“There needs to be an error code that means: I received your request but decided to ignore you.”
- Martha Wells
Newsletter 21.7 Returning in-person December 2-5, 2021
Normalcy Returns...
Happy Summer Solstice!
The Other Worlds team hopes everyone is doing well as we glide into the hot season. Places and spaces are opening back up (bottom-half of faces included!) We have some exciting titles cooking for in-person Orbiter screenings, to be announced in the next few weeks! So stay cool, stay safe, and we'll see your awesome faces soon.
In the meantime, catch up on the latest brain-children of our festival staff members! Robyn, Bears Rebecca, and Hal all have some quick and fun reads for you.
2021 DEADLINES & DETAILS
FILM & SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS Jul 31: Midsummer Deadline Aug 31: Late Deadline Sept 20: (FILM ONLY) Extended Deadline
EVENT DATES Jun 12-Jul 4: AJFF series Dec 2-5: Other Worlds 2021
(in-person) Dec 6-12: Other Worlds 2021
(virtual add-on)
UGLIES
by Robyn Paxman
The Uglies was one of my favorite Young Adult book series growing up, and in 2006 20th Century Fox bought the rights to a movie adaptation, where it languished in production limbo until recently. In September of 2020 Netflix announced that they had the film rights with actress Joey King (THE KISSING BOOTH) on board as both executive producer and actress.
The Uglies was part of the YA boom of the 2000s about a future “utopian” society that is divided into two castes, the “uglies” and the “pretties.” Everyone under the age of 16 is deemed an “Ugly” and described as having asymmetrical faces or imperfect skin, things that are perfectly normal to growing teens going through puberty. Upon their 16th birthday, though, teens are given mandatory cosmetic surgery to become a “Pretty” and the ability to live a manufactured party life free from responsibilities (similar to a social media Influencer!) READ MORE...
LUNACY
by Hal Hoeppner
Have you ever blamed something on the full moon? Please stop. For me. It’s bad science.
The phases of the moon, and the full moon in particular, has long been associated with a variety of subjects: crop success or failure, fertility, menstrual cycles, stock market fluctuations, blood clotting, romance, murder, evil spirits, madness, the United States' 2000 presidential elections, and of course lycanthropy.
Why is that? I don’t know, there’s probably some anthropological reason about people being obsessed with big things in the sky, but that’s not why I’m here. READ MORE...
THE SKY STRANDS
by Bears Rebecca Fonte
Every day Maribeth checked the skies. She used to listen to the radio waves, but she had to stop during the dry season because power was at a premium. Wake up. Clean the Sky Strands off the roof before their acid takes hold. Fish for breakfast and dinner. If it's not pouring rain - which is only one out of every three days - hike to the tallest volcano lip and watch the skies. Maybe she’d drink some dew from the AquaFruit and pass out.
This was the 3rd cycle since Joseph died, her only companion for five years. If they had actually made it to the colony, they would never have even met, a high Imperial like Joseph and an agricultural 3rd class like her. READ MORE...
Midsummer Night's Dreamin' about our next deadline!
July 31st is our Midsummer (natch) Deadline for submissions!
Be sure to get your project in soon! Accepting Films and Scripts.
See our FilmFreeway page HERE!
Did you know?
Other Worlds Film Festival became
an official non-profit organization in 2020!
