The best of films from NEW ZEALAND from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Short Film: The Unix Project
Best Micro-Short Film: Update
Best Story: Homunculus Simulator

The Unix Project, 7min.
Directed by Charlotte Fry
As the Y2K38 crisis looms, two best friends, Alice and Tamsin, join the organisation “UNIX” racing to prevent a global systems collapse. Until one becomes dangerously obsessed, believing she alone can save humanity, the other must decide whether to protect their friendship or stop her.

Update, 3min.
Directed by Nikita Hoff-Nielsen
When a mechanic tries to update a stubborn robot, a hilarious battle of wills turns surprisingly tender before ending with one final twist.

Homunculus Simulator, 5min.
Directed by Chris White
Homunculus Simulator brings audiences into a utopian, post-human fictional realm. Inspired by modernist art movements and abstractism, It is a world run by Art as a technology, and the Homunculus is a living art work.

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