Why Watch? Fantastic Fest has only half-destroyed my soul (which manifested itself in chugging three beers on stage at the awards last night). Fortunately, this short film that played the fest a few years back is a nice, bizarre palette cleanser. In it, a man is driven to madness by some strange beings following him. Not dark specters or demons – living concrete and wooden giants who silently stay close. What does it cost? Just 8 minutes of your time. Check out Teclopolis for yourself:

District 9 writer Terri Tatchell just received an Oscar nomination for co-writer 2009′s best sci-fi film with director Neill Blomkamp. What is she going to do next? No, not go to Disneyland. They would have to win first. Fingers crossed, everyone. Instead, Tatchell is already deep into the second draft of her next project, Terminus.

Luckily we had a list of the winners sent to us because we didn’t remember all the names. Or where our pants went.