SCREENINGS AT 18:30 ARNICHES THEATRE, ALICANTE FREE ENTRANCE UNTIL FULL CAPACITY IS REACHED   The Great Connection Christen Bach, GERMANY (5:00) As a fiber optic cable suddenly appears at the bottom of the ocean the mythological creatures gather to debate: Will this be their salvation? Or will the teeth of this thing cause nothing but tears? Machines of Loving Grace Viktor Schimpf, GERMANY (25:00) A software engineer develops a revolutionary Artificial Intelligence software that she can talk to. One day the A.I. gets self-conscious and develops it’s own political will: it wan ..read more

SCREENINGS IN EDUCATIONAL CENTRES IN THE PROVINCE OF ALICANTE Curious Myles Baker, Jaye Blunden, Daniel Chester, Nazly Sabit, Eliot Swain. UNITED KINGDOM (1:37) On a desert planet, a lone robot continues its lonely search for life BEEBIS Doc Sims, CANADA (5:30) On a Distant Moon, Man sends his Machines out into the Unimaginable to find Signs of Life. But what it finds isn’t what Man wanted, it is what Machine needed. Dear Ada Jose Daniel Garcia Bermejo, SPAIN (13:00) Ana is a bit naughty and can’t focus on class, ehich is driving he mom kind of mad. An unspected frind will change ..read more

SCREENINGS AT 19.30 H ANIMATED SHORT FILMS ICAIC CUBAN INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND FILM INDUSTRY FAHRENHEIT 451 CAFE AND BOOKS C/TAQUIGRAFO MARTÍ 2, ALICANTE   Ciberdanz Danny de León, CUBA (14:47) Three young people wake up in a digital universe with no idea how they got there, in the search for answers they meet Celax, an egocentric and powerful character who proposes to guide them to the exit, but only on the condition that they are able to defeat him in a strange and absurd dance duel, thus beginning an exciting adventure in an unknown and hostile world that forces them to explo ..read more

The film was screened in Cannes and won the audience award in Sitges. The main venues of the festival will be the Teatre Arniches and the MACA. The festival will be held in Alicante from 16 to 27 November.   The 5th Edition of the Robotic​ ​Online​ ​Short​ ​Film​ ​Festival​ ​(ROS​ ​Film​ ​Festival)​ will preview the film “Robot Dreams” by Pablo Berger, out of competition, on November 24th. The film by the award-winning director captivated audiences at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival. Robot Dreams, produced by Arcadia Motion Pict ..read more

SCREENINGS AT 22.00 H WITH PRESENTATION BY LORENA SÁNCHEZ (QUO MAGAZINE) SÖDA BAR – PASCUAL PÉREZ 8, ALICANTE Paul Roux – Bapteme Alessandro Amaducci, ITALY (5:18) An astronaut trapped in a cage made of data is looking for a place. After a few attempts he realizes that he is looking for someone. He finds himself in another place where cyber insects are building another world, also closed. There is a person waiting for him. Finally the encounter between the two creatures can produce an alchemical and technological marriage able to free them. Own it all Fiorella Coto Segnini, Arara Film ..read more

SCREENINGS AT 19:30 ARNICHES THEATRE, ALICANTE FREE ENTRANCE UNTIL FULL CAPACITY IS REACHED   Departure Takayuki Yoshikawa, JAPAN (5:11) A story set in a world where God has departed and only religion remains. A lonely robot is left behind in a closed, deserted old building. Caress Misagh Bahraloloomian, IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF (1:42) Are you alone? Just insert the coin! Just insert the coin! Hamelin 77 Javier Ideami, SPAIN (16:46) Lara, a school teacher, is interviewed at the Nawu corporation for the position of prompt engineer, which consists of using language to gui ..read more

SCREENINGS AT 18.30H ARNICHES THEATRE, ALICANTE FREE ENTRANCE UNTIL FULL CAPACITY IS REACHED Silenze Manu Hernandez, SPAIN (3:47) Irina Gringolts, a renowned violinist leading a social revolution under the slogan “Break the Silence”, comes back to the stage of her last concert to end the oppression of a dystopian society, controlled by a mechanical organism, through her most powerful weapon: Music. The human game Dani Alava, SPAIN (4:00) Maqueena, The Great Regent, introduces us to the New Paradigm, where Humanity lives in harmony with the Universe thanks to the evolution and leadersh ..read more

SCREENINGS SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER AT 22.00 H. 8 Y MEDIO HALL. PLAZA SANTA TERESA, ALICANTE   SNAPDRAGON Anastasia Malkhazova, GERMANY (20:00) In the nearest future, everybody will have an electronic chip implanted, connecting “all-in-one” Computer-System. A young woman is in love with her boyfriend, who is a cyber-thief and, besides, has no regular ID code. The girl intends to find her boyfriend’s ID code despite his refusal. While searching for it, she looses her own ID. It appears that her boyfriend have never existed. The Begin Influencer Enzo bossio, ITALY (12:00) In the nea ..read more

SCREENINGS THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBERAT LOVE, SEX AND ROBOTS, WITH THE PRESENTATION OF LIDIA NA VIVA LA PEPA – PL. MÚSICO ÓSCAR TORDERA, ALICANTE Skinjacker Dan Horrigan, UNITED KINGDOM (6:11) After the evacuation it’s possible to go months without seeing another human being. So we turned to Pleasure Core ltd to keep us human – and being human has some dark surprises. Doll Paula Estrada, ECUADOR (13:00) “Make Your Doll” Corporation designs Dolls in order to be sold for male pleasure. Ana, one of them, decides to escape the fabric when she hears that Lourdes, the manager, wants to shut her d ..read more

Prelude to ROS Film Festival V Edition. Screening of the best Spanish and Latin films awarded and talk with the Director of the Festival, Ricardo Domínguez. November 5th – 19h30 – Fahrenheit Café y Libros. Alicante, Spain Shortfilms: 1. Under Pixel. Adria Guardiola Rius. 10′ (Spain, 2020) 2. M.A.M.O.N. (Monitor Against Mexicans Over Nationwide) Ale Damiani. 6′ (Uruguay, 2016) 3. Uncanny Valley. Federico Heller. 9’ (Agentina, 2015) 4. Conversations with a monkey. Eduardo Grojo. 15′ (Spain, 2020) 5. Polvotron 500. Silvia Conesa. 11′ (Spain, 2020) 6. Teo. Eduardo Bunster y Belén Abarza. 18′ (Chil ..read more