Frank Sun’s NIGHT Awarded Best Philip K. Dick Short
Geoffrey Prather’s A MIND CANNOT TOUCH Named Best Sci-Fi Short
Festival Honored Independent Sci-Fi Cinema in Lille, France
The 2023 Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival has announced the award winners for its gathering that took place at the L’Hybride Theater in Lille, France from October 27-28. The event saluted the work and legacy of novelist Philip K. Dick with a slate of independent science fiction, horror, and fantasy films.
Congratulations to the award winners of The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival:
BEST PHILIP K. DICK SHORT
NIGHT
Director: Frank Sun, US, 20 min
A man arrives at a friend’s apartment and hears sounds from outside his window… but is it real?
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT
A MIND CANNOT TOUCH
Director: Geoffrey Prather, US, 15 min
A Mind Cannot Touch is a short film about loss and how one grieving mother will go to any lengths to bring her daughter back from the dead. The film asks, “What if you could bring a loved one back after their physical body has died?” and explores the moral implications of this hypothetical.
BEST NEW MEDIA
EMILY’S MOUNTAIN
Director: Tal Somech, Israel, 22 min
Emily celebrates her 6th birthday on a magical trip with her family and is slowly exposed to the horrifying reality that her parents are trying to conceal from her using modern technology and entertainment systems.
BEST HORROR SHORT
ESCALATION
Director: Christian Bachini, Italy, 15 min
Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, is happily avoiding all human contact, preferring to escape from reality in whatever’s on TV. When a friend reaches out to him to confront him about his past promises, Chris must decide what kind of person he is inside, or it may just eat him…alive.
About The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival:
The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival launched in October 2013 and has screened events in Lille, France, Cologne, Germany and Łódź, Poland. Organized by individuals and filmmakers who understand both the challenges and rewards of telling a unique story in an independent environment, the festival represents the deep analyses and philosophical views of internationally renowned novelist Philip K. Dick, whose work has inspired generations of writers, filmmakers and fans around the world.
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