"A very skillfully controlled semi-fiction, expressing itself through special effects and inlays." said Belloir in Cahiers du cinema. A four-screen version exists as well.
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"A very skillfully controlled semi-fiction, expressing itself through special effects and inlays." said Belloir in Cahiers du cinema. A four-screen version exists as well.
'Enemy' is elegaic science-fiction: a fable about the young men trained as Guardians of the Stars and their failure to ward off an unknon 'enemy' who manifests himself as white light.
Short film in the Delta Space Mission film series. The two members of the Delta spaceship crew discover a frozen ship with a time machine.
At a major bid session at a major Ad Agency, a shy special effects director is ignored in a meeting, at the peril of everyone in the room.
A pair of space travellers arrive on Earth to study the planet's lifeforms, landing in an English garden. However, on Earth they are about three quarters of an inch tall and therefore find themselves encountering its natural and giant indigenous life, such as worms, spiders, goldfish and a tortoise. A drama documentary on natural history with a science fiction twist.
The man, the woman and their multiples share the same space at different times while being in different places at the same time, creating a paradox of existence. Sometimes they meet and sometimes they don't.
Opening animation for AZICON.
A search-and-destroy probe attacks a Jupiter research station manned by Dash's mother and sister. A rescue mission is headed by Crowbar, Slim, Dash and his brother-in-law, Sgt. Victor Rivera.
Short film in the Delta Space Mission film series. In a mission to recover the Delta space station, Dan is caught by a defective robot and mistaken for some radioactive energy source.
The events in the film take place in one of the modern cities. The editor-in-chief Rustam Agayev (Egit Iskenderov) finds an ancient lamp placed in the jaw. For the talented but poor character Rustam, this lamp shatters the sky. With the help of jinn, the young man suceeds: his play is made on anchor; his girlfriend, Maya (Natalia Tagiyeva), agrees to marry him, and the bar is in the apartment. But Rustam wants to achieve everything. When the jinn throws away his "owner," he unveils the secret: a person must believe in his own power, and there must be a strong desire to create miracles.
In a indeterminate future, Mexico would be a part of USA. In this context, the protagonist live under political and sexual repression.
George Kuchar received his only funding grant for this film ($20,000 from the NEA), and so, freed from the usual financial restraints, he was determined to have a good time and make a “spectacle” with “tons of color” and dazzling superimpositions. A big, colorful tapestry about rumors that are in all of the previous UFO movies. A loose story line that weaves in and out of the UFO phenomenon.
Puppet Space-Western by DAICON FILM
The super-powered trio of Sky, Earth, and Typhoon attempt to rescue Princess Lanka from the King of Evil with the help of young Ae-ri.
A pair of criminal brothers survive an airplane crash and discover a plot by aliens from outer space to conquer Earth by turning human beings in zombies.
A 1982 animated sci-fi adventure that still resonates today. The world is running out of energy - war looms between the 2 superpowers. A mysterious Black Planet is discovered in the universe. Secret Agents Freddy Fairweather and Marigold Muffet set out on hair-raising adventures that take them under the sea, across the country, and into outer space to find a secret formula which could well decide which side will land on the Black Planet first.
Serving as a guinea pig in Dr. Wyoming's REM sleep research at the Second Sight institute, private detective Nick Malace is secretly implanted with a brain monitor by rival researcher Dr. Keiger.
This animated film with hints of Monty Python satire and early 20th century burlesque has Earthlings land on Mars with the intention of bringing peace to the warring natives.
In a post-nuclear-war wasteland, a man searches for his family while trying to avoid deadly killer robots.
The film introduces viewers to modern problems of topology in a popular form: a story about a subway train that went into the "fourth dimension".
"Arguably the definitive portrait of the postwar America of secretly toxic dreams and treacherous surfaces," is how critic Michael Atkinson describes Tales of the Forgotten Future. Klahr’s breakthrough series traces an alternate history of 20th-century America in a collection of 12 diverse shorts. From the nuclear paranoia of The Organ Minder's Gronkey to Hi-Fi Cadets, where JFK is employed as a janitor in a neighborhood high school, Klahr's lo-fi animation style astutely captures the anxieties, dreams, disappointments, and promises of our recent cultural history. (wexarts.org)
Spiritual leader is in charge of facing and taming machine through enigmas and magic words. He loses control over her and is destroyed. But the entry of a curious child on the scene brings an unexpected outcome.
A tragedy about a poorly raised spaceman from Reykjavík who tries to gain foothold on a distant dream planet and adapt to the lifestyle of the natives.
In the near future, along the Portuguese coast, a network of ocean and solar power transformers will be installed. With the ecological balance seriously threatened, domestic animals disappear from the cities and return to wildlife in upland areas. On hearing of his sister's death in a road disaster, Jorge tries to warn his father - who, meanwhile, leaves for a secretly kept house, as a refuge and resting place.
A French military training film depicting a battle against mutants created by a meteorite.
