Dark Cell

a film by Jean Michel Tari

25 min - 2023 - France - Sci-Fi

Synopsis
Two convicts in an orbital prison are doing what they usually do, which is to say, not much. Suddenly, two panicked guards armed to the teeth burst into their cell. The guards tell them that the orbital prison has just been invaded by blood-thirsty zombie-type creatures. If they want to survive, their only solution is to eject their cell and return to Earth. But when the ejection order is entered into the computer, it refuses it. The cell, designed for two occupants only, now holds four people. There can only be two lucky winners... and there’s not much time to pick them.

Official Selection

• GERARDMER - 2024
• SITGES - 2023

Awarded in

• 4B Galactic Years Fantasy Sci-Fi screenings Film Festival - Tbilisi, GEORGIA
• Accolade Global Film Competition - Los Angeles, USA
• Aladerri International Film Festival – Chicago, USA
• Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival 2023 - Athens, GREECE
• Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival 2023 - Atlanta, USA
• Awareness Festival – Los Angeles, USA
• Beeston Film Festival – Nottingham, ENGLAND
• Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest – Chicago, USA
• Bristol Independent Film Festival – ENGLAND
• Brooklyn Sci-Fi Film Festival – Brooklyn, USA
• Budapest Movie Award - Budapest, HUNGARY
• Canada Independent Film Festival 2023
• Canadian Cinematography Awards - Toronto, CANADA
• Cannes World Film Festival 2023 - Cannes, FRANCE
• Dublin International Short Film & Music Festival 2023 - Dublin, IRELAND
• Europa Film Festival 2023 - Barcelona, SPAIN
• European Cinematography Awards (ECA) 2023 - Amsterdam, NETHERLAND
• Fantasy Film Festival 2024 – Paris, FRANCE
• Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Writing Festival 2023 - Los Angeles, USA
• Festival International du Film Fantastique de Menton – FRANCE
• Film Haus – Berlin, GERMANY – 2024
• FilmQuest - Utah, USA
• FreeWheeling Film Awards - London, ENGLAND
• Global India International Film Festival – Mumbai, INDIA
• Independent Shorts Awards 2023 - Los Angeles, USA
• Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles, USA
• International Sound & Film Music Festival – CROATIA
• Lift-Off Global Network 2023 - Paris, FRANCE
• May the 4th SCi-Fi Film Festival - Kerry, IRELAND
• Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival 2023 - Miami, USA
• New Renaissance Film Festival 2024 – London, UK
• New York Cinematography Awards 2023 - New-York, USA
• NoHo Cinefest – North Hollywood, USA
• Onyko Films Awards 2023 - Odessa, UKRAIN
• Paradise Film Festival 2023
• Paris in the Dark Film Festival 2024 – Paris, FRANCE
• Pasadena International Film Festival - Pasadena, USA
• Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology 2023 - Portland, USA
• Red Movie Award 2024 - Reims, FRANCE
• Rome International Movie Awards - February 2023
• Sci-Fi London - London, UK
• Titan International Film Festival - Sydney, AUSTRALIA
• The Pigeon International Film Festival – Isafjordur, ICELAND
• Tokyo Shorts Film Festival - Tokyo, JAPAN
• Toronto Independant Film Festival of Cift - Toronto, CANADA
• USA Film Festival - Dallas, USA
• Venice Shorts Film Awards – California, USA
• World Film Carnival 2023 – SINGAPORE