The Philip K Dick Film Festival Showcases Sci-Fi From Around the World

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Published on Wednesday, 02 April 2025 17:17

Written by Brad Balfour

Few authors have been as mind bending and reality altering as Philip K Dick. From Ubik, to Man in the High Castle, to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Dick has left a permanent mark on science and speculative fiction. Now the Philip K Dick Film Festival showcases films and series reflecting his vision for strange science fiction. Running April 2 to the 6th with online events and screenings in NYC, the Philip K Dick Film Festival is an international cavalcade of sci-fi cinema and documentaries.

The festival opens with the world premiere of the new sci-fi series The Unseen Realm, starring Edward James Olmos, Keir Dullea, Clancy Brown, Margot Kidder and Matt Modine in a series of shorts that span strange worlds.

With directors from around the world, the international sci-fi shorts block features works from Canada, the UK, France, Mexico, Portugal, India, and more. Also screened will be the world premiere of Memories of the Future from director Vanessa Ly. In the near future, a visionary scientist recalls his creation of the first androids—perfect replicas of deceased children. Centuries later, on a remote island, a small community of these childandroids lives in isolation, untouched by the world that made them until the arrival of a lone human teenager, setting a journey in motion. The documentary Sex Robot Madness examines how as Big Tech shifts its focus from the attention economy to the emerging “intimacy economy,” the question arises: Are we ready for customizable lovebots designed to push our most primal buttons?

To learn more, go to: https://www.thephilipkdickfilmfestival.com/

The Philip K Dick Film Festival
April 2 - 6, 2025

NYC and Online

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