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PARADISE PROGRAM (2019, USA)
Short Narrative, Sci-Fi, LGBTQ, Romance
Running time: 10 min
Director: Shanshan Zhang
Writer: Shanshan Zhang
Producer: Shanshan Zhang, Sihan Xu
Cast: Ignacyo Matynia, Nick Genta, Tianyi Ba
Logline: Traveling between digital consciousness and reality to spend time with his fiancé, Cyan must face the choice of sacrificing one of these worlds.
Synopsis: Cyan is having a lovely date with his fiancé, Indigo, in the woods, but it’s all digital consciousness. The Paradise Program has built a world based on Indigo’s memory where the two can visit one another. In reality, Indigo is in a coma and has only ten minutes left to live before the doctors must shut down his brain activity. If Cyan is in the program when this occurs, he will be trapped in the Paradise Program forever. Indigo knows what is about to happen, and he breaks the rules of the Paradise Program by planning their wedding in the simulation. Time is up. Cyan must make a choice.
Notable Screenings & Awards: 2020 Paradise Program Winner (Best Sci-Fi Short Film / Female Director Honorable Mention / Best Lead Actor / Best Art Direction /Editing Honorable Mention / Best Production) in South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Rancagua, Chile, 2020 Paradise Program Winner (Best Short Film / Best LGBTQ Film) in Platonic Film Competition, Punjab, India, 2020 Paradise Program Official Selected in the 18th Cinemadamare, Roma, Italy, 2020 Paradise Program Official Selected in the 23rd Arpa International Film Festival (Arpa IFF), Los Angeles, United State, 2020 Paradise Program Official Selected in Rome Independent Prisma Awards, Rome, Italy, 2020 Paradise Program Official Selected in Golden State Film Festival, Hollywood, United States, 2020 Paradise Program Official Selected in Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles, United States, 2020 Paradise Program Official Selected in Andromeda Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2020 Paradise Program Finalist in the 4th Shiver International Film Festival, Canada, 2020 Paradise Program Semi-Finalist in the 5th SicilyFarm Film Festival, Agrigento, Italy, 2020 Paradise Program Semi-Finalist in Dumbo Film Festival, New York, United States, Parkway Theatre, Baltimore, MD. USA (World Premiere, US Premiere), TCL Chinese Theater, Hollywood, CA. USA ( Los Angeles Premiere), Cinemadamare International Film Festival, Italy.
