Film Screening: “Time Sentence”
Time Sentence is a 30-minute science fiction courtroom drama from Outfield Productions. Set in a futuristic world governed by artificial intelligence, the film follows the trial of Haroon—a time traveler brought before an AI judge in a chilling new form of justice. The state prosecutor, Dayajeet Singh, warns Haroon that, “this machine judge delivers its verdict on the first hearing.” To Haroon’s disbelief, his defense lawyer John Ark reveals a darker truth: “Human beings have lost their power to decide in matters of justice—surrendered to technology.”
Written by Zulfiqar Adil and directed by Khalid Hasan Khan, Time Sentence explores the tensions between human agency and machine logic. With themes of time travel, legal ethics, machine learning, and the resilience of the human spirit, the film invites viewers to reflect on what justice means in a future where humans no longer have the final say.
About the Director/Producer:
Khalid Hasan Khan is an award-winning filmmaker and a producing graduate of the New York Film Academy, Hollywood. His wide-ranging work spans fiction and non-fiction, often centering on social justice, environmental issues, and untold human stories.
Khan’s notable projects include:
- An Early Sunset (2008), on the forgotten footballers of Asian slums, telecast on Ten Sports.
- Iron Slaves (2009), a documentary on shipbreakers of South Asia, officially selected for the Workers of the World United Film Festival, Broadway, New York.
- Unmasking, on vaccine hesitancy—Pakistan’s most awarded short film.
- Murder of Mystic, an environmental documentary on mangrove devastation in the Indus Delta, awarded in Venice, Italy.
- Twinkling Without Shining, about displaced Afghan children, recipient of six international awards.
- The Painterist, an experimental short on intellectual piracy, with four international recognitions.
- Barefoot with Godfather of Soccer – Unwanted but Undaunted, an interfaith sports documentary, winner of five awards.
To date, his films have earned 26 international awards and have been screened at over 80 IMDb-accredited festivals across all continents—including in the US, UK, Italy, France, Brazil, India, South Korea, Sweden, Nigeria, Türkiye and more.
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The Black Hole
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