“Wanderers” @ the Digital Worlds Institute (July 26)

The College of the Arts’ “Creative B” summer film series includes a evening of short science fiction films from around the world.

“Wanderers – An Evening of Short Science Fiction Films”

July 26, 2016, 7–8:30 PM

Digital Worlds Institute
Norman Gym, 624 SW 12th Street, Gainesville, FL 32611

The most innovative and perhaps the most influential genres of science fiction film today are not the big-budget Hollywood spectacles playing on screens of your local Googolplex, but the hundreds of short films created and distributed on the World Wide Web by small, independent, sometimes one-person, film studios. The capabilities of new, relatively inexpensive desktop animation and film editing software have unleashed the talents of independent sf filmmakers worldwide, and produced original, visually and narratively complex works of arresting beauty and historical significance. The films we will view were created by individuals and teams of filmmakers from six nations. Most were released within the last seven years. They are the edge of an advancing vanguard and represent some of the best work in contemporary sf film.

• Wanderers (Sweden, dir. Erik Wernquist, 2014)
• Red Heaven (United States, dirs. Lauren DeFilippo and Katherine Gorringe, 2018) – the world premiere of the trailer for this forthcoming documentary co-directed by UF’s Lauren DeFilippo!
• Room 8 (Great Britain, dir. James W. Griffiths, 2014)
• Sniffer (Norway, dir. Bobbie Peers, 2006)
• Pumzi (Kenya, dir. Wanuri Kahiu, 2009)
• Delivery (Germany, dir. Till Nowak, 2005)

“Wanderers” is curated and presented by Terry Harpold. All films included in the event are suitable for a general audience. Some films may be too intense for young children.

All “Creative B” events are free and open to the public.