These were the films shown at the SF/37 Film Festival and Marathon.
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Feature Films for SF/37 Marathon
: 105 mins - One of the year's most pleasant surprises was this sturdy new chapter in the long-running APES saga. Image a cross between the original quintet's CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and the true story of PROJECT NIM. Features some nice homages to the Heston original, Andy Serkis' CGI acting and James Franco & Freida Pinto as the humans.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318514/ Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8D2NIGEJW8
BRAINSTORM (1983) 106 mins. - Douglas' Trumbull's visionary Sfx movie returns to the Marathon after over 25 years. Christopher Walken, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson (who passed away this year) & Natalie Wood in her final film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/ Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNiZP2G-nEM 
WAR OF THE SATELLITES (1958) 66 mins. - Roger Corman's legendary quickie was written, shot and released in theaters in just 8 weeks to capitalize on the Russian's launch of Sputnik. Dick Miller and Susan Cabot star.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052379/Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96tzHfP9Vs
ENDHIRAN THE ROBOT (2010) 174 mins - Crazy Indian SF combining action, special effects and Bollywood songs. Features Rajnikanth and international beauty Aishwarya Rai, with music by Oscar Winner (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) A.R. Rahman.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPv-Ss6YbIhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305797/http://www.endhirantherobot.com/ 
DIMENSIONS (2011) - Sloan U'ren's British time bending feature makes it's North American debut.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703231/ Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq3vwQywQ54http://dimensionsthemovie.com/ 
ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011) 88 mins. - Writer-Director Joe Cornish's British indie about aliens invading an inner city hood. Features Jodie Whitaker and Moses Boyega and some retro 80s type effects and vibe. Edgar Wright executive produced (and Nick Frost has a supporting role).
imdB info:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478964/ official website:
http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/attacktheblock/ trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0gm7dHKKc
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933) 70 min - Charles Laughton plays the fiendish Dr. Moreau in this powerful version of H.G. Well's story. Bela Lugosi has a brief but memorable supporting role as does Kathleen Burke as an ill-fated 'experiment'. You will find where Devo got their most famous tag-line here.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024188/ Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKj9lAj4cY
SCANNERS (1981) 103 Mins. David Cronenberg's explosive tale makes it's Marathon debut. Jennifer O'Neil, Stephen Lack & Michael Ironside star. Don't be late returning to your seats for the beginning of this one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455/ trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmJC3ZaXBEc 
FRANKENSTEIN (1931) 70 mins - James Whale's classic adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel features a star making role for Boris Karloff as well as Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Edward Van Sloan and Dwight Frye as Fritz.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021884/ Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyiXjyVsfw 
RE-ANIMATOR (1985) 86 mins. - Stuart Gordon's rude crude and uproarious take on H.P. Lovecraft makes it's return to the Marathon after two decades. Features Jeffrey Combs, the lovely Barbara Crampton and a score which
rips off/pays homage to Bernard Herrmann.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089885/ Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NBmN44ow1c
COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE 116 mins (2001) - Feature length version of the Japanese Anime cult favorite.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275277/ Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYzV1yaTGI 
PAUL (2011) 104 mins. Simon Pegg & Nick Frost's SF comedy road picture features Seth Rogan as the voice of Paul as well as lots of celebrity cameos and genre references.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/ Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXG3yNw1R2w 
MISSION GALACTICA: CYLON ATTACK (1979) 108 mins. - Ready for some more STAR WARS inspired TV space opera? Here's a feature length re-edit from the original 70s series with the familiar cast including Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict & Maren Jensen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077937/ Preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL1iCTdOhUA 
FOLKLORE (2012) 82 mins. A modern agency interviews a remarkable collection of mythic creatures.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2113666/ Website & Trailer:
http://www.folklore-film.com/ 
Short Subjects for Marathon:
(1953). 7 mins. - Our traditional kick-off classic by Chuck Jones with Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian.
BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA (1969). 2 mins. Marv Newland's minimalist classic returns to the Marathon.
FOLKLORE - See above under Marathon films
DIMENSIONS (2011) - see above under Marathon titles
PIG (2011/2). Henry Barriel's film about the mysterious happenings of a man in the desert with no memory.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262414/Official site:
http://www.thepigpicture.com/The_Pig_Picture/Home.htmlWHATEVER HAPPENED TO PETE BLAGGIT? (2012) - Mark Jeavon's comedy-drama about Alien abduction.
http://www.peteblaggit.com/SOL (2010/1): Benjamin Carland's survivalist SF film with Jake White.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584146/ Trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi4036009497/Official Site:
http://sol-movie.com/THE BOOK A gaudy tale of revolution, a new order & aliens.
TIME AGAIN A woman keeps going back in time to save her sister.
IN THE RANAISSANCE Locally made tale about the strange lives in a strange building.
NEADER-JIN: THE RETURN OF THE NEADERTHAL MANA sly comedy from Germany (in English) featuring hustlers, hucksters and the titular hirsute one.
TIME OF THE ROBOTS Remarkable mash-up of classic films re-edited into a new story.
THE LAST PUSH An accident in space challenges a lone astronaut. Lance Henricksen co-stars.