This sci-fi telefeature for kids follows the adventures of runaways Peter (Toby Laing) and Maggie (Toni Driscoll), who meet when Maggie’s attempt to get Picnic bars on a five finger discount go awry and "rich brat" Peter is on the lam on a 10-speed. After falling into a grave of golden light at a farm cemetery, they wake up in the house of the strange Piper family.
A film short, about an Alien Species / UFO with an Uncontrollable Habit. Filmed with 16mm movie camera, stop motion, real hand made miniatures, and matte painted scenery & backgrounds ... all old school classic special effects. Back in 1980, there did not exist any digital computer special effects.
The president of the USA must deal with alien invaders.
World War Mud takes place on an apocalyptic Earth in an alternative universe or the future.
An experimental documentary portrait of author J.G. Ballard. Ballard speaks about his life and work, and submits to a lengthy personality questionnaire; these sections are intercut with surrealist scenes inspired by Ballard's fiction, centering on a downed pilot wandering through various landscapes.
A dystopian industrial scene.
An unfinished Mad Max like SF short based on a comic series by Paul Trainor.
A magnificent cardboard spaceship crashes in the grass, so the crew of the Enterprise beams down to the scene to render first aid. However, buckets of enemies are just waiting for their moment to put that alien crew to flight - only they didn't count on the phasers & fists of our heroes!
Star Wars spoof starring Jack Benny (played by Steve Norman).
Experimental short film shot at Berkely in the Fine Art Department.
Produced for "Gebocon I", a convention organized by Fanroad magazine, an anime/manga/doujin magazine in the 80s and 90s.
A UFO flies through a German village and an old lady reacts.
The viewer witnesses a typical day in the life of a martian magnolia, beginning with sunrise and ending with retaliation towards a pesky flying saucer.
This 1982 image was based on the Italian comic book "Altri Mondi" by Andrea Romoli. This is a six-minute pilot for the series "Spaceship Sagittarius".
The Pride intercepts a message to Saw Boss declaring the Planet Kyros deadly to Monster Minds. A weapon there turns everything to crystal. Jayce leads everyone to the planet to find this weapon; but upon landing, he discovers it is a trap set by Saw Boss. The planet's bloodstone is being sucked dry of it's energy by a spider. Without the bloodstone's power the planet turns to crystal. Everyone is crystalized, except for Jayce who manages to stay one step ahead of the process. He destroys the spider and gives the bloodstone his strength to return the planet and people to normal.
Slime Face wanders through a barren landscape, until-- Suddenly, it's not barren anymore. Slime Face experiences visions of crystals. Music by Jud Ehrbar of Space Needle and Reservoir.
TV Short for Robo Force, included in Challenge of the Gobots DVD set.
Aliens abduct young girls who look good for breeding on their planet. The girls are wrapped and podded, then beamed up for delivery to the laboratories on planet Merkos where evil gynecologists administer artificial insemination.
A futuristic short film based on a motif by Gerhard Schultze-Seehof.
A 1986 video-only film introducing one-hundred Toei's superheroes from their tokusatsu productions and other shows. Composition
In the distant future, a team of four high tech Star Sheriffs defends frontier space colony Yuma from outlaws, as well as Outriders, an army of humanoid alien beings called Vapors, led by mysterious Nemesis, who need Yuma's resources.
Plasmo, a three-year-old alien, has his hatchday party gate crashed by the two mercenary bounty hunters Brucho and Coredor.
Space Adventure is a 1989 sci-fi action brickfilm by Christian Stage. It was filmed in Norway and shot on Super 8 film, with all effects being achieved in-camera. Pre-production took place in 1983, the production occurred from 1984 to 1988, and the post-production was done in 1989. Upon completing the film, Stage created a preliminary soundtrack, and began sending the film to European TV stations and to The LEGO Group, to see if anyone was interested in doing anything with it. LEGO declined, with their stated reason being that it was too violent. The Children's Channel UK took interest, and created a new, more professional soundtrack. They added new voice acting, and allowed Stage to choose the music. The film was aired on The Children's Channel, and later also on SVT in Sweden and NRK in Norway.
Two children bring back laughter to the planet Gyllenblå, where it has been extinguished.
The science fiction film takes place in historically recognizable places in Valga. During the shooting, local militias also had to be dealt with. The robot misleads gangsters-bank robbers. But who is he and who is his master?
Commander Adam Kent leads the Zero Patrol, pride of the Omicron Corporation, to the far reaches of Neptune in search of a team of missing scientists. Surprises await as they attempt their daring rescue!
Short film in the Delta Space Mission film series. A intergalactic research ship descends onto an unknown planet where the animals are reminiscent of Earth's distant past when it was populated by dinosaurs.
Opening animation for URACON II.
A mad scientist and his gang kidnap the cheerleader daughter of a guard at a nuclear power station. They need her for their experiments in "fertilichrome", a substance that will cause women to have one baby a month.