FEATURE
DELTA SPACE MISSION
NOVEMBER 16
11:00PM
GLOBE CINEMA
DIRECTOR
CALIN CAZAN
ORIGIN
ROMANIA, 1984
RUNTIME
1HR 8M
Romania’s first animated feature, Delta Space Mission, is truly an 80s energetic trip. Tantalizing psychedelic rotoscoped loops over top Richard M Power’s-like sci-fi painted environments, all fuzed together with a multi-layered analog synth score that would make even Calgary’s own TONTO beep with envy. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Deaf Crocodiles did a beautiful 4K restoration print of this film highlighting this amazing feat of animation history. This film is like a crazy quilt-like adventure that invites its audience to space out as its overwhelming charm washes over you.
A self-learning supercomputer fixates on an intergalactic reporter, Alma, and spawns Stone Monsters, Water Beings, and Robots intent upon abducting her. Stranded on a hostile planet Alma is protected by her alien dog Tin whose appetite for metal plays a vital role before the climactic confrontation between human and AI.
Screening will be presented in Romanian with English subtitles.
COMMUNITY PARTNER
PRE-SHOW SHORT
UNRECOGNIZED CHARACTER DETECTED
DIRECTOR
SONG YE
ORIGIN
CHINA, 2024
RUN TIME
8M 30S
The video that everyone is currently watching comes from a recently discovered microchip, estimated to be around 3-4 million years old. According to experts, the video was recorded inside a spacecraft, and it shows two organisms engaged in a continuous conflict. Although the video has been professionally deciphered by linguists and semioticians, some characters still cannot be recognized.