“Stryka” is a short film about the life of an alien thief in Brooklyn. Here she tells her psychologist about her life as a thief in a futuristic New York, her partner in crime and everything somehow has a very romantic note. I am particularly delighted with the quality of the effects in this short film, but I also find the story very cute. However, it is also remarkable how organic their language sounds, as if someone had really given a lot of thought to it. The film is directed by Emily Carmichael and shows Aimee Mullins as Stryka and Rupert Friend as Callen.
Stryka is an awesome reptile woman from another planet who does heists and odd jobs with her (literal) partner in crime, Callen. But she has a secret - she's been stealing with somebody else. (She just wants a partner who cleans up well enough to pull off a fancy jewel heist once and a while – is that so wrong?) Anxious about her career in thievery and torn by her loyalty to competing thieves, Stryka has to figure out where she belongs. Luckily, she has a highly advanced robot therapist to talk it over with.