FESTIVAL SHORTS:
SF37 Shorts - Steampunk'd
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
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Doctor Glamour
(US, d: Andrew Jones) World Premiere. Scientist contacts another dimension to save the woman he loves, summoning a flamboyant rock n' roll superhero.
Molly and the Masked Storm
(US, d: Ben Kadie) US Premiere. Set in a Victorian world of magic and masquerades, stage magician Molly Marlow struggles to protect the powers of Merlin from a horde of masked wind demons.
Schlonburger Certainty Postulator
(US, d: Steve N Bradford) World Premiere. Scientist and his room mate discover a flaw in one of his recent inventions that creates a time stopping paradox.
The Republic of Simon
(Australia, d: Edward Bell) World Premiere. It's man versus machine. Rivals clashing in a sports event with an alluring prize.
Steam Driven
(US, d: Mike Marchand)
Boston Premiere. A romance wrought with peril blossoms between 2 factory works in a war torn alternative universe.
Windmills
(Belgium, d: Guillaume Bergère)
US Theatrical Premiere. In a dead, lightless world a little girl maintains their dream of building a machine powered by magic winds to fly and reach the sun. Produced at Georges Méliès School.
Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game
(New Zealand, d: James Cunningham) World Premiere. The great white hunter shows of his collection of rare Venusian wildlife - all guns blazing! Based on the world of Dr Grordbort by Greg Broadmore.
SCREENING @ 9:15 pm, Friday 2/17
SF37 Shorts - Anything to Declare?
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
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Frankie
(US, d: Mike Pappa)
New England Premiere. A watch repair man acquires an antique pocket watch that controls time. His dreams turn sinister when another with the knowledge shows up.
The Intruder
(United Arab Emirates, d: Majid Alansari)
North American Premiere. A young couple rushing to the hospital find the road blocked by a tiny spaceship.
Future is in Your Hands
(Italy, d: Enrico Maria Artale)
North American Premiere. Daily urine checks are the norm, but when an everyman finds the nurse of his dreams...
Wonder Garden
(S Korea, d: Yoonhee Ye)
North American Premiere. A successful virtual gamer's reality is that of a drab convenience store clerk. A random quest with a simple solution starts a spiral where things aren't what they seem.
Screening @ 5:00 pm, Friday 2/16
SF37 Shorts - Green Card Please
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
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Geners
(Sweden, d: Robin Peters)
World Premiere. In 2117. there are two classes of humans.The elite, who can manipulate their genes and those that can’t.
Mistaken
(Estonia/Finland, d:Arsen Sarkisiants)
World Premiere. A self-absorbed music star believes he is the only real person left. He might be right.
First Contact
(NZ, d: James Cunningham)
World Premiere. Two aliens interrogate a sub-contractor sent to Earth to handle 'first contact' except his contact is not what they expect, nor did the earthlings or their private parts.
Breakaway/Backdown
(Maine, d: Ralph Morang)
Boston Premiere. Based on a James Patrick Kelly story, a woman has returned to Earth wondering if she meet the challenges of her life.
Mobius
(US, d: Vincent LaForet)
American Theatrical Premiere. Pultizer Prize winning Vincent LaForet's short for Canon has a photojournalist who stumbles upon a cartel execution and supernatural events in the the "Zone of Silence" in Mexico.
Screening @ 3:00 pm, Sunday 2/12
SF37 Shorts - Building Better Bots
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
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Advanced Cybernetics
(US, d: Steven Day) New England Premiere.
Isolated on a wandering spacecraft, a sentient super-computer uses the ship's nanotech assembler to experience the memories of its long-extinct crew.
Chorebot
(US, d: Greg Omelchuck)
New England Premiere. Robots do the chores and even help to care of the pets. When a human disappears complications ensue.
How To Kill Your Clone
(US, d: Jack McWilliams)
World Premiere. Because there is a need, the Clone Killer Corporation will kill your clone for you.
Robots of Brixton
(UK, d: Kimbe Fayres)
North American Theatrical Premiere. Unemployed robots wander the streets of Brixton looking to pass the time while anger seethes underneath. Based on fact.
The Looking
(Ayer, MA, d: Sidney Majurie)
World Premiere. A therapy group unravels to reveal a sinister alien invasion & the drug that may save Earth.
Time Stopper
(Hong Kong, d: Albert Leung)
New England Premiere. A time manipulator fantasizes a romantic relationship, but jealousy threatens.
Yowser, Yoweser
(US, d: Alex DiCampi)
US Theatrical Premiere. Tossing & turning a sleeping man’s dreams are attacked by robots.
Screening @ 5:00, Friday 2/10
SF37 Shorts - Local Heroes
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
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OowieWanna
(US, d: Bridget Palardy)
World Premiere. A misfit 7-year-old girl tumbles into an alluring other-world, where she must decide the fate of her birthmark.
Stop
(US, d: Mikel Wisler)
Boston Premiere. One scientist's obsession is about to take an unexpected turn.
When Mooninites Attack
(Beverly, Mass, d: Dave Gordon)
World Premiere. An animated satire of Boston's response to the 2007 Mooninite bomb scare, based in part on the Internet meme 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us.'
