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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Short Film: Future.Inc


"Future.Inc" Written by Andrew Ellard and directed by Martin Stirling
What if, instead of using social media to look up friends from the past, you could use it to seek out friends from your future? Future, Inc. is a rather moving examination of the meaning of social networks. Future.Inc is the winner of last year's Sci-Fi London 48 hour film challenge, and more impressively, it has garnered the praise of Steven Moffat, who called Future.Inc "Terrific. Really clever and really sad." And that's really saying something something, coming from the executive producer of Doctor Who.
"In the mid-21st century offices are dull, health and safety seminars are boring and the meek are downtrodden by the bitchy. In other words: nothing's changed...until the arrival of a social network which connects users to friends from the far future. With it, awkward office worker Rose finds a new lease on life..."

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