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Peek into the Future with Fresh FUTURESTATES Predictions
Forecast future events and explore the predictions left by others on the FUTURESTATES Predict-O-Meter.
Find your shades … it’s getting bright around here!
The producers of FUTURESTATES have launched brand new predictions … think of these as “forward stories” (as opposed to “back”). Just fire up the Predict-O-Meter and take a walk down Premonition Lane to see what’s ahead.
And that’s not all…Check back on the FUTURESTATES site in the weeks to come to cast your vote in our Predict-O-Meter poll, where you get to vote on which prediction is most likely to come true and find out how you can join a live online event with the winning filmmaker.
Don’t get left in the past! Follow FUTURESTATES on Twitter and Facebook. Watch the trailer after the jump >>
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Announcing the FUTURESTATES Audience Award!
You’ve watched the films. You’ve shared, commented, and liked. Maybe even loved. There have been ups and downs, laughter and tears. And this May, you get to decide who will take the laurels in our inaugural FUTURESTATES Audience Award.
From today until May 30 at midnight, the race is on to launch your favorite FUTURESTATES film into hyperspace. Head back to FUTURESTATES.TV, catch up on any films you missed, and check out the fan pages for each of the films.
You can vote once a day, and polling closes at midnight on May 30. We’ll announce the winner on June 1, 2011.
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Go Back to the Future at the Tribeca Film Festival
Catch a special FREE screening of FUTURESTATES Season Two on Saturday, April 23rd at 2:30PM at the Clearview Cinema in Chelsea, NYC
ITVS and Tribeca All Access host a free screening of shorts from the second season of FUTURESTATES on Saturday, April 23rd at 2:30PM at the Clearview Cinema in Chelsea. This year’s selection, listed below, highlights Tribeca All Access alumni as well as emerging New York filmmaking talent:
FUTURESTATES Short Takes a Simmering Glimpse into New York’s Future
The short by filmmaker A. Sayeeda Clarke is streaming free today on FUTURESTATES.tv.
The short White takes place amid a 120-degree December day in New York City. With no money to pay for medical care for his pregnant wife, Bato races against the sun to save his family. Watch the film and other sci-fi shorts from the second season of FUTURESTATES today.
Future Fridays Presents Suzi Yoonessi
The filmmaker’s short Spring of Sorrow is streaming Friday on PBS.org.
Director Suzi Yoonessi describes how the environmental reality of Mono Lake informs her futuristic fairy tale and how she used the Persian stories from her childhood to bring a cautionary tale about climate change to life.
Watch Spring of Sorrow now on PBS.org as part of Future Fridays.
A Love Story Set Within an Environmental Nightmare
Filmmaker Bennett Cohen sets his FUTURESTATES short The Dig on the verge of an environmental collapse. The film is streaming free today on FUTURESTATES.tv.
As the world faces an environmental apocalypse, a group of archaeologists venture into a toxic desert wasteland, determined to unearth a lost civilization. Can this ancient disaster help them avert their own ruin? Watch The Dig today, and find other shorts from the second season of the online original series FUTURESTATES.
Expose Yourself to FUTURESTATES
Filmmaker Mia Trachinger’s sci-fi short Expsoure is streaming free on FUTURESTATES.tv.
Roxanne Green’s first job of the day is as a live-body contagion for the government, used to immunize urban populations. Can Roxanne’s team of human contagions contain some uninfected workers inside their office building long enough to inoculate them?
See for yourself and watch Exposure, streaming free starting today on FUTURESTATES.tv
In J.P. Chan’s FUTURESTATES, Digital Lives in the Clouds
Filmmaker J.P. Chan’s short Digital Antiquities is streaming free, starting today on FUTURESTATES.tv.
Think your CD collection is out of date? Welcome to 2036 where data loss has become a thing of the past and all digital media is permanently stored on cloud servers scattered round the world.
Digital Antiquities follows one man’s pursuit to recover archival footage that will help answer important questions about his family history. Watch the film by J.P. Chan, streaming free on FUTURESTATES.tv.
FUTURESTATES’ Spring of Sorrow Now Available Online
The short by Suzi Yoonessi is streaming free on FUTURESTATES.TV.
The original online series FUTURESTATES continues its online release this week with the short Spring of Sorrow. The story follows two sisters who lead a nomadic life after being displaced by global warming. Trapped in the desert in the midst of a water shortage, Isabelle tells her younger sister Lily a fairytale that explains how the tragedy came to be.
See the trailer below and watch the full version online.
Attend the FUTURESTATES Launch Party
ITVS, KQED, and Public Works invite you to attend the launch party to ring in the second season of FUTURESTATES on Wednesday, March 30 in San Francisco.
The event will feature screenings of Asparagus by Robby Henson, and Remigration by Barry Jenkins, two new episodes from the series.
San Francisco’s award-winning writer and director Barry Jenkins will be on hand to participate in a Q&A following the screening with Series Manager, Karim Ahmad.
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