a woman who has been smuggling contraband to the shut-in factory workers. Carter must decide whether to continue an increasingly meaningless existence or push the limits of faith and logic by venturing outside.

Mar 20182m

While on the moon a curious astronaut inadvertently strokes his way into the heart of an extraterrestrial who has a very special way of returning the affection.

Apr 201816m

A WW2 English soldier wakes from a coma to find a mysterious old man sharing his hospital room.

Apr 201812m

A stowaway is discovered on an emergency dispatch ship and must come to terms with the consequence of her action.

Apr 201812m

Set amidst the euphoric madness of a summer music festival, Robot & Scarecrow is a uniquely modern fairytale about love. When a robot pop princess flees her keeper she runs straight into the arms of a lonely scarecrow desperate for adventure. They spend an incredible night together, caught in a heady vortex of music and magic.

Apr 201810m

In a not so distant future, humans must take pharmaceuticals to feel any emotion at all. This is the story about two people who have been prescribed to take the next step in their relationship.

Apr 201815m

When Earth no longer exists, neighboring aliens examine human artifacts that float around in its place—like paleontologists learning about ancient ancestors.

Apr 201810m

In a not so distant future, a 5 year old child wants to hold on to his favourite book 'The Giraffe Who Knew Too Much'. The only problem being, it has been put on a list of censored books.

Apr 201817m

Two students document the arrival of cute, cartoon aliens in Edinburgh, but after a year on Earth, the pair discover the true intention of the aliens visit.

Apr 20187m

An Instagram star's self-image grows increasingly warped and begins to spiral out of control.

May 201813m

A scientist struggles to unravel the terrible truth about a mysterious catastrophe that destroyed his lab right when he was on the cusp of stopping death itself.

May 20183m

Riley, an explorer is being chased by another spaceship, he carries something that contains the salvation of his planet. In his escape, he may change the course of history itself.

May 201825m

A dying mother travels at near-light speed, stretching time to watch her daughter grow up.

May 20187m

My name is Baxter Zevcenko. I’m sixteen years old and I’ve killed people. Lots of people. At least, they tell me they were people. They looked more like monsters to me.

May 201814m

A body-jumping soldier confronts the morality of her missions in this emotionally-charged sci-fi thriller.

May 20184m

Alan Jones and Eric Bobson get together once again on the 4th Episode of THE COSMIC DOPE- A PLANT EXPERIENCE. This time's lysergic experiment counts with Nancy, the episode's guest, and an unknown orchid species.

May 20188m

A WW1 sniper jeopardizes his life to rescue a mysterious P.O.W. who holds the secret key to finding a way back home.

May 201811m

A coming of age love story with a surreal streak. Starring Cesar Winner Rod Paradot & Lula Cotton-Frapier.

May 20188m

A couple use a device which allows them to see and "feel" everything in each other’s mind.

Jun 20184m

After discovering her own User's Manual, a docile A.I. housewife becomes self-aware and takes her inevitable revenge.

Jun 201816m

A teenage boy awakens in a sinister hospital to learn his mother was killed in a horrific car accident. An apocalyptic nightmare and another patient’s shattered memory may hold the key to unlocking the secrets behind The Roma Project.

Jun 20186m

Peter and JD, two highly sensitive caterers, struggle through a fancy event at which Peterʼs ex-girlfriend is being celebrated. When strange creatures attack, some priorities shift, some stay the same.

Jun 201818m

A deep-space transmitter pilot begins to experience unusual flashbacks when he learns he's being sent back to Earth.

Jun 20187m

A man drifting in deep space, remembers the wife he left back on earth.

Jun 20189m

An expecting mother (Frankie Shaw) is forced into a humiliating birthing regimen by her personal automated assistant who thinks it knows what's best for her and her unborn child.

Jun 201816m

Two elite astronauts wake up in the abyss of space, they return to their stranded ship and discover the surprising reason behind their mission's catastrophic failure.

Jun 20188m

An overprotective mother produces an accident with terrible consequences in the space-time continuum in the scientific laboratory where his son works.

Jun 20188m

The light has left us. In a futuristic world where the sun is going out and mysterious predators roam the wilds, a young man runs for his life on an urgent errand.

Jul 201813m

After their father's death, a brother and sister prepare to sell the family farm, but a mysterious force beneath the ground attracts unwelcome visitors.

