The 5th Annual International SciFi & Fantasy Film Festival Starts October 22nd!

Updated Saturday, Oct. 29th Yeah! It’s time! Here’s the link for Easy Access. We’re so excited to view this season’s submissions for #ISFFF2022, our fifth annual scifi & fantasy film festival. Here is a program, PDF.

The film festival begins online, Saturday, Oct. 22nd and runs into early November. Please share the links! We’ll update this article and publish a complete program by early next week. Please support our filmmakers and creatives! Find many listed here.

“It’s that time of year again, when temporary costume shops start sprouting up in strip malls, huge bags of candy begin lining store shelves, and songs like ‘Monster Mash’ feel like they’re on repeat everywhere you go.” Happy Halloween to all those willing (and unwilling) who will participate in the thinning of the veil.  Here’s how to watch.

We’ve uploaded most of our submissions to our screening platform. View trailers. We may continue to add a few more submissions over the next week, so please check back for updates! Find out more about our film festivals.

Here’s just a brief preview of our fabulous selections this season. Thanks to submitters, judges, volunteers, patrons, supporters!

A female detective, Dij, remembers her origins as she fights for the best aspects of humanity in a war-torn world in 2050. We’ve waited to see it! Don’t miss checking out Dij Origins from directors Gregory A.N. Coots and Jason Bond.

On the eve of the apocalypse in 2047, a wealthy designer baby attempts to reunite with her bitter ex-lover with hopes that they can spend the end of the world together. It’s Noxious from Jordan Pfeifer, founder and executive producer of ONYX Films LLC, a female and non-binary led production company.

During the Earth/Mars conflict, a lone soldier explores a mysterious planet in the Andromeda galaxy. As the human searches for resources, he discovers that he is not alone. Check out Dust Angel by Peter Dorn-Ravlin.

Dust Angel directed by Peter Dorn-Ravlin
Dust Angel directed by Peter Dorn-Ravlin

An engineer creates a man in his own image in a simulation. However, the man in the simulation loses his wife. Thus he walks to the boundaries of the simulation and persuades the engineer that brings his wife back to life. Watch The World in a Beautiful Book directed by JIN-HWAN LEE, Republic of Korea.

Directed by JIN-HWAN LEE, Republic of Korea
The World in a Beautiful Book Directed by JIN-HWAN LEE, Republic of Korea

A scientist battles an otherworldly Lunamancer for the soul of his sister, armed only with his faith and a crowbar. Don’t miss Lunamancer, directed by Noah Mucci.

A young woman ventures into a mystical forest in search of a legendary sword. Along the way she faces many trials, and comes at last to an ultimate test of her courage before she can claim her prize. Be sure to catch Hero by Tom Quigley.

In the near future, ALI, a Muslim space pilot, is working alone on a space station during the Christmas season, because all other crew is back to the Earth for holidays. One day, TAKAKO, a Japanese girl who lives in the city on the Moon, stows away in an unmanned cargo ship and gets on board the space station. Find out what happens next in Orbital Christmas from director Mitsuyasu Sakai!

Our starting lineup:

  1. Alchemy of the Spirit by Steve Balderson, watch now
  2. Desde el Cosmos by Rebeca Arce, watch now
  3. Devexity by Luke Lidell, watch now
  4. Dij Origins by Gregory A.N. Coots, Jason Bond, watch now
  5. Doppelgänger by Francisco Guitián Valeiro, Tadeo Puglieso, watch now
  6. Fulgidusen by Alexander Feichter, watch now
  7. Hero by Tom Quigley, watch now
  8. Island Sun by Raul Simao, watch now
  9. Jack Be Nimble by Steve Wollett, watch now
  10. Lunamancer by Noah Mucci, watch now
  11. Noxious by Jordan Pfeifer, watch now
  12. Orbital Christmas by Mitsuyasu Sakai, watch now
  13. Polvotron 500 by Silvia Conesa, watch now
  14. Port by Andrew Lehman, watch now
  15. Senshin by Robert Woodman, watch now
  16. Ulfhednar by Scott Nielseno, watch now
  17. The World in a Beautiful Book by JIN-HWAN LEE, watch now
  18. Zombiegeddon by Ray Mercer, watch now
  19. An Unlikely Insurgency by Kathie Kelly, watch now
  20. Noctuidae by Alexandra (Ali) Mauritz, watch now
  21. Triskelion by Jessica Raes, watch now
  22. Human Trash by Aitor Almuedo Esteban, watch now
  23. AtomSteam: The Wrath of Behemoth by Eric Swain, watch now
  24. Pick Me Up! by Alex Cherney, watch now
  25. Vamp Nite by Roberto J Lopez, watch now
  26. Megalomania by Rex Russell, watch now
  27. Dust Angel by Peter Dorn-Ravlin, watch now
  28. Ericka Page: Invisible Forces by Ericka Page, Michael Filippi, watch now
  29. MeTube: August Sings “Una Furtiva Lagrima” by Daniel Moshel, watch now