Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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🪐 You are entering a fictional zone: reality has been suspended.
A grieving neuroscientist uses a brain-computer interface that she helped create to bring her daughter back from the dead as a hologram.
"A Mind Cannot Touch" by Geoffrey Prather
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🎥 More About "A Mind Cannot Touch":
A Mind Cannot Touch is a short film about loss and how one grieving mother will go to any lengths to bring her daughter back from the dead. The film asks, "What if you could bring a loved one back after their physical body has died?" and explores the moral implications of this hypothetical.
A Mind Cannot Touch is a sci-fi drama about a mother, LEDA, who uses her expertise in neuroscience to bring her deceased daughter, AIRLIA, back from the grave as a sentient hologram—complete with Airlia's memories and consciousness via mind uploading. Not wanting her daughter to know that she died, Leda decides to lie to Airlia and say she merely recovered from a long-term illness... but how long can she keep up this charade when her daughter will never again be able to grow, taste and touch? And what happens when Airlia discovers the truth? Will she even want that kind of life?
🎬 Director’s Statement:
A Mind Cannot Touch is a deeply personal look at loss and the lengths someone will go to avoid it. Inspired by my own mother's loss of her first child, I wanted to present a story with plenty of room for interpretation and exploration of the viewer's feelings. While most of us may initially recoil at the concept, I think with deeper reflection the prospect of bringing a dead loved one back to life, in any form, is something too irresistible to ignore. But as all too often in life, we put our own needs above anyone else's, which can have catastrophic consequences for those around us and ourselves.
I love grounded sci-fi that pulls at our heartstrings and leaves us with no easy answers. As the world around us races toward this eventuality, I think it's more important than ever to ask these types of questions.
🎞️ About the Film:
Writer/Director: Geoffrey Prather
Producers: Geoffrey Prather, Clare O'Connor, Michael Carrier, Eric Toms
Executive Producers: Geoffrey Prather, Michael Carrier, Laura Svienty, Natasha Coyle, Larry Prather, Eric Toms
Director of Photography: Adam Hutsell
Editor: Geoffrey Prather
Composer: Geoffrey Prather
1st Assistant Camera: Joey Haley
Gaffer: Cole Spritz
Casting Director: Clare O'Connor
Production Sound Mixer: Chris Schwab
Script Supervisor: Jarred Hodgdon
Hair and Makeup Artist: Nikki Martinez
Lead Production Assistant: Alexandria Greiling
Production Assistant: John-Justice Hill
Re-recording mixer: Barry Neely
Sound and Dialogue Editor: Barry Neely
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan Schmit
Visual Effects Company: Engine Room Hollywood
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Adam Simpson
Visual Effects Coordinator: Jared Laberdesque
Visual Effects Controller: Cyrene Vladish
Lead Compositing Supervisor: Eric Heavens
Colorist: Anastasia Shepherd
Cast:
Paget Kagy
Love Carrier
David Stanbra
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🪐 You are entering a fictional zone: reality has been suspended.
A grieving neuroscientist uses a brain-computer interface that she helped create to bring her daughter back from the dead as a hologram.
"A Mind Cannot Touch" by Geoffrey Prather
📶 Connect with the Filmmakers:
instagram.com/golfpanther
instagram.com/amindcannottouch
🎥 More About "A Mind Cannot Touch":
A Mind Cannot Touch is a short film about loss and how one grieving mother will go to any lengths to bring her daughter back from the dead. The film asks, "What if you could bring a loved one back after their physical body has died?" and explores the moral implications of this hypothetical.
A Mind Cannot Touch is a sci-fi drama about a mother, LEDA, who uses her expertise in neuroscience to bring her deceased daughter, AIRLIA, back from the grave as a sentient hologram—complete with Airlia's memories and consciousness via mind uploading. Not wanting her daughter to know that she died, Leda decides to lie to Airlia and say she merely recovered from a long-term illness... but how long can she keep up this charade when her daughter will never again be able to grow, taste and touch? And what happens when Airlia discovers the truth? Will she even want that kind of life?
🎬 Director’s Statement:
A Mind Cannot Touch is a deeply personal look at loss and the lengths someone will go to avoid it. Inspired by my own mother's loss of her first child, I wanted to present a story with plenty of room for interpretation and exploration of the viewer's feelings. While most of us may initially recoil at the concept, I think with deeper reflection the prospect of bringing a dead loved one back to life, in any form, is something too irresistible to ignore. But as all too often in life, we put our own needs above anyone else's, which can have catastrophic consequences for those around us and ourselves.
I love grounded sci-fi that pulls at our heartstrings and leaves us with no easy answers. As the world around us races toward this eventuality, I think it's more important than ever to ask these types of questions.
🎞️ About the Film:
Writer/Director: Geoffrey Prather
Producers: Geoffrey Prather, Clare O'Connor, Michael Carrier, Eric Toms
Executive Producers: Geoffrey Prather, Michael Carrier, Laura Svienty, Natasha Coyle, Larry Prather, Eric Toms
Director of Photography: Adam Hutsell
Editor: Geoffrey Prather
Composer: Geoffrey Prather
1st Assistant Camera: Joey Haley
Gaffer: Cole Spritz
Casting Director: Clare O'Connor
Production Sound Mixer: Chris Schwab
Script Supervisor: Jarred Hodgdon
Hair and Makeup Artist: Nikki Martinez
Lead Production Assistant: Alexandria Greiling
Production Assistant: John-Justice Hill
Re-recording mixer: Barry Neely
Sound and Dialogue Editor: Barry Neely
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan Schmit
Visual Effects Company: Engine Room Hollywood
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Adam Simpson
Visual Effects Coordinator: Jared Laberdesque
Visual Effects Controller: Cyrene Vladish
Lead Compositing Supervisor: Eric Heavens
Colorist: Anastasia Shepherd
Cast:
Paget Kagy
Love Carrier
David Stanbra
Connect with DUST:
Website 🌐: watchdust.com
Follow Us on Facebook 👍: facebook.com/watchdust
Follow Us on Instagram 📷: instagram.com/watchdust
Follow us on TikTok 📱: tiktok.com/@watch_dust
#DUST #scifi #shortfilm
Submit Your Short Film: filmfreeway.com/alterdustsubmissions
NOTE: Only completed shorts will be considered. Unsolicited scripts or pitches will be immediately deleted without review.
About DUST:
DUST is a thriving community of storytellers, working together to present thought-provoking science fiction stories. Beyond our longstanding presence on YouTube, DUST also operates ALIEN NATION, a free streaming tv channel available on Google TV, Pluto TV, DIRECTV, Sling, TiVo, Freevee, Fubo, Roku, CW, LG, Plex, Samsung TV+, Tablo, TCL+, Tubi, Vizio, & Fumo.
Learn how to Watch ALIEN NATION on TV: https://linktr.ee/futureawaits
Listen to the DUST podcast:
Apple: bit.ly/DUST-Audio
Spotify: bit.ly/DUST-Spotify
Stitcher: bit.ly/DUST-Stitcher
Castbox: bit.ly/DUST-Castbox
iHeart: bit.ly/DUST-iHeart
About Gunpowder + Sky:
Creating content that resonates and impacts pop culture conversation, by empowering creators to take risks and experiment relentlessly in the pursuit of novel stories and formats.
