UNKNOWN USER
A scientist built a computer to talk to her alternate self in another world. She got an answer.
2025 | 13 min
The rules are simple: if two worlds are identical, they respond identically. For Researcher Morgan Danaher, that principle becomes reality when her quantum terminal opens a flawless dialogue with a parallel version of herself. But as the exchange deepens, the symmetry begins to fracture. What begins as a scientific triumph soon unravels into something far different… and far more unsettling.
WINNER – Best Horror Film – San Francisco Science Fiction Short Film & TV Awards, 2025
WINNER – Best Student Film – San Francisco Science Fiction Short Film & TV Awards, 2025
WINNER – Best Science Fiction Short – Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills, 2025
WINNER – Best First-Time Director – Dublin Movie Awards, 2025
WINNER – Best Student Director (Male) – Edinburgh Film Awards, 2025
NOMINATED – Best Sci-Fi Film – 16th Underground Cinema Film Awards, 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Another Hole in the Head
OFFICIAL SELECTION – First Contact Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Animation Film Festival, 2026
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Norwescon Speculative Film Fest, 2026
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Midwest Fear Fest, 2025
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Directed by Evan Fine, Produced by Evan Fine and JT Taga-Anderson, Cinematography by Evan Fine.
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