Science Fiction Film Festival 2022: LANDLOCKED + short films VIEWERS:1 and THE OPERATOR.

LANDLOCKED – Directed by Paul Owens.
Summoned to his soon-to-be demolished childhood home, Mason discovers an old VHS camera that can see into the past, inspiring him to record as many memories as possible before the doomed house is destroyed.
Utilizing the director’s actual home movies and casting real life family members to play fictionalized versions of themselves, LANDLOCKED is a pure auteur’s vision; combining a narrative structure and documentary aesthetics with horror and sci-fi, director Paul Owens has crafted the most strikingly original debut feature since Donnie Darko.

Screening with short films:
VIEWERS:1 – Directed by Daigo Hariya and Yosuke Kobayashi.
An eternally upbeat YouTube host tries to keep smiling in the face of an alien invasion.

THE OPERATOR – Directed by Matt Riley.
Connecting long distance intergalactic calls from a remote satellite, a bleary eyed and coffee-fuelled operator receives a distress call. No one ever receives a distress call…