Jul 20189m

Near Future 'military-grade' prosthetic limb technology alters the rules of an emerging NYC underground fight club - through a recently discharged elite soldier.

Jul 201815m

BAG MAN is the understated story of a 12 year old African American boy, who takes us on an introspective journey out of the city and into the remote countryside of upstate New York. With a mysterious duffle bag in hand, its contents unknown to us, we journey from the urban hustle of Harlem, into the winter-ravaged woodlands a world away. On the road, we slowly discover his real intentions, and the startling significance of what is hidden inside a young boy’s bag.

Jul 20189m

A tense spaceship captain and co-pilot set out to investigate a comet, when a technical fault cuts to the core of their relationship problem…

Jul 201811m

A down-on-his-luck lawyer awakes in a doorless room to find he's been selected to negotiate on behalf of the human race.

Jul 201827m

A developer of a device which allows the re-experience of recorded memories, becomes obsessive about the last recollections of his late wife.

Jul 201811m

Lunatique is a sci-fi shortfilm about a lonely woman who fights daily for survival in a post apocalyptic world.

Jul 20186m

Two evil Henchmen are sent to bury a coffin in the woods. Who or what does it contain? That's out of their pay grade.

Aug 201814m

An easy-going young professional wakes up hanging upside down in an unfamiliar warehouse with no recollection of how he got there. As he tries to escape, survive and piece together what happened, he begins to uncover a nightmarish plot involving him and his loved ones.

Aug 201813m

Franklin's Brain is a short, character driven sci-fi about an individual desperate to find meaning in his life, many years after his death.

Aug 201820m

In a war-torn land of man vs. robot, a young runaway slave searching for his father must ally with a broken and battle-scarred war-robot or be hunted down by his brutal overseers.

Aug 20186m

The Cosmos. Mankind. The meaning of Life. Come play with us.

Aug 201815m

Scientists have discovered a way to record dreams, and those with ulterior motives waste no time exploiting those whose dreams are the most powerful.

Aug 20181m

An astronaut journeys to a distant planet where the inhabitants spend a lot of time looking at... devices.

Aug 201821m

A man struggles with the health care system and his own feelings of guilt when he checks his 100-year-old, estranged mother into Gateway TransCare -- a memory care facility that uploads elderly minds into computer data banks.

Aug 20185m

The Exodus Begins! Facing total extinction, a military operation turns to the stars in order to relocate the entire human race. During the exodus, one man is sent to rescue his former comrade after she mysteriously disappears while executing a covert operation off world.

Aug 201813m

Bobby, a middle-aged outdoorsman living on a lonely farm, looks after his young sheltered nephew for the weekend. Meanwhile, bears discover fire – causing a remarkable series of events for Bobby's family in this sci-fi dramedy set in rural America. Based on the short story by Terry Bisson.

Aug 201812m

In the year 2025, a young man's superintelligent AI system tells him that he must go on a date or face certain suicide from loneliness.

Sept 201812m

In order to remember, you first need to forget. Through pharmaceutical experimentation, Dr. Louis W has developed an opiate that can put an end to the rising suicide rates plaguing a desolate yet fast-approaching future. 'Terminally Happy' begins in the middle of Louis’s final experimentation – on himself.

Sept 201812m

A 140 year old woman, sustained by a mobile life support chair, must come to terms with the reality of death.

Sept 201822m

When a watch repairman acquires an antique pocket watch that can control time, he decides to use it to achieve his dreams. His plans soon become sinister when he learns he isn't the only one with the knowledge of the pocket watch.

Sept 20182m

"Magenta Sky" is a creative collaboration between musician ZHU and sci-fi channel DUST directed by Jeff Vash. Something between music video and sci-fi short film. The collaboration is part of the new album release "Ringos Desert "out September 7th, 2018. The song will be a special bonus track on the album's forthcoming vinyl release. Visit http://www.ZHUMusic.com for more. And expect more collaborations soon.

Sept 201812m

A man trying to escape from reality, finally does. After a mysterious encounter in the woods, a man meets a singer in a bar who has had a mysterious encounter of her own with the same mysterious light.

Sept 201810m

Mr.Rêvus prepares the dreams of mankind. In his nightly routine one momentous mistake happens which is the dawn of a big adventure.

Sept 201812m

Welcome to the Garden. Inside you grow, outside you perish. When in 2089 humans become an out-of-date concept, rebellious Luc would rather die than integrate into A.I. But when she meets robot Azul, the idea of upgrading herself suddenly sounds tempting.

