Synopsis
To escape the complicated grief of her mother’s death, 17-year-old Renella Mendoza takes a job recruiting slum teenagers for a research study, then risks their fragile trust by sabotaging the study to prevent her boss, a millionaire financier, from trafficking the teens for sex. DEMO DAY is Part 1 of sci-fi arthouse animation series "The Great Tit is a Bird," which follows Black and Brown feminine and trans-feminine people around the world, the losses they survive, and the ways they shape our high-tech era even as they are pushed to the margins.
DEMO DAY (2025) is a 00:25:11 sci-fi short film by Ar Ducao (Canada). To escape the complicated grief of her mother’s death, 17-year-old Renella Mendoza takes a job recruiting slum teen...
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Festival History
- Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival 2025 - Official Selection
Full credits
| Director | Ar Ducao |
| Cast | Paula Hung, Mercy Oladipo, Kate Mytty, Alexander Wright III, Ar Ducao, Chris Willard, Tyrone Bryant, David Briggs |
| Screenplay | Ar Ducao, Paula Hung |
| Producer | DuKode Studio, Bryné Hadnott, Chris Willard |
| Other | Darren Cole, Francheska Njanja, Kamilla Ismailova, Latasha Morris, Natalie Martinez, Abigayel Moneldelus, Amelie Pollack, Brian Li, Joseph Beer, Jovanny Alaniz, La'Tonia Mertica, Susan Osiche, Bryné Hadnott, Giulio Gnash, Jordi Frank, Kate Mytty, Ar Ducao, Junshen Gao, Shelby Lee, Paula Hung, Xinyi Liu, Lakshmi Segura |
Technical
| Runtime | 26 min |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 |
| Colour | Color |
| Shooting format | Digital |
Identifiers & sources
| IMDb | tt29246849 |
| TMDB | 1195652 |
| FILMFREEWAY | DemoDay |
