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DUST

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FTL

15 min · English · Science fiction

One astronaut, one experimental spacecraft, and the possibility of going too far. Try this if space exploration leaves you wondering what might lie beyond the next leap.

Drifters

15 min · English · Science fiction · Romance · Drama

Space becomes the setting for a search for connection after loss. Try this if you like science fiction that makes room for memory and love.

R'ha

6 min · English · Animation

A captured alien fights for survival in a solar system where no one can be trusted.

Future Boyfriend

11 min · English · Science fiction · Romance · Comedy

Dating is complicated enough without a visitor from the future. Try this for a playful collision between romance and time travel.

10 Minute Time Machine

10 min · English · Romance

Charles Wahl's English sci-fi romance for DUST: George has a ring in his pocket, Lori has a time machine that goes back ten minutes. Nine charming minutes of second chances.

LOOP

20 min · English · Drama

Brenton Gieser's English sci-fi drama for DUST: in a near future without work, a despairing artist is a finalist for permanent digital bliss with all pain removed. Twenty minutes on what we lose when we stop feeling.

This Time Away

14 min · English · Drama

Timothy Spall stars in Magali Barbe's English drama as Nigel, a recluse living with memories of his family, until an unexpected visitor breaks his routine. Thirteen minutes, quietly devastating.

Imminent Arrival

20 min · English · Science fiction · Comedy

Justin Kruse's English sci-fi comedy: Reaper Rick, a paranoid veteran living off the grid, has the strangest day of his life when something arrives. Twenty minutes for conspiracy fans.

Oceanus

32 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller

A disaster cuts a couple off from the world they built underwater. Try this for a science-fiction survival story with an ocean setting.

Firmware

22 min · English · Science fiction · Action

Calvin Sander Romeyn's English sci-fi for DUST: in a walled nuclear exclusion zone, a young woman and her decommissioned military droid plan their escape. Twenty-two minutes of retro-future action.

Planet

36 min · English · Science fiction

Jason Carman's ambitious sci-fi for DUST, set in the year 2730: a scientist proposes building an artificial habitable planet. Thirty-six minutes in the project's final century.

Would You Like To Try Again?

10 min · English · Drama

Michael Felker's sci-fi drama for DUST: a runaway teen finds an arcade machine that replays her deepest regret, again and again, until she finally sees it clearly.

Outer Reaches

13 min · English · Science fiction

Karl Redgen's English sci-fi for DUST: two explorers crash-land on an alien-infested planet, and when one is infected the other faces an impossible choice.

Final Offer

12 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller

Mark Slutsky's English sci-fi for DUST: a struggling lawyer wakes in a doorless room, chosen to negotiate for the whole human race. Eleven tense minutes.

The Harvester

20 min · English · Science fiction

Andrew Zane Allen and Gavin Bradley's sci-fi for DUST: a prospector strikes a rare deposit in a wasteland, while the creature he enslaves to process it begins to resist.

Thalamos

22 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller

Alone on the red planet, one commander starts questioning what happened to his crew. Try Thalamos for a compact science-fiction mystery about isolation and an uncertain mission.

Freight

5 min · English · Science fiction

Try a brief science-fiction short about the weight we carry inside. A pick for viewers interested in emotional ideas told through futuristic imagery.

Hyperlight

17 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller

Nguyen-Anh Nguyen's sci-fi thriller for DUST: two astronauts wake adrift in space and return to their ship to learn why the mission failed.

A Stitch in Time

9 min · English · Science fiction · Fantasy · Comedy

A burglary sends Dave on a search that takes an unexpected turn through time and space. Try this for a little everyday trouble with a science-fiction twist.

On Sunday

7 min · English · Science fiction

David Lea's sci-fi for DUST: every Sunday an old man and his dog walk to the Cornish clifftops, but this time they're not alone. Six quiet, wondrous minutes.

Laboratory Conditions

18 min · English · Science fiction · Horror · Thriller

A missing body leads a physician to a secret experiment on the edge of life and death. A seventeen-minute English sci-fi horror.

The Shipment

32 min · English · Science fiction · Drama

A thirty-one-minute English sci-fi drama: an interplanetary hauler trying to provide for his daughter is forced to face his past and some hard choices.

Home

19 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller

Two isolated brothers barely surviving after a mysterious attack meet a stranger who threatens their fragile world. A nineteen-minute English sci-fi thriller.