Sept 201820m

In the near future, an injured soldier returns home with advanced prosthetics to replace an arm and leg lost in combat, and must reconnect with family.

Sept 20182m

Story of an astronaut traveling through space and time. In the turmoil of a mighty thunderstorm, the strange light appears in the middle of an unknown alien desert. The spacemen is being beamed down to the planetary surface, being left on his own.

Oct 201812m

A boy is pressured into taking a pill that lets him breathe underwater, with dire consequences.

Oct 20188m

A young couple's relationship falls apart, over and over again, revealing the strange, harsh truth behind what's been happening to them.

Oct 201815m

Prospect is the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl on a toxic alien planet. She and her father hunt for precious materials, aiming to strike it rich. When the father is attacked by a roving bandit, the daughter must take control.

Oct 20184m

"Responsibly Sourced" by Paul Philpott

Nov 20188m

Summer of 1982. Teo claims he has found a wormhole. His brother Óscar does not believe him... at least not for now.

Nov 20188m

A disgraced veteran with a troubled past works as a negotiator in a futuristic post-war Korea battling with gangs, robots, and his own grip on reality.

Nov 201814m

Two brothers caught in a time loop must traverse a series of maze-like events in order to prevent a catastrophic fire from occurring.

Nov 20188m

A scientist with a passion for magic gets more than he bargains for when performing a new card trick.

Nov 20188m

The world has ended. There is nowhere to go. Except back. In a war-ravaged world recognizable as the ruins of our own, a woman is haunted by memories of a better time. But she lives in an era that has chosen to forget its history, and remembering is a crime.

Nov 20187m

In a twisting fantasy, a paramedic is possessed by desire for a man she discovers at the scene of an accident.

Nov 201818m

Set during the Great American Eclipse, this is a story about the sacrifices we make for love and the intensity of a looming moment that can change everything.

Nov 201818m

Ten years in the making, Fabricated is a stop-motion journey through an alien world which was once our own.

Dec 201815m

A father and son live in an idyllic future, but reality is not quite what it seems. In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father's device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his own traumatic reality, the man must venture outside to find a replacement, into a city where violence and danger lurk beneath a skim of beautiful illusion.

Dec 201812m

For Wanda and Zach, Future Families is a lifetime opportunity: a virtual parenting system that gives their baby access to a better life. But they soon realize this technology may come at a higher cost.

Dec 201812m

In a near future where world humanity has been deprived of closeness of each other through technological communication advancements, a small boy, Timmy full of curiosity goes on a journey to learn the value of interpersonal communication, human emotions and expressing them through discovering the underground art of theater.

Dec 201812m

In a corporate world void of human interaction, Ennis has lost her ability to relate to others. When her company fires her and forces her into a crowded tenement building, Ennis must overcome her fear of human connection to begin again.

Dec 20185m

After he arrives to a time travel agency "Yes, Today!", a naive hard rock fan must fight his way through their bureaucracy in order to to get to a concert of Mötley Crüe in 1985.

Dec 20188m

In this offbeat Sci-Fi/Fantasy thriller, a burglary leads the victim on a extraordinary journey through time as he tries to find the perpetrator.

Dec 201815m

A grandfather who lives across the country from his family tries to connect with his grandson inside virtual reality.

Dec 20185m

A pregnant couple argue as they wait for their appointment in an advanced genetics clinic, in full disagreement about the steps the government has taken against over-population.

Dec 20181m

A nihilistic police officer goes to extreme measures to protect a young boy who has the ability to tap into multi-dimensions across space and time.

Dec 201814m

The future begins... with her. On the spaceship Cradle, a lonely teenager dreams of a home she has never known. When an accident cripples the ship she must race the clock to unlock the secrets of her past and discover her future.

Dec 20188m

Two disreputable characters try to get back into their bosses good books by steeling a prized object for him...

Dec 20183m

A Sci-Fi extravaganza as pointless as the song. A high profile government agent is called in to witness the autopsy of an extra terrestrial after it's spacecraft crash lands on earth. In a desperate act of compassion, the agent abducts the alien and runs through time and space to save its life and return it to the mothership. But in this case...time and space is a chaotic trespassing through every random retro sci-fi film that we could cram in to three minutes. There's over 40 individual references - see how many you can spot.