Sunday Short Theatre – Daylight Rules (2024)

when your mum used to tell you get outside get some sun? In this week’s Sunday Short Theatre choice Daylight Rules, the sun gives US power!

This week’s choice is a 14 minute sci-fi short directed byDavid Ajala (Star Trek: Discovery). The film was commissioned by the BFI and SKY and for now online to enjoy thanks to Dust.

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In Daylight Rules, we find ourselves a time where humans can harness the power of the sun when exposed to sunlight. We follow a mother and daughter who must figure out where their intentions and loyalties lie.

Without the Sun there is many things won’t happen, in reality we forget it’s true power. Mixing up the genres of sci-fi, with a big concept and immersive drama. It also asks you, what should we do with the power it gives us, when the world is your oyster.

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Eighteen years after catastrophic solar flares hit the Earth, humans can harness the power of the sun when exposed to sunlight. The ones who possess this unruly power are dubbed “solar-sensitives”. Now in a forest commune – a refuge for solar-sensitives – a mother and daughter must figure out where their intentions and loyalties lie.