DUST Season 7, Episode 59: Hyper Jump

The Gate

A scientific adviser heads an investigation into a series of bizarre deaths that leaves each victim’s body horribly deformed and soon discovers that the cause has potentially devastating consequences for us all.

8 min

Déjeuner sur l'herbe

A brilliant scientist sees his convictions crumble during a picnic at the lake.

7 min

We Choose to Go

After an astronaut’s mission to explore deep space critically fails, she begins to reconsider the life she left on Earth.

13 min

Prefigured

A woman experiencing a strange phenomenon seeks out an esoteric support group.

10 min

In Suspension

In a near future where social classes are split into parallel layers of reality, a promising young government worker must decide if she’s willing to risk her status and way of life to pursue the love of someone she can only remember in her dreams.

18 min

Permission

Marcus, a young intelligence soldier, became a national hero after his bravery in a terrorist attack. The authoritarian regime based on mass surveillance uses his image to value its action. As he returns to his parents' home for furlough, he will be faced with the reality of this ruthless administration he has come to embody in the media.

18 min

El Camino

In order to sustain his family, a troubled pilot accepts one last

13 min

Implant

In a world where the technology exists to hack into peoples’ memories, a traditional housewife colludes with her close friend to expose her husband, who she suspects is unfaithful. A film about love, betrayal and technology.

12 min

Solution for Sadness

We finally found it.

14 min

New

Centuries after their deaths, an elderly couple emerge from cryonic suspension to find their lives, health - and youth - totally restored. Together, they face the joys and challenges of a second life in the distant future.

15 min

Eye Contact

How do you find connection when you can’t disconnect?

8 min

Oxygen

On a far away planet, home to Bobtors, an astronaut-doctor suffers from a lack of oxygen. To survive she has to pay the highest price as a human and as a doctor...

10 min

Olga's Diamond

Poland, early 80s. Olga is 7 and loves her father very much. When her cricket dies she realizes she cannot turn back the time. To comfort her, the father tells her a strange tale about a giant with two diamond eyes. It explains the nature of time. Soon they will both see how this legend will impact their life. The diamonds are real!

17 min

THE BOOGEYS

A former cop-turned-pickpocket must save a child from the grasps of an alien overlord to find solace from the mistakes of his past.

18 min

Angel

When a girl goes back to a guy’s house following a dating app hook-up, she becomes suspicious of his true intentions after discovering his obsession with cooking ramen broth, and a strange AI digital assistant called Angel.

16 min

The Jump

An astronaut braves a pioneering solo mission into deep space, leaving behind her loving husband. Through disjointed communications, she discovers her life on earth has changed forever.

8 min

If [Girlfriend Deluxe]

Set in a dystopian future, If [Girlfriend Deluxe] is the story of a middle aged man who takes advantage of a future where sex robots can be ordered online - but the process isn't as smooth running as he had hoped.

6 min

FEMPIRE

In a near future when women rule the world, a politician visits a "Grooming School" to snag a trophy husband, but her boring date takes a turn when her Stepford-y match stops pretending to be something he's not.

15 min

Cabin for Two

*Flashing Lights Warning*

11 min

TERMINAL

In the future, through The Terminal technology, the population are physically reconfigured from the nervous system up to fit their next job.

24 min

10 Minute Time Machine

The discovery of a time machine sets up the possibility of an unforgettable adventure for George and Lori...ten minutes at a time.

9 min

BRØTHERS

Brothers and best friends, Andrew and Michael do everything together, until an unfortunate accident forces Andrew to decide whether he can live without his closest companion.

8 min

One Small Step

A father struggles to right a wrong committed several years before. If he fails his family dies.

11 min

Cyan Eyed

After years of searching, Grunt the automaton has finally caught up with the bounty hunter, pirate captain Corliss Vail, and its objective is clear – rescue the young, supernaturally gifted, Nessa Baelin from imprisonment on the bounty hunter’s skyship, and return her to Nessa’s father.

7 min

The Five Minutes

Content Warning: This film contains depictions of suicide that may be sensitive to some viewers.

7 min

CUT

In a Home for Unwed Mothers, a pregnant girl tries to save her friend's memories in order to save their friendship.

8 min

Six

A young female vampire is caught by a clandestine government organization tasked with eliminating vampires and is made an offer she can't refuse: join them and help hunt down her own kind or be eliminated.

11 min

Sally Ride

A colony trying to regain the suddenly terminated lines of connection to the earth that now threatens their existence.

