Uprising!

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

In the post-apocalyptic world of "Daywalkers," humanity struggles to survive amidst strange creatures known as daywalkers, who masquerade as corpses by day and hunt unsuspecting prey with their white eyes. Our lone protagonist, equipped with lenses to shield his gaze, navigates the perilous daylight to hunt these creatures. When he encounters another survivor seeking aid against a purportedly active daywalker, he cautiously agrees to help. However, as night falls, a chilling revelation unfolds—the supposed survivor is a daywalker in disguise, leading to a fatal confrontation that challenges our protagonist's survival instincts to their limit. "Daywalkers" explores the thin line between trust and deception in a world overrun by darkness.

Humans use technology to improve their lives, to forge connections, to create time that doesn’t exist, to replace real interactions. When we devise a second version of ourselves on social media, do we lose a piece of our true selves in the process? Do our digital connections threaten our real life relationships? What happens if the filtered characters we’ve imagined take on a life of their own?

When an overconfident teen alien gets behind the controls of a spaceship, he must attempt to abduct a slumbering farmer under the watchful eye of a critical instructor. But abducting humans requires precision and a gentle touch, and within a few missteps it's painfully clear why more humans don't go missing every year.

Set in a dystopian future, biblical Eve has a dream that changes the trajectory of life as we know it.

As Zac’s relationship with his long suffering girlfriend deteriorates, a mysterious ‘plant’ is discovered in his back yard.

What lengths will a robot undergo to do his job? BURN·E is a dedicated hard working robot who finds himself locked out of his ship. BURN·E quickly learns that completing a simple task can often be a very difficult endeavor.

Adio is a young man able to control a condition that causes his involuntary transformation into objects based on his emotions until he meets Sophie.

A woman wakes up hanging upside down. When she screams for help, a phone rings and a voice helps her escape.

On a planet far away, a primeval creature gets banished by the chief of its tribe. Exiled and with the burden of a disgraced honour, it sets foot into the unknown land beyond its home, where it finds an intriguing alien concept to take vengeance.

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.