3. Hello and welcome to the Hyperdrive Sci-fi & Fantasy Film Festival!
The idea for this festival came out of a realisation that there must be lots of people
out there making science fiction and fantasy films that the majority of people
haven’t seen.
Boy, were we right?
Our window for submissions to Hyperdrive 2015 opened in January 2015 and,
before we closed it in March we’d had 2,315 films sent to us from all around the
world.
In a process that lasted 5 months, the judges whittled this list down to a 200 strong
long-list… and then the arguments started.
Knowing in advance that we only had 2 days in which to show films, we knew that
the list needed to be around 30. Every one of the judges had their favourite and
least favourite films, meaning that the challenge was enormous.
After much shouting, crying and throwing of various (quite heavy) objects at each
other, the films you can see on the following pages were chosen.
Representing the best of the genre, the 34 films are all very different, some light
hearted and some darker and more sinister, we believe that these films will have
you laughing/crying/gripping your chairs during each of the 8 Hyperdrive screen-
ings.
Let’s not forget, the real reason we’re doing this is to raise money for Demelza
House Children’s Hospice. All of the profits from Hyperdrive 2015 will be donated
to help them to continue their great work, making the lives of terminally ill children
and their families just a little bit better.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Kind regards,
Tim Tiernan
Festival Director
Hyperdrive 2015
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4. Screening 1
11:00 - 10/10/2015
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The Red Thunder (2015)
Sarah (Allie Grant, "Weeds"), a nerdy teenager, needs her mom's brand
new car to go on a date with Danny (Miles Heizer "Parenthood"), the boy
she is in love with. Her mom, Dr. Thun (Karen Strassman, "Silicon Valley"),
an absent minded Podiatrist is concerned about Sarah driving by the
dangerous streets of downtown Los Angeles. She tells her daughter she
may need her car if one of her patients has an emergency, but Sarah
doesn't buy it. After all Dr. Thun is just a Podiatrist...doesn't buy it. After all Dr. Thun is just a Podiatrist...
Starring: Allie Grant, Miles Heizer, Karen Strassman
Director: Alvaro Ron
Runtime: 00:06:26
Time Teens: The Beginning (2015)
Time travel exists. William is a Tourasaiche (pilgrim time traveller) in
charge of policing time crime in Scotland. When he is sent a letter from
the past telling him of a darker future, he must decide what is important
to him.
Filmed with no Production Budget, with voluntary professional artists,
Time Teens is a prequel to a potential TV Series by the same name,
with the film setting up the adventures of the future teenage cast.with the film setting up the adventures of the future teenage cast.
Starring: Andy Gray, Liam Brennan, Amanda Beveridge
Director: Ryan Alexander Dewar
Runtime: 01:54:00

5. Screening 2
14:00 - 10/10/2015
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Dead Hearts (2014)
A young mortician will give his heart away to find true love.
A whimsical, gothic bedtime story filled with love, loss, taxidermy,
Kung fu, and biker werewolves.
Starring: Dalila Bela, Valin Shinyei, Thomas Orr-Loney
Director: Stephen W. Martin
Runtime: 00:16:00
The Looking Planet (2014)
During the construction of the universe, a young member of the
Cosmos Corps of Engineers decides to break some fundamental laws
in the name of self-expression.
Starring: Samuel Hery, Joe Cappelletti, Cindy Robinson
Director: Eric Law Anderson
Runtime: 00:16:38
The Answer (2014)
BRIDD lives a boring life: crummy job, no friends. But he’s exceptional –
and won’t show anyone. One day he receives a package from his
mother – she’s been dead twenty years. Inside there’s a device he can’t
turn on. That night, he and co-worker CHARLOTTE return to his house
and find their boss dead. Suddenly, masked men attack.
Starring: Austin Hebert, Alexis Carra, David S. Lee
Director: Alvaro Ron
Runtime: 01:23:00

