Desperate for work, Derek (Damian Maffei) accepts a job at a tech start-up, working on the company’s innovative new project – Susan (Yvonne Emilie Thälker, in a fearless debut performance), a cutting-edge sex doll that receives and responds to punishment as an integral part of her evolving A.I. Soon, Derek finds the limits of his own desires being challenged, as his relationship with Susan reveals the nature of man and woman, pleasure and pain, and life and death in a morally uncertain future world.
Dir: Scooter McCrae; USA |VICTORIAN PREMIERE
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Fantasia 2024; Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival 2024

Screens with short film MUSINGS OF A MECHATRONIC MISTRESS
Dir: Jasmin Hagendorfer; Austria, 24 mins| VICTORIAN PREMIERE
In a world where technology and humanity intertwine, Tiffany, a self-aware feminist "sex robot", embarks on an unparalleled journey of self-discovery. With every revelation, Tiffany's contemplative journey challenges our perceptions and compels us to question the boundaries of technology, desire, queerness and societal expectations.

CONTENT WARNING: This session is R-rated. It contains graphic content and examines mature themes that may be distressing to some viewers.