Simulation | AWARD-WINNING Sci-Fi Short Film

An advanced alien civilization builds a simulated reality where infinite beings, including humans, are imprisoned.

Director: Hashem Al-Ghaili
Stars: Jeff Hallman, Bruce Woolley, Christopher Jan Busse, Bianca Kriel, Leo Heim

[cheekon]

They need to start including amazing films like these at the cinema before the featured movie. A larger audience would be able to see this and enable the creators to have a chance for bigger future projects.

[auzieten]

Evidently every single short film on Youtube has won an award.

[dark___light]

This is incredible and so thought provoking! This short movie is not just a usual sci-fi but involves many metaphysical concepts. Loved the VFX and the cinematography as well. Just really, really hope you are planning on making a sequel, cuz that's where the action and adventure will begin. The protagonist has only just begun! Please do make a second part Hashem! Oh and congratulations on all the awards! Well deserved!

[Declan-pgcg]

I'm genuinely curious; what did this win awards for? "Award winning" seems to be the new click bait for a lot of film shorts these days.

[AtlasReburdened]

Them: Go to these coordinates to claim your gift.
Me: Oh damnit, it's a Nigerian prince scam.
*Message deleted.

[raymondedwards]

As a fellow-filmmaker and VFX CGI Artist, I understand the challenges in actualizing a film from concept to finish. We both won for best shorts at the Vegas Movie Awards and I must say Congratulations for this visually stunning piece of motion picture! It's so easy being a critic. But many of us could have never put this incredible work of digital art together. Yes their were problems with the story structure and I'm not a fan of narration. But, his blend between computer graphics and his ability to communicate the science behind who we are in and around this galaxy, we know so little about. for his first film, he deserves all the accolades. Well done, Hashem!

[slashusr]

Finally. A story (well-scripted, well-acted, well-shot) with a beginning, a middle, and, most gratifyingly, an end.
Thank you!

[KatorNia]

I don't get it...

Who has created the Sim? The Body Snatchers (those at the end)?
If yes: Why would they want to steal a body from their own Sim? & what's with all those puzzles & stuff? Why don't they just create whatever they want?
If not: Why would an Alien want to steal a Human body?
Bonus questions:
- What does the meteorite have to do with anything?
- How is he going after "them", if he's in a Sim?
- Who is "them" that he's going after? The Tech Company? The Aliens? The Sim creators?

...I don't get it.

[SundayRide]

Immediately when I saw the electrode helmet I thought: "He is gonna have his brain sucked out"

[BoMuchokiMotivation]

The special effects and visuals were amazing. BUT, the story and plot were convoluted and confusing. Too much voiceover. Too much exposition.

[SavageScientist]

Proof that you do not need a 100 million dollar budget and A-list actors to produce a great film. This 25 minute film is better than most of the movies i have seen since the Matrix.

[perineumsunningguru]

Clearly, most drawn here and who commented have reached a certain level of understanding about the world we live in. Continue The Great Work!

[kingt.hawkings]

Do you notice that after 60 years of sci-fi plots, we then find out that most are fact, more than fiction.
I believe we set up or own futures by thinking about them...
Remember necessity is the mother of invention! You want a future! You'll have one shaped by your knowledge and fears!
We're all part of a huge holographic universe that plays along with our desires!
We could all be subconsciously programming this universe with our hopes and dreams!

Are we all living in a dream world?

[nimblehuman]

Wow this is incredible...parallel universes, hologram theory and samsara, all in 23 1/2 minutes. I hope you tell more of this story, this is the most thought-provoking piece of science fiction I have had the pleasure of watching in a long time. Thank you!
- جميل الرحمن كليال من سان دييغو

[maggipetty]

I've always believed creative artists are more in touch with the eternal mind than regular people. When I think of some of the sci-fi great minds of the past, their "fiction" was actually prophetic. Congratulations on one of the most interesting films I've seen for a long while.

[jhetgrabis]

This doesn't make any sense. Doesn't seem like the writer even comprehends the tropes they attempt to use. The whole film seems more like a commercial for CGI software marketed toward studios who specialize in low-budget B-movies. The comment section seems to be filled with people who watched an entirely different film from the one I saw.

[interestedinstuff]

Well done. The only thing that got me was that it felt like the writer wasn't sure how to end the story. The last lines don't make sense to me. Why did the hero have this special ability. Etcetera. A lot was left unclear for me, but I enjoyed the watch anyway.

[xxxx]

I believe this should become a mini series

[williammcintyre]

Mankind lost its objectivity in the future by becoming purely logical. No humanity left in them. So they came back to bring humanity's compassion forward to them

[melbawells]

Awesome Just wish there weren't so many ads, (8).