6. Screening 3
17:00 - 10/10/2015
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Preparation (2013)
Inspired by Heath Ledger's preparation to play the role of the Joker, this
short tells the story of a Hollywood actor who isolates himself in a
hotel room for 6 weeks to prepare to play the role of the villain in an
upcoming blockbuster film.
Starring: Stiaan Smith
Director: Tyron Janse van Vuuren
Runtime: 00:27:48
This is Joe (2014)
During the 70's, in New York, Joe Shuster works as a delivery guy.
But it wasn't always like this
Starring: Antonio Martín Latorre, Javier Diaz, David Lorrio
Director: Francis Diaz Fontan
Runtime: 00:04:00
Now Hiring (2014)
Joe Martin is an ordinary man. Unemployed and unhappy, he struggles
to provide for his wife, Sarah. When he answers a classified ad looking
for superheroes, he thinks it's a simple job of dressing up for children's
parties, and after exaggerating his skills, he bluffs his way onto the team.
Joe discovers that he is working with real superheroes, fighting real crime.
Starring: Jason Sedillo, Camden Toy, Caitlin Rose Williams
Director: Mark Cantu
Runtime: 01:34:00

8. Screening 4
20:00 - 10/10/2015
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Doppelgänger (2015)
An illegal hunter finds a mysterious abandoned train tunnel when he
enters he finds himself falling into a repetitive nightmare.
Starring: JD Mallory
Directors: Graham Uhelski & Daniel Ray Hamby
Runtime: 00:09:48
When a massive event plunges the earth into darkness and chaos, a
sole survivor goes on a quest to overcome her greatest fear…loneliness.
Starring: Cheryn Class
Director: Anthony Dones
Runtime: 00:12:12
8GHz (2015)

9. Screening 4
20:00 - 10/10/2015
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Story of R32 (2014)
It's the story about old lonely robot who just tries to attract attention
to himself.
Starring: Nastya Borsh, Nadya Vecherya
Directors: Vladimir Vlasenko
Runtime: 00:02:28
The future. One of the last remaining cities on Earth. Abraham, a former
soldier, has come out of prison for a crime he was forced to commit ten
years earlier.
With no way of reclaiming the idyllic life he once led, he accepts work
from a mysterious benefactor named Ingram. Abraham is tasked with a
dangerous mission to save humanity. Along the way he forms a
relationship with Marja, a strikingly beautiful woman with a link torelationship with Marja, a strikingly beautiful woman with a link to
Abraham's past.
Starring: Kye Loren, Rosie MacPherson, Bill Hutchens
Director: Eren Özkural
Runtime: 01:20:38
Run Away With Me (2014)

10. Screening 5
11:00 - 11/10/2015
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Enfilade (2014)
A man awakens in a white room with two doors. Each door
“loops” into the other. How do you escape a loop?
Starring: David Coyle
Director: David Coyle
Runtime: 00:09:59
Birthday Boy (2014)
"Birthday Boy" is the story of an 8 year old Jeremy Finkle,
who is having the worst birthday of his life.
Starring: Jackson Tessmer, Jeff Evans, Kealan Rivera
Director: Josef Lorenzo
Runtime: 00:08:32
I Remember the Future (2014)
In his words lies his heart. His characters trapped on the
pages of his stories.
Starring: Reg Gorman, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight
Director: Klayton Stainer
Runtime: 00:26:32
Turn On (2014)
A diligent android repair man responds to an emergency
call-out, but when he discovers that the android has been
exploited he is faced with an impossible moral dilemma.
Starring: Ross Armstrong, Abigail Gregory
Director: Mat Owen
Runtime: 00:14:15

11. Screening 5
11:00 - 11/10/2015
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Mr Sumbody (2014)
“Mr. Sumbody” is a dramatic Sci-Fi shortfilm about an underground news
reporter who realizes his life has been affected by a drug designed to
extend his life.
Starring: Dean Aylesworth, Garry Chalk, Rob Labelle
Director: Trevor Mirosh
Runtime: 00:16:38
Saturday (2014)
Interviews with the Angels of Heaven about the creation
of man. What went wrong?
Starring: Jill Winternitz, Jonathan Hansler
Director: Keif Gwinn
Runtime: 00:08:36
The Army Within (2014)
On the brink of an alien invasion childhood sweet hearts
Traye and Sally are thrust into an inescapable turn of events.
Starring: Paul Pantano, May Grehan
Director: Andy Sutton
Runtime: 00:16:20

12. Screening 6
14:00 - 11/10/2015
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Focus (2014)
Through a series of unfortunate events, a young girl stumbles upon a
camera lens that possesses a very mysterious power. Through this lens,
the photographer is able to see into the past of its previous owners.
A new acquaintance becomes an old friend in a friendship that spans
two lifetimes.
Starring: Julia Anne Severance, Christopher Bradley
Director: Matt Chesin
Runtime: 00:14:00
Arcadia Bay (2015)
A resident of the beautiful coastal town of Arcadia Bay is haunted by
dark visions. After finding the man from his visions he convinces him to
join him in discovering their meaning.
Starring: Phillip Abraham, Taylor Tunes, Nevan Richard
Director: Joshua Jacobs
Runtime: 00:29:51
Reconnoiter (2015)
A pilot is marooned on an alien planet and soon discovers the planets
only inhabitants are predatory machines.
Starring: Ian Rowe
Director: Neil Rowe
Runtime: 01:20:00

