O Integrated Culture Center (CIC) hosts one of the biggest science-fiction film festivals in the country in July, with a list of more than 75 new films on screens in the capital. There will be five thematic exhibitions, with international competition, Latin American awards and guest feature films. The premiere highlights of this edition go to the feature films "The Fourth Sunrise" ("Al Patrulea Răsărat", 2022) from Romania, and "Caixa Preta" ("Black Box", 2023) from the United Kingdom. The event will be held between the 24th and 30th of July.
From Brazil we will have two national premieres: "Espaço Limiar" (2023), by Gabriel Papaléo (RJ) and the award-winning "Mata Seco em Chamas" (2022), by Adirley Queirós and Joana Pimenta (DF). In the competitive international short film show, films from 28 countries will compete for several awards. Restored classic works, which are not well known to the public, will set the tone for the diversity of techniques in inventive cinema. From the Czech Republic comes "A Very Crazy Comet" ("Na Kometa", 1970) by the great Karel Zeman, master of cut-out animation and pixilation. The film is based on the work of Jules Verne. From Poland the classic "Silver Globe" (1988). by Andrzej Żuławski, a film that took almost 10 years to complete due to the censorship regime at the time. And from Brazil, the great science-fiction classic "Abrigo Nuclear" (1981) by Roberto Pires, a filmmaker from Bahia of fundamental importance in national cinematography. Pires produced Glauber Rocha's first feature, and was the inventor of the first Brazilian cinemascope lens, the Igluscope.
Filmmaker Roberto Pires will be honored at the festival, which will feature surprises in the program, debates with local directors, international premieres and everything related to science fiction, the genre of fantastic cinema that grows the most among audiovisual productions in the world. As part of the tributes, the documentary "Bahia Sci-Fi" by Petrus Pires will be shown, about the mythical science-fiction film "Abrigo Nuclear", which has in its cast none other than Norma Benguell, one of the greatest Brazilian actresses.
Every festival has free admission, with screenings at Sala de Cinema Gilberto Gerlach, at CIC, with indicative classification of each block informed on the website and at the concierge.
The realization of Sci-Fi Floripa is a screen occupation movement proposed by Cinematic HUB, curated by Petter Baiestorf and Gurcius Gewdner from Santa Catarina, coordinated by Andrey Lehnemann and artistic direction by Pedro MC. The co-production of the 2nd Sci-Fi is by Tempestá Cultural, with the support of Marte Inovação Cultural, and realization of Cinemática HUB, with the support of Cineclube Cinema Unisul and Museu da Imagem e do Som de Santa Catarina, Fundação Catarinense de Cultura.
Special thanks to Vitrine Filmes, Festival Screen and Filmfreeway platform.
PROGRAMME
MONDAY 24/07
16h - Opening
16:30 pm – Awarded Short Films
Sci-Fi Florida 2022
Short films awarded in the first edition 2022
Rating 12
18 pm – Guest Feature Film:
A VERY CRAZY COMET
(“Na Komete” / Dir. Karel Zeman
(Czech Republic, 1970, 74 min)
subtitled
Synopsis: When a comet passes too close to Earth, it pulls a small part of North Africa with it. Taken together is a lot of people. Among them, Angelika, who has just escaped the ship of a ruthless arms dealer, and her two brothers, who are searching her. Then there is a group of natives, who plan a rebellion against the French colonists. All these conflicts become secondary when people finally realize that they are doomed to live together on an alien planet. Based on the book of the same name by Julius Verne.
Rating 12
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19:15 pm – Homage to Roberto Pires
19:30 – Documentary
SCI-FI BAHIA
Director Petrus Pires
(Brazil / BA, 2015, 32 min)
Synopsis: Since the 1970s, Roberto Pires has militated against the use of nuclear energy, believing that it could, in the long term, extinguish human life. With the collaboration of Orlando Senna, he wrote the screenplay for “Abrigo Nuclear”, an ambitious science-fiction production entirely produced and shot in Bahia. With testimonials from Orlando Senna, Laura Pires, Nonato Freire, among others, the documentary “Bahia SCI-FI” intends to explore the universe that surrounded Roberto Pires, Bahia and the possible nuclear war of the late 70s and early 80s
Free Indicative Classification
-
20pm – Brazilian Feature Film
NUCLEAR SHELTER
Director Roberto Pires
(Brazil / BA, 1981, 86 min)
Synopsis: The inhabitants of an underground shelter, built to preserve the human race from radioactive pollution, live under a regime controlled by Commander Avo. Despite being protected, they hope to get out one day.
