Scope, a prisoner on a behemoth space station, is chosen to ‘volunteer’ to explore far-away planets. Landing on planet Australia-458, Scope finds that his freedom comes with a high price—his violent demise will be broadcast live for the viewing pleasure of Australia-458’s inhabitants.

Taking inspiration from Pasolini’s La Ricotta, Piotr Szulkin closes his “Apocalyptic Tetralogy” with an anarchic riff on the Passion of Christ. The funniest of the four films, Ga-Ga: Glory to the Heroes is a rich sci-fi allegory that puts the European colonial project in its satirical crosshairs.