13. Screening 7
17:00 - 11/10/2015
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Afterlife (2015)
Afterlife is a black comedy set in a world between the living and the
dead. After Martin Stevens is killed in a car accident, he finds himself in
a waiting room pending judgement.
Starring: Tim Beckmann, Ella Ainsworth, Alex Frost
Director: Florence Winter Hill
Runtime: 00:09:46
New (2014)
Elderly couple Hugh & Candace are restored to life after centuries in
cryonic suspension. Together, they face the joys and challenges of a
second life in the distant future.
Starring: Jared Abrahamson, Joslyn Jensen, Jennifer Lafleur
Director: John Harden
Runtime: 00:16:30
Isolated (2015)
After finding himself in a wrecked taxi, Evan tries to figure out the pieces
of the puzzle, while dealing with a dangerous threat, in a seemingly
deserted city.
Starring: Tomás Verdejo , Luis Gnecco
Director: Tomas Vergara
Runtime: 00:05:14

14. Screening 7
17:00 - 11/10/2015
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Danny and the Wild Bunch (2014)
Miranda (Nora Zehetner, “Greys Anatomy“), a children’s book author is
told that her new manuscript needs to be “darker”, but when her revisions
annoy the characters in the book, they come back to make some
changes of their own.
Starring: Rob Tepper, Nora Zehetner
Director: Robert Rugan
Runtime: 00:05:26
Gas Station (2015)
An interstellar space shuttle. 3 Crew members. 1 child, transported
despite the ongoing debate on numerous health risk implications of
such journey. No assistance crew, no fuel. What's the worst the can
happen when you're with people you trust, and the next person is
thousands of kilometres away?
Starring: Sekela Nancy Ngamilo, Matthew Jure, Sean Croft
Director: Kasia Kaczmarek
Runtime: 00:12:38
Rachel 9000 (2014)
Set in a future where one can invest in humanoid robots rather than
in human relationships, Rachel 9000, a mindful robot designed for
pleasure, contemplates the possibility of emancipating from her
abusive owner.
Starring: Alana Kerr, Carey Fox, Barry Lynch
Director: Angelo Chavez
Runtime: 00:14:20

15. Screening 7
17:00 - 11/10/2015
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Sharkasaurus (2014)
Tremors meets Jaws. A creationist vs Paleontologist vs Sharkasaurs.
Faith, Facts and fins. An epic battle in the badlands of Drumhellor
Starring: Michael Shepherd, Julie Orton, Edwin Perez
Director: Spencer Estabrooks
Runtime: 00:08:00
Theodora (2015)
A resourceful young girl prepares dinner for a friend.
Starring: Mackenzie Brooke Smith
Directors: Henry Chaisson, Travis Bogosian
Runtime: 00:05:28
Toonocalypse (2015)
Two students document the arrival of cute, cartoon aliens in Edinburgh,
but after a year on Earth, the pair discover the true intention of the
aliens visit.
Starring: David Kaye, Matt Martin, James Carney
Director: Owen Rixon
Runtime: 00:18:02

16. Screening 8
20:00 - 11/10/2015
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Selfie (2015)
A woman is haunted by a mysterious figure in her selfie photos.
Starring: Stacy Hart
Director: Geoff Harmer
Runtime: 00:06:49
Mr Dentonn (2014)
On a cold winter night, Laura reads his brother David the story of a
strange creature that attacks children. Suddenly, a shiver runs Laura's
body, feeling a strange presence in the house. It’s him.
Starring: Irene Aguilar, Kaiet Rodriguez, Ander Pardo
Director: Ivan Villamel Sanchez
Runtime: 00:09:00
Soldiers of the Damned (2015)
It’s the Eastern Front, 1944. The Russians are pushing the German Army
back through Romania. Major Kurt Fleischer, war-weary commander of
an elite troop of German soldiers, is ordered to escort a female scientist
into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic.
Starring: Gil Darnell, Lucas Hansen, Matthew John Morley
Director: Mark Nuttall
Runtime: 01:39:00