SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

35th Annual Boston Science Fiction Film Festival

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(all shows except the Film Marathon begin at 7:00 PM)
ALL SHOWS take place at the Somerville Theatre, located at 55 Davis Sq., Somerville, MA. You can get there easily by taking the red line to the Davis Sq. stop. The theater is directly next door.

Passes can be bought by clicking on the SF Tix & Store link to the left. Individual screenings for 2/5 - 2/13 can be purchased directly from the Somerville Theatre's box office.

Fri. Feb 5th OPENING NIGHT!

Special Revival!
Sundance & Berlin Fest Winner!
SLEEP DEALER

Dir. Alex Rivera. 90 min., Mexico, 2008.

In this visually stunning film, water is used for blackmail, security has reached new dimensions, and "sleep dealers" work in factories.

Sat. Feb 6th
New England Premiere!
MUTANT SWINGER FROM MARS

Dir. Michael Kallio. 86 min., USA, 2009.

MARS NEEDS WOMEN! (Naturally!) Martians come to Earth and force a mad scientist to create a “chick magnet”!

 This lovingly rendered sci-fi spoof parodies films like Young Frankenstein, The Ape Man, and The Nutty Professor with equal measures of Ed Wood and William Castle thrown in. The film features the acting debut of Jack White (pre-White Stripes and Cold Mountain) of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather.

Sun. Feb 7th
World Premiere!
Director Eric Zimmerman & actor Nathan Bexton in attendance!
Q&A Following Screening!
CALLER ID

Dir. Eric Zimmerman. 100 min., USA, 2009.

WARNING - DON'T BRING THE KIDDIES!

Caller ID is a psychological sci-fi thriller based on real voice mail messages received from a disturbed woman. A group of graduate students study advanced techniques in psychopathology while their professor leads them through a series of bizarre experiments and perverse sexual research involving mind control. Each student must explore the caller’s hidden psyche – as well as their own id. Starring James Duval (Donnie Darko, Independence Day), Nathan Bexton (Go, Nowhere), and Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction, The Mask).

View the trailer on the features link on this site:
http://m-cylinder.com/

Mon. Feb 8th
Shorts Program #1
LITTLE SPACE ODDITIES

Boston Premiere! THEOSAUROLOGY
Dir. Alex Austin. 5 min., USA, 2009.
Animated story about the true nature of dinosaurs.

New England Premiere! EMPATHY
Dir. Benjamin Pascoe. 9 min., USA, 2008.
Tragedy sends a man on an surreal adventure.

North American Premiere! THE PACKAGE
Dir. Oliver Waghorn. 3 min., Australia, 2009.
An old VHS tape holds the key to Dave's future.

North American Premiere! DESTINATION DAY
Dir. Chris Lassig. 7 min., Australia, 2008.
A car accident claims the life of a man's daughter and leads him to self-discovery.

World premiere! OPERATION: BLAST
Dir. Jeffrey Hollins. 10 min., USA, 2009.
Laser-blasting bots fight take the place of soldiers and fight the Taliban!

World Premiere! VHS REPORTER
Dir. Jamie Heinrich. 9 min., USA, 2009.
Old and new technologies seep into unknown territory.

North American Premiere! DIMENSIONAL MELTDOWN
Dir. Ofer Pedut. 7 min., Israel, 2009.
In parallel dimensions, people die. A lot.

World Premiere!
FRANK DAN COOLO: PARANORMAL DRUG DEALER
Dir. Andrew Jones. 8 min., USA, 2008.
A legendary monster stalks Neo-Mega-Ultra Tokyo.
Featuring CGI and cool stop-motion animation.

Tue. Feb 9th
Shorts Program #2
EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL EXTRAVAGANZA

New England Premiere! Intro by actress Laurie Slater! PERFECT COMPANION
Dir. Jeff Winograd. 9 min., USA, 2009.
New advances in dating have a few complications.

US Premiere! ESCAPE FROM DEATH PLANET
Dir. James Cadden. 7 min., Canada, 2009.
Unknown lifeforms attack terraformers.

Escape from Death Planet Trailer from Blazing Violet Media on Vimeo.

