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Free screenings – Quantum Shorts: Encore

In June 2024, UN General Assembly officially declared 2025 to be the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. In conjunction with the official opening of the year by the UN, ArtScience Cinema is proud to partner with the Centre for Quantum Technologies to present Quantum Shorts: Encore.

Quantum Shorts: Encore presents an encore of the winning films from all the years of the film festival of the same name. The collection of short films, inspired by quantum physics, mixes the narrative and abstract.

Quantum Shorts was a competition organised by the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore, Singapore’s flagship national research centre in quantum technologies, together with international partners. Learn more.

The international contest alternated between annual calls for films and fiction from 2012 to 2024. The film festival welcomed entries by both amateur and professional filmmakers to tell the world stories through a quantum lens.

Quantum Shorts: Encore presents the winning films, but for those who enjoy stories told in prose, two Quantum Shorts anthologies are available for download as free ebooks

All images courtesy of the film makers.

date
7 – 28 Feb
gps
ArtScience Museum, Level 4
ticket
Free Admission
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Programme Highlights

  • Missed Call
    Missed Call

    Dir. Prasanna Sellathurai
    UK | 3min

     

    A student grapples with his father’s health crisis at a distance in this short by Director Prasanna Sellathurai.

  • The Observer
    The Observer

    Dir. Alma Llerena
    Spain | 3min

     

    An artistic take on the observer effect through screen dance, a hybrid medium of cinematography and choreography, by Director Alma Llerena.

  • The Human Game
    The Human Game

    Dir. Dani Álava
    Spain | 4min

     

    The film portrays a dystopian future with quantum machines.

  • Gods
    Gods

    Dir. Sitoh Ortega
    Spain | 5min

     

    Director Sitoh Ortega presents the last message of a civilisation which has deciphered the secrets of quantum physics but faces an existential threat.

  • Vacation
    Vacation,

    Dir. Jack Davies
    UK | 4min

     

    In this short by Director Jack Davies, a female inventor sends a man through space and time with unplanned results.

  • Man In A Box
    Man In A Box

    Dir. Akash Meel
    India | 4min

     

    Made by Akash Meel, this short film uses the lens of everyday life to make us question our perceived reality.

  • Slide!
    Slide!

    Dir. Thomas Tay
    Singapore | 5min

     

    A detective, a serial killer and a parallel universe provide the framework for Tay Li Guo’s quantum thriller.

  • If The World Spinned Backwards
    If The World Spinned Backwards

    Dir. Leonardo Martinelli
    Brazil | 5min

     

    Writers Leonardo Martinelli and Arthur Valverde imagine how quantum theory’s independence of time would change the human experience.

  • The Guardian
    The Guardian

    Dir. Chetan Kotabage
    India | 4min

     

    Director Chetan Kotabage tells a live-action tale of a quantum love triangle, where uncertainty is the only winner.

  • Breaking The Bond
    Breaking The Bond

    Dir. Adam Welch
    USA | 3min

     

    A man struggles with quantum addiction in this short film by Adam Welch.

  • Quantum Daughter
    Quantum Daughter

    Dir. Chris Willoughby
    Australia | 3min

     

    Chris Willoughby tells a story about the daughter of Ernst Rutherford, who appears from another universe using a Parallel Universe App.

  • Alice in Quantumland
    Alice in Quantumland

    Dir. Michael Niedermayr and Andreas Stute
    Austria | 3min

     

    This film by Michael Niedermayr and Andreas Stute is a love story about a girl who finds her Romeo with a little help from quantum physics.

  • Heisenberg
    Heisenberg

    Dir. Seth Wiley
    USA | 2min

     

    Two women make observations on a man in this short film by Seth Wiley.

  • LEGIO VIII QUANTAE "The quantum resurgence after the fall of Silicon Valley"
    LEGIO VIII QUANTAE "The quantum resurgence after the fall of Silicon Valley"

    Dir. Andrea Rodriguez Blanco
    Spain | 5min

     

    A sci-fi vision of quantum technology’s legacy, directed by Andrea Rodriguez Blanco.

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