What are your best sci-fi short films?

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The discussion revolves around recommendations for sci-fi short films, focusing on those that are 5-20 minutes long and have a natural science or physics-related theme. Participants share their favorite films and channels, exploring the nature of short films and their emotional impact.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a preference for short films that balance width and depth, specifically mentioning "One-Minute Time Machine" and "FTL" as favorites due to their time-related themes and physics focus.
  • Another participant highlights the YouTube channel DUST, noting the quality of its sci-fi short films and suggesting that sharing links would enhance the discussion.
  • A third participant questions the classification of "La Jetee" as a film, given its unique format of still images rather than moving pictures, while acknowledging its sci-fi nature.
  • One participant mentions enjoying a specific film, "The Looking Planet," which they found outside the DUST channel, indicating a personal recommendation.
  • Another participant hints at a recent dystopian film they watched, describing it as dark but with a deeper story, though they do not specify the title.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the enjoyment of short sci-fi films, but there are differing opinions on what constitutes a film and the emotional impact of these short formats. The discussion remains open-ended with no consensus on specific recommendations or definitions.

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Some participants express a desire for links to specific films, indicating a potential limitation in accessibility. The discussion also touches on the subjective nature of film classification and emotional responses to short films.

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Readers interested in sci-fi cinema, particularly those looking for short films with a focus on natural science or physics themes, may find this discussion valuable.

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Personally, I prefer 5-20 minute movies with both width and depth. Would like to have a natural science focus, especially physics-related.
Here are two of my favorites on YouTube. Time-related.

One-Minute Time Machine (5:40)
A kind of "multi-world generator" with a delete button and quantum mechanical "teleportation".



FTL (16:23)
A kind of sci-fi teleportation. Happy end with two fascinating, beautiful alien space ships. Like swirling 4D puzzle pieces?
I would like to see the design drawing for them. Together with a complete reference design (how to build and operate an alien space ship).]

 
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There’s a YouTube channel, DUST that’s dedicated to sci fi short films. The ones I’ve seen are pretty good although you feel sad when they end so quickly:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sDT8jZ76VLV1u__krUutA

It would be good to provide links to your favorites so we didn’t have to search for them.
 
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La Jetee, by Chris Marker, is only 20 minutes long. It's definitely sci-fi, but is it a film? Given that it's technically not "moving pictures".
 
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jedishrfu said:
There’s a YouTube channel, DUST that’s dedicated to sci fi short films. The ones I’ve seen are pretty good although you feel sad when they end so quickly:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sDT8jZ76VLV1u__krUutA

It would be good to provide links to your favorites so we didn’t have to search for them.
I think I've watched at least half of the "DUST" videos. Too many good ones to list.
Here's one that I found that I really enjoyed.
I don't think it's on DUST, so I'm guessing that YouTube suggested it to me one day:


The Looking Planet​
 
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Here’s one I saw recently, dystopian and dark but with a deeper story

 
For the 40K fans out there (particularly IG lovers):

 
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