11 min

Immortal

When her experiment is discovered, a brilliant geneticist on the verge of a breakthrough that could change humanity must make an impossible choice.

10 min

YOU WILL NEVER BE BACK

Ana and David say goodbye like any other day. However, something extraordinary happens, something that alters Ana's reality and changes everything completely.

13 min

Man in the Moon

When an under appreciated single mother intercepts a strange transmission on her pocket radio she suspects that it may be linked to her teenage sons mysterious homemade gaming headset.

12 min

Venus

Iris, torn out of her idyllic digital world and uploaded into a stolen synthetic body by her grieving mother, must face her body's objectification and violent potential in a dark future.

13 min

Empty

A disconnected husband and wife fill the void of their marriage with addictive technology to destructive results.

6 min

OASIS

A desperate survivor races for the most valuable resource in a dangerous and desolate wilderness.

6 min

The Second Hearing

The cold-hearted AI that runs a futuristic prison summons a prisoner to face his second parole hearing. Can he re-enact his crime without offending again? A tale of sex, death and vindictive algorithms.

11 min

The Ark

Parked outside a remote motel, Herbert and Jacinda are meeting for the first time. Both of them know what the mission is: kill the woman in Room 29. But are they about to administer justice or commit coldblooded murder? Only one of them knows the truth.

13 min

Parallel Man

A rogue agent from a totalitarian regime has stolen a top secret assault vehicle and plunged into the multiverse to prevent our Earth from being enslaved.

12 min

GILL

A headstrong scientist bickers with her only lifeline while test piloting a malfunctioning teleportation suit.

8 min

Checkpoint

After mysteriously awakening in a barren alien landscape, a self-serving prisoner must conquer a series of grueling trials in order to reunite with his lost love.

9 min

NEUROSI5: Momento

What is Reality?

5 min

SPARKS!

A happy, code-typing worker android falls in love with his human female supervisor. Just one problem: every time he sees her, his heart literally explodes.

16 min

Hiraeth

Hiraeth is a heart-breaking film that explores one woman's grief at the edge of the solar system. Amber Jones, a British astronaut on the first manned mission to Europa. She's a controversial choice with a checkered background.

9 min

Love is Just a Death Away

A tender story about finding love even amid utter decay.

9 min

Oceanus

In the year 2029, a marine biologist and her aquatic engineer husband fight to survive after a global cataclysm strikes, separating them from their spectacular underwater habitat.

31 min

LAIKA

Fleeing from a catastrophic accident aboard the International Space Station, a lone Cosmonaut faces a haunting spectre from his country's past. But is it all just in his mind?

7 min

Dreadspace

A grandfather who lives across the country from his family tries to connect with his grandson inside virtual reality.

15 min

Prism

Dan Warner is a desaturator, tasked with sapping beauty from the world in a future where Color is used as energy.

14 min

BackSpace

Hunting for blackholes is a dangerous business. Adventurers, Explorers and anyone trying to find their fortune, will kill, and face danger in BackSpace to find one.

6 min

Streamline

A man haunted by traumatic memories must confront his past while eluding mysterious pursuers.

10 min

TOTO

Rosa Forlano, a 90 year old Nonna, falls in love with a robot while teaching it how to make spaghetti. Unfortunately, her family recipe is erased by a software update.

11 min

The Quiet

When an astronaut ponders on the quietude of space, he comes upon a startling self-realization. The truth is written in the stars, but what will he uncover?

10 min

I Need My Space

Esko, an engineer tired of his cheating wife's nagging, decides to disappear for good.

9 min

Actuary

A Detective suspects an AI that can predict death is actually murdering its clients.

7 min

The Shift

Many years ago tech giants lost control of AI robotic technology. By kidnapping and monitoring newborns, the Ai robots are now trying to master the one thing they have yet to understand - Creativity.

6 min

ALONE

Devastated by a recent loss, a young man is forced to reunite with his ex-wife after an unusual accident.

10 min

Spoiler

The zombie apocalypse happened...and we won.

16 min

Red String of Fate

During a civil war between humans and androids, In the year 2090, a robotics engineer tries to bring her fallen lover back to life.

9 min

CHROMOPHOBIA

In a blasted, post-apocalyptic wasteland two women try to survive a future where the very colours which surround them have become corrupted by something alien, infectious… And deadly.

11 min

Black Sun

Learning the functions of the creative mind, a deep space mission onboard A.I awakens to understand us like no other technology, but to help humankind or eliminate it?

