Sci-Fi Short Film POLIS Looks to a Telepathic Future

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Sci-Fi Short Film POLIS Looks to a Telepathic Future



Check out our behind-the-scenes interview with POLIS filmmakers Daniel Perea and Steven Ilous.

We're searching for the next great sci-fi filmmaker with the short films by all eight finalists [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/prototype/about] right now, but if you want to go behind the scenes to learn more about the creation of these movies, we're publishing interviews with the Prototype filmmakers.

Today, you can take a peek into the minds behind POLIS [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/prototype/filmmakers/daniel-perea-and-steve-ilous] in our interview, where writer Daniel Perea talks about where the idea behind the film came from:

I really wanted to tell a science fiction story that wasn't about invasive technology or malevolent machines. I wanted it to feel different. Psychics aren't necessarily new territory in sci-fi, but it's a realm that allows for very cerebral storytelling. I was drawn to developing a character whose abilities make him powerful, but vulnerable to the manipulation of others at the same time. That was fun.


For more, watch POLIS [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/prototype/filmmakers/daniel-perea-and-steve-ilous] for yourself.

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Nimcha said:
Psychics are sci-fi now?
Psychics were pretty much always sci-fi, despite looking like a coat of paint on a fantasy enchanter. Early sci-fi, in particular, is replete with examples. Authors really invested in the idea that scientific study of supernatural phenomena (and many other things) was going to get us somewhere new and brazenly powerful.