Rating 14
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TUESDAY 25/07
16pm – Guest Film Screening – Robot Monster Session
EMPIRE OF THE ROBOT MONSTERS
Director Richard Svensson
(United States, 2019 03 min)
Ro-Boob: The Farting Robot Monster (2021)
Director Logan Fry
(United States, 2018, 06 min)
ROBOT MONSTER – THE ALIEN ROBOT
Director Phil Tucker
(United States, 1953, 76 min)
subtitled
Free classification
Total: 85 min
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17:30 pm – Competitive Short Screening – Block 1
Rating 16
Mimesis (Bulgaria, 2023, 6'), by Rumen Russey
Oldmen Rule (Russia, 2022, 12'), by Alexander Gavrilov
Walkman (Canada, 2022, 12'), by Ana Guedes
Reformat (Canada, 2022, 16'), by Jesse Pickett
Prototype (Germany, 2023, 6'), by Abril Ruzmed
Immortal Mind (USA, 2023, 2'), by Roku Jingwen Long
Galactic Gold Rush (Canada, 2023, 7'), by David da Silva
The Invasion of Red-Coke City (Bulgaria, 2021, 30'), by Lubo Marinov
The Machine (Canada, 2023, 7'), by Mauricio Chichizola
What did I Miss? (Egypt, 2023, 17'), by Mariam El-Nowaihi
Intergalactic Hostage (Brasil/RS, 2022, 20'), by Douglas Martins
Passarinho (Brazil, 2023, 2'), by Victor Mayer
The Last Galaxy (Portugal, 2020, 2'), by Francisco Lacerda and Francisco Afonso Lopes
DATÆTERNA (France, 2022, 20'), by Axel Chemin
Total: 160 min
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20h International Feature Film
THE FOURTH SUNRISE
Director Octavian Repeat
(Romania, 2023, 70 min)
subtitled
Synopsis: In 1992, retired astronaut commander William Florescu moves to the shores of the Black Sea, where he revisits his space experience from January 1962, when he participated in the pioneering manned space mission “Genesis 1491” by the USA.
Rating 16
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WEDNESDAY 26/07
16 pm – Reprise Competitive Short Film – Block 1
Rating 16
Mimesis (Bulgaria, 2023, 6'), by Rumen Russey
Oldmen Rule (Russia, 2022, 12'), by Alexander Gavrilov
Walkman (Canada, 2022, 12'), by Ana Guedes
Reformat (Canada, 2022, 16'), by Jesse Pickett
Prototype (Germany, 2023, 6'), by Abril Ruzmed
Immortal Mind (USA, 2023, 2'), by Roku Jingwen Long
Galactic Gold Rush (Canada, 2023, 7'), by David da Silva
The Invasion of Red-Coke City (Bulgaria, 2021, 30'), by Lubo Marinov
The Machine (Canada, 2023, 7'), by Mauricio Chichizola
What did I Miss? (Egypt, 2023, 17'), by Mariam El-Nowaihi
Intergalactic Hostage (Brasil/RS, 2022, 20'), by Douglas Martins
Passarinho (Brazil, 2023, 2'), by Victor Mayer
The Last Galaxy (Portugal, 2020, 2'), by Francisco Lacerda and Francisco Afonso Lopes
DATÆTERNA (France, 2022, 20'), by Axel Chemin
Total: 160 min
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18:30 pm – Competitive Short Screening – Block 2
Rating 16
A4 II: El Contacto (Venezuela, 2023, 6'), by Camilo Pineda and Manuel Rugeles
Base 34 (Argentina, 2022, 14'), by Anabela Becker
Clone (USA, 2023, 4'), by Alexander Stephens
In the skin of the family (Argentina, 2022, 25'), by Emilio López
Los otros (Argentina, 2022, 15'), by Juan Cruz Oruezabala
Santa Hostia (Spain, 2023, 5'), by Alberto Oliva
Tribute (Chile, 2023, 5'), by Matias Ignacio Cisternas
Primacy (Spain, 2022, 20'), by Jos Man
Pe ataju jumali (Ar Quente, Brasil/Colombia, 2023, 25'), by Unides against colonization: many eyes, one heart
The Dark Odyssey 2 — Ice Nexus (USA, 2022, 11'), by Michael Lavine
The Shortest Relationship in the World (China, 2023, 2'), by Xiaoxuan Han
Total: 130 min
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20:40 International Feature Film
BLACK BOX
Director angel slender
(UNITED KINGDOM, 2023, 73 min)
Synopsis: Marcus is the sole survivor of a space crash at an asteroid mining station. After the crash kills everyone else in it, he ends up trapped in a damaged escape pod, injured and with memory loss. He manages to contact ground control, but will need to remember what happened on the station if he wants to help him get back to Earth alive.
