Science Fiction

Fascinating and stimulating: cinematic (mind) games with our future

Since the beginning of film history, it has been one of the most attractive genres: Science Fiction! Science Fiction films are not only set in the future, but also play out possibilities and conceivable situations of a near or distant future from many places and times. In this context, the film-historical arc ranges from Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" to Stanley Kubrick's "2001 - A Space Odyssey" to Ridley Scott's "The Blade Runner", to name just a few SF classics, of which there are just as many as there are series that, commercially speaking, set the tone today. The long or short films in this collection are science fiction films of a rather different kind and address very different aspects of science fiction: sometimes they are specifically about space travel and distant planets, but often more about social utopias or even dystopias, as well as socially critical visions at the borders of technology, science and fantasy. Some of the older films, on the other hand, refer to earlier views and ideas of what is to come and, from today's perspective, are appealing "memories of the future".

The long or short films in this collection are science fiction films of a rather different kind and address very different aspects of science fiction: sometimes they are specifically about space travel and distant planets, but often more about social utopias or even dystopias, as well as socially critical visions at the borders of technology, science and fantasy. Some of the older films, on the other hand, refer to earlier views and ideas of what is to come and, from today's perspective, are appealing "memories of the future".

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