BLINK OF AN EYE SHORT FILM <strong>PROGRAMME</strong> ANOTHER GAME RABBITS CONTRACTOR 014352 EXO HALEY BENEFITS MEMORIAL TO THE FUTURE ONCE UPON A PLANET PRENATAL SHORTS 5 ANOTHER GAME (Dir. Riyad Barmania. 9mins, 2017, United Kingdom.) A group has signed up to a mysterious lottery with disturbingly high stakes, where their thirst for dominance blinds them to the risk they take. CONTRACTOR 014352 (Dir. SIMON RYNINKS. 14mins, 2017, United Kingdom.) Real and imaginary worlds collide when a lonely data entry clerk reaches through his computer screen, in search of a genuine connection. EXO (Dir. Hiroki Yokoyama. 9mins, <strong>2018</strong>, Japan.) A future London where new criminal laws for ex-offenders are enacted. HALEY (Dir. Corey Sevier. 20mins, 2017, United States.) After an alien invasion leaves the world in chaos, a young father treks across the dying planet in a final act of humanity. MEMORIAL TO THE FUTURE (Dir. Patricia McInroy. 7mins, 2017, United States.) Riverside, Iowa may be one of the few places famous for an event that has not yet happened. People come there from around the world to celebrate the future birth of Captain James T. Kirk. ONCE UPON A PLANET (Dir. Peter J.S. Regan. 7mins, 2017, United States.) A young astronomer finds her calls to the stars answered with unexpected results. RABBITS (Dir. Alex Alexandrou. 12mins, 2017, United Kingdom.) Brothers Richmond and Arthur think they are the last survivors in a postapocalyptic London until there is a knock on their door. PRENATAL (Dir. Bears Fonte. 11mins, 2017, United States.) Mysteriously eight months pregnant overnight, Katie believes the Angels responsible, but her sister thinks differently. THALAMOS (Dir. Scott Robson, Andrew Jaksch. 23mins, 2017, Australia.) After a successful mission to the ZRS, a research station orbiting Mars, astronaut Commander Charlie Shaw finds himself alone on the red planet. BENEFITS (Dir. Edward Lomas. 3mins, 2017, United Kingdom.) England 2028; Adeel, needs his benefit cheque for the month. The welfare state is crumbling and the public sector is now fully automated. THALAMOS
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