Rating 16
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THURSDAY 27/07
17 pm – Competitive Short Films – Block 03
Rating 16
SYFY (Brasil/BA, 2023, 4'), by Erik Russell
Will we all be cactus in the future? (Brazil/Germany, 2021, 13'), by Thais de Almeida and Fernanda Valdivieso
sanc_pc1317_03_01_a_1 – VERSION 02 (Brazil, 2023, 7'), by Henrique Amud and Hakaima Sadamitsu
Promise of a Wild Love (Brasil/SP, 2022, 23'), by Davi Mello
Looking for Indianara (Brasil/MG, 2021, 10'), by Mayra Santos Costa
Trincheira (Brasil/AL, 2019, 15'), by Paulo Silver
Zornit (Brasil/PE, 2018, 23'), by Marcello Trigo
Sinal Fantasma (Brasil/SC, 2014, 25'), by André Silveira Thys
Febrile Dreams of a Head Hotter than the Sun (Brazil, 2021, 10'), by Pedro Karam
No Sunset (Brasil/CE, 2021, 16'), by Janaína Lacerda
Nordeste Futurista (Brasil/PB, 2022, 18'), by Luana Flores.
In the shine that appeared in the blue of the sky… (Brasil/MG, 2021, 2'), by Pedro Coelho Xavier
Estatic (Brasil/CE, 2022, 13'), by Gabriela Queiroz
Chrysalis (Brazil, 2023, 4'), by Igor Ferreira Domingos
What did I Miss? (Egypt, 2023, 17'), by Mariam El-Nowaihi
Vertigo (Brasil/SC, 2022, 12'), by Djulia Marc
Total 210min
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20:30 pm – Conversation with Directors
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20:45 pm – National Feature Film
LIMINAL SPACE
Director Gabriel Papaleo
(Brazil, 2023, 75 min)
Rating 10
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FRIDAY 28/07
15 pm – Reprise Competitive Short Film – Block 3
Indicative Classification 16
SYFY (Brasil/BA, 2023, 4'), by Erik Russell
Will we all be cactus in the future? (Brazil/Germany, 2021, 13'), by Thais de Almeida and Fernanda Valdivieso
sanc_pc1317_03_01_a_1 – VERSION 02 (Brazil, 2023, 7'), by Henrique Amud and Hakaima Sadamitsu
Promise of a Wild Love (Brasil/SP, 2022, 23'), by Davi Mello
Looking for Indianara (Brasil/MG, 2021, 10'), by Mayra Santos Costa
Trincheira (Brasil/AL, 2019, 15'), by Paulo Silver
Zornit (Brasil/PE, 2018, 23'), by Marcello Trigo
Sinal Fantasma (Brasil/SC, 2014, 25'), by André Silveira Thys
Febrile Dreams of a Head Hotter than the Sun (Brazil, 2021, 10'), by Pedro Karam
No Sunset (Brasil/CE, 2021, 16'), by Janaína Lacerda
In the shine that appeared in the blue of the sky… (Brasil/MG, 2021, 2'), by Pedro Coelho Xavier
Estatic (Brasil/CE, 2022, 13'), by Gabriela Queiroz
Chrysalis (Brazil, 2023, 4'), by Igor Ferreira Domingos
Vertigo (Brasil/SC, 2022, 12'), by Djulia Marc
Total: 190 min
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18 pm – Competitive Short Films – Block 4
Rating 18
Energúmeno (Brasil/GO, 2023, 19 min.) by Luis Calil
Ultimul vis pentru lunã (The Last Dream for the Moon, Romania, 2016, 30'), by Octavian Repede
Darklands (Brasil/RS, 2022, 10'), by Rafael Cipriani
Allegro (France, 2023, 5'), by Vincent Bonet
Resurgedo (Brasil/PR, 2022, 30'), by Ribamar Nascimento
Bullfighter (Brasil/RS, 2022, 2'), by Pedro Murad
