 | Plastic Bagby Ramin Bahrani Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures through the environmentally barren remains of America as it searches for its maker. FUTURESTATES |
 | Playby David Kaplan and Eric Zimmerman Society’s obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones. FUTURESTATES |
 | Promised Landby Joseph Lin Refugees from the dystopian future are immigrating to the past, and citizen watch groups have formed to stop them. On his first “border patrol,” teenage Jackson must choose between his father’s principles and his own sense of humanity. FUTURESTATES |
 | Refugeby Mohammad Gorjestani A cyber attack on the United States Immigration database puts Sonia at risk of being deported back to Iran. But remaining in the U.S. may come at a greater price than she’s willing to pay. FUTURESTATES |
 | Remigrationby Barry Jenkins In a future San Francisco that is entirely upper-class, the city starts a program to bring working-class families back to the city that pushed them out. When one such family returns, it must decide whether to stay. FUTURESTATES |
 | Return to Elektra Springsby Christopher Munch Retired inventor Will Friedrich and his son are forced to evacuate their home during a tsunami. As they make their way east, they encounter a pioneering community that leads Will to consider returning to his work in free energy. FUTURESTATES |
 | The Riseby Garret Williams In the radically altered housing market of the future, an older couple must forego their dreams of retirement and adapt to the ever-evolving definition of the American dream. FUTURESTATES |
 | Seedby Hugo Perez In an industry dominated by genetically modified seeds, a poor farmer struggles to survive. When he resorts to smuggling now-illegal organic seeds across borders he risks everything. FUTURESTATES |
 | Silver Slingby Tze Chun In the polarized economy of the near future, corporations offer incentives to their high-ranking female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies and chemically accelerated births. FUTURESTATES |
 | The Spring of Sorrowby Suzi Yoonessi Two sisters live a nomadic life, displaced by global warming. Trapped in the desert in the midst of a water shortage, Isabelle tells her younger sister Lily a fairytale that explains how this tragedy came to be. FUTURESTATES |
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