Narva
(Russian Federation, d: Ivan Glazachev
World Premiere. With the apocalypse at hand, the sole surviving physician realizes he is not alone as he thought.
Bighorn
(NH, d: Alfred Catalfo)
Boston Premiere. Things are bad in Patriot land. So how does Gen George Armstrong infamous defeat have to do with this?
The Wandering Legion: The Grymm Tales Part 1
(US, d: Douglas Cowell)
NE Theatrical Premiere. Our intrepid heroes awaken in an unusually dangerous Steampunk House where the simplest bauble may yield danger.
Screening @ 3:00, Saturday 2/17
Sf37 Shorts - Tick, Tock
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
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Le Passage
(France, d: Fabien Montagner)
North America Premiere. A lonely teenager has a time travel adventure & discovers a dark family secret.
Protopartículas
(Spain, d: Chema García Ibarra)
North America Premiere. The experiment was a success: protomatter exists.
Return
(Russian Federation, d: Nikita Ovsyannikov)
World Premiere. A broken heart man’s melancholic journey into the deepest part of his soul. Music by composer Alex Conrado.
The Historian Paradox
(US, d: Deon Hayman)
World Premiere. A time-traveling Historian falls for a woman he learns is destined to become a victim of a series of terrorist bombings.
Timeless Man
(Ireland, d: Paul Bushe)
World Premiere. Benjamin Hewson travels back in time to meet his rock music hero, the legendary Jonny Murtagh. Jonny is everything a rock star should be - arrogant, manipulative, and untalented. How could this be?
Screening @ 5:00, Tuesday 2/14
Sf37 Shorts - Tick, Tock
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
science fiction, film festival
Le Passage
(France, d: Fabien Montagner)
North America Premiere. A lonely teenager has a time travel adventure & discovers a dark family secret.
Protopartículas
(Spain, d: Chema García Ibarra)
North America Premiere. The experiment was a success: protomatter exists.
Return
(Russian Federation, d: Nikita Ovsyannikov)
World Premiere. A broken heart man’s melancholic journey into the deepest part of his soul. Music by composer Alex Conrado.
The Historian Paradox
(US, d: Deon Hayman)
World Premiere. A time-traveling Historian falls for a woman he learns is destined to become a victim of a series of terrorist bombings.
Timeless Man
(Ireland, d: Paul Bushe)
World Premiere. Benjamin Hewson travels back in time to meet his rock music hero, the legendary Jonny Murtagh. Jonny is everything a rock star should be - arrogant, manipulative, and untalented. How could this be?
Screening @ 5:00, Tuesday 2/14
SF37 Shorts - Sitting in My Tin Can
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
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3113
(US, d: Eric Demeusy)
World Premiere. An Android named 3113 crash lands on a mysterious planet during a routine rescue mission.
Entrada
(Canada, d: Daniel Truax)
US Premiere. A last-ditch mission to evacuate a dying Earth fails, leaving only one survivor trapped on the USS Santa Maria.
Grounded
(US, d: Kevin Margo)
East Coast Premiere. One astronaut's journey through space ends on a hostile exosolar planet.
Junk Love
(Denmark, d: Nikolaj Feifer)
North American Premiere. The lone crew member of SS Hamlet struggles to stop a leaking oxygen supply.
Nexus
(US d: Wei-Li Tu)
World Premiere. A man sent to an isolation room as part of a NASA experiment soon finds he isn’t alone.
No Relation
(Canada, d: Kieran Dick)
East Coast Premiere. Documentarian Kieran Dick (no relation) explores Philip K. Dick’s reality, truth & family.
One Jump From Home
(Canada, d: Robert Lypka)
World Premiere. The captain of a warship waits for a spy to complete one last mission before returning home with her ship and crew.
Screening @ 3:00, Saturday 2/11
SF37 Shorts - Twisted Twisters
Not in screening order. Program subject to change.
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Air
(UK, d: Keir Burrows) World Premire. Love at the end of the world. When the planet’s air becomes unbreathable, two people find each other.
Blind Spot
(Canada, d: Matthew Nayman)
East Coast. Steven can't see how his day could get any worse. He's looking the wrong way.
Bugbaby
(US, d: Rebecca Lorenne)
World Premiere. Sammy is a 'special needs' infant - special in he is a giant insect and needs a constant supply of raw meat.
Haze
(US, d: Hammad Rizvi)
World Premiere. Two rebel spies are sent to destroy a totalitarian regime, but when a mistake is made, both are forced to reconsider.
Mirage
(US, d: Miao Yu)
World Premiere. In the last remaining movie theater of a futuristic metropolis, an ideological shut-in enters into the classic film he projects.
Murgi Keno Mutant
(Bangladesh, d: Nayeem Mahbub)
New England Premiere. In the near future, Bangladesh is terrorized by killer mutant chickens. A team of kung-fu fighting chefs must hunt the killer chickens in order to keep chicken on their menu.
Time Served
(US, d: Bill Ronat)
New England. Time travel is a reality. A master criminal attempts to control everything& reshape the world to his liking.
Screening @ 5:00, Wednesday 2/15
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