Mercano the Martian

Sea in a Box

October 2024 •Chinese

Four participants playtest a virtual reality game that is still under development. The game uses AI simulated NPCs and system dynamics to generate a world with features not created by the developers, and perhaps beyond human understanding.

Mutant Aliens

June 2002 •English

An unlikely crew – an astronaut, his intrepid daughter, and a quintet of sympathetic, albeit violent, alien creatures – seek revenge against a space industry baron.

How Is This the World

April 2019 •English

A mother recruits a burned-out hacker to help search for her son in a virtual world.

Heavy Traffic

August 1973 •English

An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

December 1996 •English

Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.

Waking Life

October 2001 •English

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

Virtuosity

August 1995 •English

The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.

S1m0ne

August 2002 •English

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.

The Strange Case of Dr. Toñito

July 2017 •Spanish

Videodrome

February 1983 •English

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

Johnny Mnemonic

May 1995 •English

In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits—and will kill him if the data is not removed in time—but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life.

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

November 1990 •German

Comic artist Brösel trades a magic pen that helps him come up with funny stories for the promise to fulfill one of Rumpelstiltskin's wishes. The resulting animated films show episodes of the life of Werner, a plumber apprentice and motorbike enthusiast and his friends. They are interspersed with the live-action portions.

VR Workplace

January 2019 •Japanese

Set in the near future, a game “VR Workplace” where persons can virtually experience the ideal work environment is gaining attraction. It promises to support the NEET (persons not employed or in school) population in assimilating them into the workforce. However, one day, a bug within the game emerges in the form of a character named “Manager Iwaki” who harasses other players.

Vampire Hunter D

December 1985 •Japanese

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

June 1999 •English

In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.

Werner: Eat My Dust!!!

June 1996 •German

Because of a bet, Werner and his friend have to construct the fastest vehicle to win a race, because life depends on it.

Steamboy

July 2004 •Japanese

After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict related to a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Excursion(Prologue)

Invalid date •English

A young teenager, who sleeps irregularly and has no sense of time and no one to communicate to except his dog, who lives in his own created world losing touch with reality. As one day he takes his dog on walk he feels a bit strange but he nudges it off and continues his walk with his dog and later occurs a tragedy which awakens him to reality.

Have a Nice Day

January 2018 •Chinese

Three parties pursue the million dollars that driver Xiao Zhang stole to help out his girlfriend.

Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

April 2014 •Japanese

When the Punisher takes out a black-market weapons dealer, he stumbles upon a far-reaching terrorist plot devised by a group known as Leviathan.