9 min

Today

Content Warning: This film contains depictions of domestic violence and emotional abuse that may be extra sensitive for some viewers.

20 min

The Gazer

Jack was a promising scholar until his dedication to prove the existence of extra-terrestrial life consumed him into a mundane, repetitive cycle.

8 min

Body of the Mined

A quiet, young woman moves into a new building and meets a reclusive engineer at the brink of completing a bizarre, extraordinary machine.

15 min

SEIZED

More than anything, April wants to be a photojournalist. When she finds overlooked evidence at an investigation site, it seems like the perfect opportunity. But for whom?

8 min

Transmission

UFOs? Alien abduction? A boy finds the key to extraterrestrial connection but loses his brother in the process. Can he re-connect to get him back?

15 min

Petrichor

A colorful and sensorial experience which follows two friends escape from the confines of an oppressive structured society in pursuit of a more meaningful existence.

7 min

FREYA

A young woman struggles to regain control of her body in a future where social media and the State operate as one.

15 min

Clones

As a highly intelligent man on board a space station prepares himself for a risky brain operation, he has to overcome his fear of losing his identity before surgery can even begin.

12 min

Eldritch Code

A dedicated IT-guy must stop a computer virus from spreading, unaware about the cosmic horrors he is about to release.

9 min

The Encounter At Boundless

A family on a camping weekend to a remote national forest realise they are not alone.

22 min

In Orbit

Sonia is about to be transferred to a new space station. While everything appears to be going well for her, her mind is disturbed by a past that is still impacting her present.

5 min

Antumbra

Major Remy Barnes is the first astronaut to make contact with extraterrestrials on board of an unidentified flying object in orbit around earth.

4 min

The Study

Six strangers volunteer for a medical study that's hiding a dark secret.

9 min

Carrier

It’s business as usual for a deep space pilot, until a strange anomaly hits her ship and knocks it off course.

5 min

Monju Hunters of Sofugan Island

In a desolate time we visit "Sofugan Island", an Island that was once famous for providing the mainland with the valuable meat of colossal mutated whales, known as "Monjus".

9 min

Sunbelly

When a routine scout of a distant planet uncovers a lost civilization, the explorers discover the long forgotten origins of their mission.

16 min

Lucid

A man's plan to propose to his girlfriend quickly goes south when he starts to have memory problems.

13 min

Hell Creek

A time traveler is hunted by a dinosaur.

5 min

Holy Moses

A peculiar miracle binds together a pregnant nun in 1960s Ireland with a West Texas gas station attendant 25 years later.

14 min

academy

Six students must complete their graduation from a utopian training facility by answering a devastating moral question.

11 min

HOLLOW

Hollow takes place 8,000 years after a nuclear apocalypse leaves the sky permanently covered in fallout. The earth, hollowed out for geothermal energy, has one last chance in a new form of power, but there are other parties who want to use the source for their own purposes...

7 min

TOM

Happy International Dog Day!

6 min

The Recycling Man

A boy immobilized on a wheelchair spies other residents in the windows across the courtyard. He convinces himself of spotting an attempted assault on a little girl. Is he preventing a murder? Or is he just not capable of seeing the whole picture?

12 min

The Guardian's Tale

On a lonely alien planet shrouded in mystery, an ominous beast guards a powerful treasure.

7 min

STRAW MAN

At the height of the 1930’s Dust Bowl, a scarecrow must leave his post and find a way to save the only family he’s ever known. But facing the outside world proves to be a challenge when your face is a burlap sack.

12 min

Highway

A troubled young hitchhiker struggles to escape her fate on a remote mountain highway.

10 min

Afro Algorithms

The world's first A.I. leader embarks on an enchanting journey where she discovers just how limited her programming truly is.

13 min

Change Return

In an underground city where services such as healthcare and law enforcement are delegated to local vending machines, a man finds a crafty way to buy a cheap meal, but his method leads to an odd outcome.

5 min

Heartless

Young couple Anna and Gunnar are deeply in love but they live in a society where people are assigned a new spouse by lottery every seven years. As their final day together approaches, they grapple with the nightmare of being torn apart and facing life with another partner.

15 min

Laboratory Conditions

A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.

17 min

Sundays

Mexico City. The Future. When memories of a forgotten love, a forgotten life, start to come back to him, the fabric of Ben's reality begins to tear.

13 min

ROUTINE

Light years from home, floating aimlessly through space, Flight Engineer Matthew Spencer and his crew battle isolation and despair aboard a failing escape pod.

