Ana is an advanced student at Oxford University when she stumbles across a strange phenomenon in her scientific research. Working with her close friend Nate and, more reluctantly, with their mutual acquaintance Liv, she comes to the realisation that she has stumbled across a means of instantaneous teleportation!
Obviously this is a potentially world-altering discovery, but there are some barriers. Principally, the computing power required to handle the necessary calculations to transport anything larger than a hairclip. That's where Liv comes in: she's a skilled programmer, and she's able to develop a worm that leaches a tiny bit of processing power from millions of computers across the world. With this resource, the trio can teleport first larger inanimate objects, then small animals like a caterpillar and a mouse.
When the worm is discovered, however, and a security patch announced to delete it, Ana and her colleagues decide to plunge forward with their final, most vital test: a human trial. And that's when things start to get weird ...
Anti Matter (AKA Worm) is a film of small budget but considerably larger ambition. It's refreshingly well acted and well shot for an independent film, and the script concept is an interesting one, though perhaps the run time is a little long: cutting 10 or 15 minutes would probably have helped.
Check it out if you're in the mood for some more thoughtful SF.
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