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Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest

Grab your friends and cancel your plans for the Trekkie Convention 'cause you're gonna love this!

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.

Scott Forrest

(Host / Self)

Brigette Morrison

(Jane Pogue (segment "Amplifier"))

Jenn Winter

(Miranda Pogue (segment "Amplifier"))

George Morris

(Collector (segment "Amplifier"))

Richard Baccari

(Doctor (segment "Amplifier"))

Brittany Smith

(Young Jane (segment "Amplifier"))

Miriam Erlichman

(Nurse 1 (segment "Amplifier"))

Irene Spadafora

(Nurse 2 (segment "Amplifier"))

Rhoda Kopstein

(Nurse 3 (segment "Amplifier"))

Alec Saidak

(Incomm Agent (segment "Amplifier"))

Chris Allen

(Intern (segment "Amplifier"))

Gabe Bettio

(Collector's Assoc. 1 (segment "Amplifier"))

Todd Morgan

(Collector's son (segment "Amplifier"))

Michael Posthumus

(Peter (segment "Amplifier"))

Lilly Pat

(Baby Jane (segment "Amplifier"))

Andrew David DeAngelo

(11181 Bob (segment "The Big Day Off"))

Anastasia Coon

(The Voice (segment "The Big Day Off"))

Angelica Chitwood

(Older Girl (segment "Bubblepac"))

John DeGreef

(Older Boy (segment "Bubblepac"))

Rhiannon R. Sauers

(Younger Girl (segment "Bubblepac"))

Michael Christofore III

(Younger Boy (segment "Bubblepac"))

Arne Fogel

(Dead Man (segment "Bubblepac"))

Stephen D'Ambrose

(Biohazard Guy (segment "Bubblepac"))

John Mullen

(Biohazard Guy (segment "Bubblepac"))

Bill Slichter

(Biohazard Guy (segment "Bubblepac"))

Joseph Barillaro

(Biohazard Guy (segment "Bubblepac"))

Steven I. Schafer

(Lab Mortician (segment "Bubblepac"))

Pat Clemons

(Janitor (segment "Bubblepac"))

Paul R. Smith

(Transient (segment "Bubblepac"))

Sandrine Holt

(Jennifer (segment "Airtime"))

Ivan Sergei

(George (segment "Airtime"))

Barbara Bain

(Officer Ginlond (segment "Airtime"))

Tony Ward

(The Prisoner (segment "Airtime"))

Patrick Dollaghan

(Officer Perkins (segment "Airtime"))

Mike Cannizzo

(Priest (segment "Airtime"))

Chuck Castleberry

(Technician (segment "Airtime"))

Camille Carida

(Control Room Attendant (segment "Airtime"))

Deborah Kay Carroll

(Control Room Attendant (segment "Airtime"))

Whitney Cline

(Control Room Attendant (segment "Airtime"))

Desma Droze

(Control Room Attendant (segment "Airtime"))

Stacia Droze

(Control Room Attendant (segment "Airtime"))

Jodi Harris

(Control Room Attendant (segment "Airtime"))

Cora Pyles

(Control Room Attendant (segment "Airtime"))

Mike Chessler

(Guard (segment "Airtime"))

Tom Olhausen

(Guard (segment "Airtime"))

Ellen Bradley

((segment "Airtime"))

Paul Ganus

((segment "Airtime"))

Dani Minnick

((segment "Airtime"))

Ricky Hendricks

((segment "Airtime"))

Misty Rorrer

((segment "Airtime"))

Dr. Eugene Walker

((segment "Airtime"))

J. Damian Anastasio

(Ernie (segment "Megahurtz"))

Ginny Kunz

(Female Computer Voice (segment "Megahurtz"))

James McAuley

(Psychologist's Voice (S.A.M) (segment "Megahurtz"))

Darrin Plant

(Door Voice (segment "Megahurtz"))

Jeff Zabel

(Cyber-cide's Commercial Voice (segment "Megahurtz"))

Megan Plant

(Giggling Baby (segment "Megahurtz"))

Tim Swanson

(Coroner (segment "Megahurtz"))

Martin Pazos

(Coroner (segment "Megahurtz"))

Louis Westgarth

(Ben (segment "Intransit"))

James Hagan

(Father (segment "Intransit"))

Humphrey Westgarth

(Young Ben (segment "Intransit"))

Sean Kent

(Sand Trooper (segment "Sand Trooper"))

Phil Brotherton

(Trooper's Voice (segment "Sand Trooper"))

Jamie Ingram

(Woman's Voice (segment "Sand Trooper"))

Vito Paullecci

(Gatekeeper's Voice (segment "Sand Trooper"))

Tonya Reneé Banks

(Mini Bond Girl)

Elaine Everett

(Big Bond Girl)

Glenn Forbes

(Self)

Tory Belleci

(Self)

Rolf Kestermann

(Self)

Darrin Plant

(Self)

Sterling Bishop

(Self)

Scott Rudolph

(Self)

Costas Koromilas

(Self)

Paul Money

(Self)

David Janssen

(Self)

John Shirts

(Self)

Rick Dublin

(Self)

Mike Daly

(Self)