The Escape (Brazil, 2022, 14'), by Leonardo Malinowski
Cabeça de Estatic (Brasil/SP, 2023, 17'), by Lohan Duarte
Mar Doce (Brazil/RJ, 2022, 10'), by Pedro Lopes Gomes
Quartzo (Brasil/MG, 2022, 13'), by Evandro Caixeta and João Gilberto Lara
Total: 150 min
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20:40 pm – Conversation with Directors
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21pm – International Feature Film
VEGAS IN SPACE
Director Phillip R. Ford
(United States, 1991, 75 min)
Synopsis: The plot concerns three male space travelers who must become female in order to complete a secret mission on the female planet Clitoris.
Rating 18
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SATURDAY 29/07
17 pm – Competitive Short Films – Block 5
Rating 16
Poltergosma (Brasil/PR, 2022, 15'), by Jonathan Rodrigues
Brota (Brazil, 2022, 14'), by Letícia Coelho and Bruna Brunu
Amor Irreal (Brasil/RS, 2023, 6'), by Lucas Reis
While I Breathe (Brasil/RS, 2020, 7'), by Thiago Beckenkamp
Absolute Nightmare (Brasil/SP, 2023, 7'), by Luciano de Azevedo and Marionaldo Júnior
In the Eyes of the Seeer (Brasil/RJ, 2022, 25'), by Catharina Felix
Sea of Problems (Brasil/ES, 2023, 1'), by Dani Micóids
Lover's Chorus: piece-film (Brasil/AM, 2022, 9'), by Tércio Silva
Stimuli (Brasil/PR, 2023, 23'), by Rebecca Capozzi and Jorge Tibilletti
21 (Brasil/RJ, 2022, 17'), by Paulo Gabriel
I Wait for You at the End of Times (Brasil/SC, 2023, 17'), by Júlia K. Rojas
The Third Hybrid (Brasil/RS, 2023, 25'), by Eric Pedott
Total: 160 min
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19:40 pm – Debate with Directors
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20pm – International Feature Film
SILVER GLOBE
Director Andrzej Zulawski
(Poland, 1988, 166 min)
subtitled
Synopsis: A group of scientists and space explorers flee Earth in search of a new planet where they can build their freedoms through a new civilization. The problem is that their trip fails and they end up falling on the far side of the Moon, where they realize that the seed that will destroy their dreams is blossoming within themselves.
Rating 16
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SUNDAY 30/07
15pm – Repeat Blocks 4 and 5
Total: 280 min
19:40 pm – Awards + Prize Show
20:00 pm – National Feature Film
DRY MASS ON FIRE
Director Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós
(Brazil, 2022, 193 min)
Synopsis: In the favela of Sol Nascente, in Ceilândia, the main currency of exchange between enemy groups is oil. Chitara, a large gas company in the region, tries to build customer loyalty at her private well with the help of her sister. When Brazil becomes more conservative and threatens to vote for the extreme right, Chitara's position becomes a political act.
Rating 16
Full schedule, timetables and ratings at scififloripa.com
Start: 20/07/2023 00:00
End: 20/07/2023 00:00
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