2026 Official Selection: Featurette – SciFi
Screening date & tickets — to be announced
- Director(s): Peter Thomas Ruocco
- Writer(s): Peter Thomas Ruocco
- Producer(s): Tuba Asena Ugurlu
- Key Cast: Zac Jaffee, Erica Mae McNeal
- Editor(s): Peter Thomas Ruocco
- Cinematographer(s): Cliff Traiman
- Production Designer(s): Jacquelyn Scott
- Sound Designer(s): David Sandwisch
- Composer(s): Chris Houston
Language: English
Runtime: 32m
Country: United States
World Premiere
Synopsis: In a future where a godlike super-intelligence optimizes every citizen’s path to happiness and purpose, Henry P. Jones is an anomaly. A stubborn, struggling writer, Henry has spent his life rejecting the System’s guidance in pursuit of an authentic life. When his well-being score drops below zero, he is summoned to the Department of Life Navigation for a mandatory consultation. What begins as a routine evaluation soon becomes a ruthless examination of Henry’s life, dreams,