(The image above is a still from Swell, one of the standouts of Fantasia's sci-fi shorts block.) One thing I love about attending festivals are the shorts programs. They provide tastings of different stories from all sorts of points of view, and Fantasia 2017's international science fiction showcase block was an eight-course meal that varied in savory, sweet, and a little bitter. Swell (dir. Bridget Savage Cole, USA, 2017) The block starts off with Swell, a mostly manic exercise into the "what-ifs" of technology. Much like Black Mirror, Swell warns of what could happen if we let tech control us. In this case, a couple takes on the moods of the music app that's accidentally switched to a browse setting. Their feelings are constantly manipulated by the app, but unlike Black Mirror, Swell ends...
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- 8/7/2017
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