Science fiction film proposal from short films made by women. The case of the Ros Film Festival
Abstract
Science fiction narratives continue to be a territory for the presentation and exploration of themes away from conventionalisms. The possibilities of transgression of this genre have allowed the opening of new thematic horizons that lead us to imagine futures perhaps never considered before
We start from the hypothesis, therefore, of the possibilities of transgression of a genre that allows the opening of new thematic horizons that lead us to imagine futures never considered before. To carry out this study, we have taken into consideration the social dimension of ICT and the precepts of feminist film criticism to analyze four films directed and written by women presented in the last edition of the ROS Film Festival (2020), a contest specialized in short science fiction films with robots: AM/PM (Thaís DeMelo, 2019), Dreck (Daniela Arias, 2020), Polvotrón 500 (Silvia Conesa, 2019) y Malware (Cristina Beviá, 2020). The results reveal how dystopias function as storytelling tools that depict a devasting future for human beings caused by the negative effects of new technologies on both individuals and society.
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