World Premiere! TYPE A
Dir. Erik Fefferman. 15 min., USA, 2009.
Techies awaken a terrifying force.

World Premiere! MR. BOJAGI
Dir. Marco van Belle. 10 min., UK, 2009.
A mind-reading machine finds the perfect gift for any occasion. Starring legendary British actor Brian Blessed.

New England Premiere!
ALL SYSTEMS GO, NEIL ARMSTRONG
Dir. Robert Dohrmann. 3 min., USA, 2009.
A mysterious television is your personal guide through outer space.

New England Premiere! THE KIRKIE
Dir. James Krieg. 13 min., USA, 2008.
Three costumed geeks en route to Comic Con are stranded and go to a bar for help. Guess what happens next!

World Premiere!
Director Hamilton Scott in attendance -- Q&A after screening.
THE LATEST THING
Dirs. Christian Sesma & Hamilton Scott, 6 min., USA, 2009.

Should the brain be upgraded? Probably not. The lines blur between humanity & technology.

New England Premiere! ENIGMA
Dirs. Jason and Matt Shumway. 42 min., USA, 2008.
Spaceship Genesis floats dead in space. See if you can decipher the mystery in this multiple award-winning film!

Wed. Feb 10th
Shorts Program #3
PLANETARY PARANOIA

New England Premiere! SITA
Dir. Tchaiko Omawale. 9 min., USA, 2008.
Imagine life in a post-apocalyptic world, where touch is forbidden.

World Premiere! RATS
Dir. Giovanni Ficetola. 7 min., Italy, 2006.
Based on Alberto Ponticelli's comic, an automated world breaks down in a system error.

New England Premiere! 1:03 AM
Dir. Raymond Cinemato. 8 min., USA, 2008.
A man scores a bizarre permit. 1:03 am is his time.

New England Premiere! THE REPLICANT
Dir. David Smith. 13 min., USA, 2008.
An underground cloning facility has a few surprises.

Boston Premiere! DIE SCHNEIDER KRANKHEIT
Dir. Javier Chillon. 10 min., Spain, 2008.
In 1958, a Soviet capsule crashes and a pandemic begins.

New England Premiere! UNDER GOD
Dir. Richard Farmer. 10 min., USA, 2009.
President Eisenhower gets up close and personal with UNIVAC.

New England Premiere! AFTERGLOW
Dir. Andres Anglade. 11 min., USA, 2009.
A failed alien invasion leads to recriminations and new threats.

North American Premiere! OXYGEN
Dir. David Norris. 24 min., Australia, 2008.
An air-supply repairman faces an isolated life and controlling powers in a polluted world.

North American Premiere! LIFELINE
Dir. Andres Salaff. 6 min., USA, 2009.
Dimension-traveling scientist looks for his lost love.

Sundance 2009 Honorable Mention!
ATTACK OF THE NEBULA-5 ROBOTS
(El ataque de los robots de nebulosa-5)
Dir. Chema García Ibarra. 6 min., Spain, 2008.
Almost everybody is going to die very soon.

Thur. Feb 11th
FAMOUS MONSTER

NE Premiere!

Dir. Michael MacDonald, 48 min, Can, 2008.

A fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream & shape the way we view science fiction today.

Plus, World Premiere: CONLANG
Dir. Marta Masferrer, 15 min. USA, 2009.

Fri. Feb 12th
World Premiere!
Director in Attendance!
Q&A Following Screening!

LUOPOLIS

Dir. Matthew Avant. 99 min., USA, 2009.

A conspiracy radio show caller claims that people from the future live on the moon and control our every action. Filmmakers Matt and Sonny chase the story deep into Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin where an ominous underground compound raises more questions than answers. Threatening encounters, the bizarre and reclusive Church of Lunology, mysterious secrets, alternate histories, time travel, and more.

Sat. Feb 13th
New England Prmeiere!
INK

Dir. Jamin Winans. 107 min., USA, 2009.

When we sleep, two forces emerge. One supports our hopes and gives us strength through dreams. The other leads us toward desperation through nightmares. Then there are the others with unknown purposes. They live in a shadow-world, like the mercenary named Ink.   Eight-year-old Emma awakens in the dream world and the fight for her soul begins INK is a cult classic in the making -- see it with an audience!