Sunscreen Film Festival West 2014 Official Selections: Sci-Fi
"The Class Analysis" (Dir. Webb Pickersgill) -- In a quiet mining town's local bar, an Aryan Brotherhood biker, a wealthy black businessman, a peaceful Muslim, a poor Hispanic couple, and the Vietnam Vet bar owner are thrust into a corrosive argument. Race, class and religion violently disrupt this group of diverse patrons bringing them to peace in the most unexpected way.
"Last Of You" (Dir. Dan Sachar) -- In a devastated world, Yonatan, the developer of a device which allows the re-experience of recorded memories, becomes obsessive about the last recollections of his late wife.
"The Lonely Cure" (Dir. Gall Friedman) -- A lonely man in NYC finds a mysterious company that claims to have a cure for loneliness, but discovers their intentions may be darker than they originally seemed.
"Gh05tW1r3" -- A morally-bound computer hacker is
caught up between a corrupt government and a vengeful rebellion and is forced to help ignite a revolution triggered by his one weakness; love.
"CHIMERA" -- Allen, a man hiding underground with a free will measuring machine, is determined to find someone who can score over 8%. The community is angry about his electricity consumption. His sister tries to convince him to unplug the machine. But she brought a mentally challenged patient with her this time, and Allen understands what he’s really looking for is insanity. In the end, he is forced to lose all values in order to be free.