8 min

Downside Up

To highlight Down Syndrome Awareness Month we present "Downside Up". Downside Up reveals a world in which everyone has Down’s syndrome. One day, Eric is born, a boy who’s different.

12 min

It Came Nameless In Spring

Something bizarre has come to Los Angeles - men are dying and women are disappearing. Vulnerable and unprepared, Kat ventures out into the unknown.

12 min

Abducted

A tongue-in-cheek Southern thriller about a rookie cop's first date gone horribly wrong.

9 min

A Terrible Beauty

Olivia is creator of the the lifelike Soulmate robots, but after the destruction of a prototype she begins to question the nature of love and loss.

11 min

Together Forever

"Together Forever" by Rebecca Scott

17 min

Logan Lee & The Rise of the Purple Dawn

It's the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, and Chinese-American scratch DJ Logan Lee is poised to make his live debut at his best friend Beatrice Pan's house party. The problem is, he's a nervous wreck.

8 min

MONGREL

A young misunderstood scientist named Anna is faced with the reality that her father is dying. It is however a moment she has prepared for. Anna has manufactured replacement organs for him by creating a human animal hybrid. When she comes to claim the required organ however, there’s a problem. Her creation, named Bardolph, shows more humanity than her father ever has. Is it right to kill him?

9 min

The Simulation

An insomniac young woman from another universe generates an AI to alleviate her guilt and finally get some rest.

10 min

Nova

Happy Halloween to the DUST family! To celebrate we're bringing you some spooky sci-fi horror.

7 min

The Collector

When Hal discovers and restores a damaged android he must let go of the past in order to give the living a chance at a future.

12 min

The Last Man

The year is 1976. Location - Moon. Commander Jack Jones wakes up from a Rover crash, with a broken leg and 30 minutes to reach his Moon lander. Will he make it? Or will he be the last man?

5 min

Freelancer

In a dystopian world, a freelance healthcare technician takes on a new project that tests his limits.

11 min

MIGHT

A rebel leader in an archaic and religious world runs into her lost father as she tries to reveal a secret only a god can keep.

7 min

Sol

Sol is a story set in a world ravaged by climate change. A mother races to teach her daughter the emergency preparedness that comes with each disaster after experiencing a tragic loss.

13 min

Early to Rise

On the way to a distant planet, three less-than-qualified astronauts are awoken 90 years too early and trapped inside their hibernation pods. Alone in the endless void, they can't kill themselves, and they can't kill each other, so they'll just have to kill time.

23 min

DECOMMISSIONED

An astronaut encounters a terrifying anomaly approaching the International Space Station.

5 min

The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul

The red moon threatens our existence on earth. Our only hope is the enigmatic Paul W.R., the most talented astronaut of his generation. Mysteriously, a few hours before the start of the Great Mission, Paul disappears.

15 min

Black Hole

When a miniature black hole shows up in a man's house, he has to learn to deal with it. But as time passes, his obsession with the anomaly grows, and he begins to dance with danger as he utilizes it in his every day life.

7 min

Eureka!

A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.

20 min

Jettison

A restless young woman ships off to fight an interstellar war, only to struggle with the effects of being cut off from her home by both time and space.

10 min

Apotheosis

Selene, a young aerospace engineer, dreams of going to space, but was born naturally in this near-future society where the first generation of genetically engineered humans has come of age and has more privileges than those born like Selene.

17 min

Dark Nebula

A combat medic goes rogue in a desperate attempt to expose the alien biological research failures of a corrupted corporation.

5 min

D.A.D.

13 min

Home In Time

Kate and Felix get a surprise visitor for Christmas - an older, drunken Felix, from 2044. He's come back to visit his young family, when things were good. Before everything went to shizz.

16 min

Progeny

When a blue-collar man is forcibly implanted with his alien boss's parasitic offspring, he asks his wife to help him remove the parasite -- a dangerous and forbidden act that puts their marriage -- and their lives -- at risk.

27 min

The Gray

A former cop works in purgatory and processes people going to heaven or hell. One day, his 20-year-old son appears.

9 min

Decima

Set in a distant future, a ‘species’ of robotic shamans called the Vi survive through the harvesting of dreams from the human subconscious to predict the future.

15 min

NOTHING

An astronaut returns from a multi-years space travel.

6 min

New Year

In 1999 a boy becomes obsessed with the Y2K bug, In the distant future a girl is learning to be a priest in a religion based upon the 'artefacts' left behind by the boy.

9 min