Play That Funky Music

by Max Gallagher
January 01, 2024

There was once a nightclub called The Solvay where everyone was on the same wavelength

Honorable Mention

Qubit Superhighway

by Liam Hogan
January 01, 2024

It was a job delivering qubits

Honorable Mention

Equestrian Physicist Needed ASAP

by Lily Turaski
January 09, 2024

Equantum, Inc. is seeking a skilled horse rider and trained physicist to assist in testing an exciting new breakthrough

Honorable Mention

The Experiment

by Natasha Irving
January 03, 2024

Lucille stood in front of her open refrigerator wondering how her life had become such an incredible waste

Honorable Mention

Think of Your Left Foot

by Cadence Mandybura
January 09, 2024

My wife Gemma has another life, and I’m not in it

Honorable Mention

Missed Call

Status:  FIRST PRIZE | Quantum Shorts 2022 Submitted By:  Prasanna Sellathurai About the Film:  A student grapples with his father’s health crisis at a distance. Director Prasanna Sellathurai uses quantum entanglement as a metaphor for human connection. “For experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”, the Nobel […]

The Human Game

Status:  PEOPLE’S CHOICE PRIZE | Quantum Shorts 2022 Submitted By:  Dani Álava About the Film:  Director Dani Alava portrays a dystopian future with quantum machines. Quantum technologies are advancing in areas such as computing, simulation, sensing and communications. While the quantum machines of today are different from Director Dani Alava’s portrayal, there have been calls in the […]

The Observer

Status:  RUNNER UP | Quantum Shorts 2022 Submitted By:  Alma Llerena About the Film:  Alma Llerena presents an artistic take on the observer effect through screendance, a hybrid medium of cinematography and choreography. Does an observation change the outcome in the quantum world? This article takes a deeper look with experiments: https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/05/26/observing-the-universe-really-does-change-the-outcome-and-this-experiment-shows-how/?sh=26fe04b767af INTERVIEW Please tell us […]

Boundary of Time

Status:  SHORTLISTED | Quantum Shorts 2022 Submitted By:  Kevin Lucero Less About the Film:  Using old-school visual effects techniques, Director Kevin Lucero Less creates a metaphor for the arrow of time in this abstract short film. Through a macroscopic lens, the increase of entropy is observed in real time. At the microscopic level, the direction […]

Clockwise

Status:  SHORTLISTED | Quantum Shorts 2022 Submitted By:  Toni Mitjanit About the Film:  Inspired by Zeno’s Paradox and the recursive subdivision of space and time, Director Toni Mitjanit presents an experimental audiovisual piece of colour and tessellation. For more about Zeno’s Paradox and the quantum Zeno Effect, check out this video by PBS Space Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMPid7Sh0EE […]