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FIRST WAVE OF OTHER WORLDS 2021!!
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We are incredibly excited to announce the first wave of films for the festival's 2021 edition (December 2-5 in-person at Galaxy Highland Theatre). To coincide with our film festival's 8th year, this first wave contains 8 phenomenal feature films, including one World Premiere.
"A lot of people, including myself, thought there would be a drought in the film industry this year. I’m happy to say we were way off!" says Dan Repp, Other Worlds Senior Programmer and Events Director. "Creative minds found an outlet during the tough times and there has been a rise in content for all genres. Other Worlds is celebrating our 8th year by announcing 8 glorious films in our first wave."
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2021 DEADLINES & DETAILS
EVENT DATES
Dec 2-5: Other Worlds 2021
(in-person)
Dec 6-12: Other Worlds 2021
(virtual add-on)
FILM & SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
CLOSED FOR 2021
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In addition to our in-person festival, we're hosting a virtual extension of the festival called the Cyber Extension Multipass through Eventive. Running December 6-12, the "Voyage to Other Worlds" won’t have to end on a late Sunday night before having to head back to work - it will continue for another seven days! That’s another whole week to catch up on features and shorts, as well as exclusive content only available online. A majority of the films playing Other Worlds will reprise in the the cyber extension so you won’t have to miss a single film.
Badges are on sale now!
Other Worlds' 2021 Opening Night Film is the World Premiere of MADELINES, a SciFi time travel thriller directed by Jason R. Miller. Miller is known for his work on BLOODHOUND, SEQUENCE BREAK, HATCHET, and FROZEN.
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Other Worlds 2021 - First Wave Film Details
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Madelines (Opening Night Film)
Director: Jason R. Miller
Writers: Brea Grant, Jason R. Miller
US | World Premiere
Madeline and Owen have invented time travel, but after discovering a mistake in the code that causes a copy of Madeline to appear every day, they must kill each new Madeline to prevent the universe from collapsing in on itself.
Blank
Director: Natalie Kennedy
Writer: Stephen Herman
UK | Texas Premiere
Struggling author, Claire Rivers signs up for a fully A.I. operated retreat to help her writer’s block, but when an unforeseen software glitch occurs, she gets trapped inside her unit with a malfunctioning android, a degenerating host and no communication with the outside world.
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A Hard Problem
Directors/Writers: hazart
US | Texas Premiere
After the death of his mother, Ian must pack up the house where he cared for her in her waning years. A strained relationship between him and his sister leads Ian to discover there are complicated circumstances behind the life he didn't realize he was living.
Hell is Empty
Director: Jo Shaffer
Writers: Adam DeSantes, Jo Shaffer
US | Texas Premiere
A self-styled messiah initiates a teenage runaway into his cult of sister-wives. Her rebellious nature upends the community, triggering a bloody uprising against the patriarch.
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Kratt
Director/Writer: Rasmus Merivoo
Estonia | Texas Premiere
Two city kids, zero smartphones, one village. When left at Granny’s the siblings find an instruction on how to build a devilish creature. The only missing puzzle is one soul…
Take Back the Night
Director: Gia Elliot
Writers: Gia Elliot, Emma Fitzpatrick
US | Texas Premiere
Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that tried to kill her. However, as her troubling history of drug use and mental illness bubbles to the surface, her family, community, and authorities begin to question the authenticity of her account. Alone in her fight, Jane questions her own memory of the attack… and if Monster exists at all.
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When I Consume You
Director/Writer: Perry Blackshear
US | Texas Premiere
A woman and her brother seek revenge against a mysterious stalker. A gritty, slow-burn urban folktale about family, damnation, and redemption.
Wicked Games
Director/Writer: Teddy Grennan
US | Texas Premiere
When Harley joins her new boyfriend for a long Halloween weekend at his country estate, they’re invaded by a band of masked freaks and forced to play a Wicked Game. To the intruders’ unpleasant surprise, Harley’s history has left her with some tricks of her own making the game surprisingly even.
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Featured Blog Reading: MERMAIDS
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BY HAL HOEPPNER Do you remember those mockumentaries (or docufictions if you prefer) that The Discovery Channel produced? The one most people remember is from Shark Week 2013, MEGALODON: THE MONSTER SHARK LIVES, but there was a whole slew of them. VOODOO SHARK, SWAMP CRYPTID, THE SUBMARINE, and the 2004 classic THE LAST DRAGON to name a few. But despite MAGALODON getting most of the press, the one that has stuck with me was from the year before, airing on Animal Planet in 2012, MERMAIDS: THE BODY FOUND.
For the unfamiliar, the premise was that mermaids are real and scientists are actively hiding their existence from us. At the center are two scientists who claim to have found the titular body while researching the mass beaching of whales only to be intimidated and silenced by the government. Amateur footage from fishermen and ocean floor cameras is provided as supporting evidence and a trusty Animal Planet narrator goes over the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis to explain how mermaids could be real to the viewer.
Now when I say this Monster Week special stuck with me, I don’t necessarily mean that in a good way. At the time, MERMAIDS was Animal Planet’s most-watched program ever, and people didn’t get the memo that it was fake. The History Channel had been losing credibility steadily in the years since ANCIENT ALIENS, but Discovery and Animal Planet weren’t quite to that point yet and people took the sensationalist marketing at face value... READ MORE
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Other Worlds Film Festival became
an official non-profit organization in 2020!
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