Winners 2018

Judge’s Picks

Space Craft

1st Prize

Jan Turek, Prokop Jelinek, Czech Republic, 2018, 4:54

Sampling from his personal archive, Jan Turek takes images, miniatures and other materials collected over three decades and brings them to life in this moving collage – taking us on a journey through the history of space exploration.

Blackout Day

2nd Prize

Graham Uhelski, United States, 2017, 7:29

A mini documentary about peoples’ experience on the day of the total solar eclipse, August 21, 2017. A filmmaker collaboration of an incredible celestial event.

The Visitors

3rd Prize

Horacio Rodriguez, Unites States, 2017, 8:42

An account of how residents of the moon were surprised and inspired by the arrival of the Apollo astronauts.

Special Categories

Sleep

Film Best Depicting the Concept of “Moon, Mars, and Beyond”

Orest Smylanets, Ukraine, 2018, 3:29

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance. This movie is dedicated to Robert Andrews Millikan.

Juanita: Beyond the Borders

Film Best Depicting Innovation and Inclusion in Science and Technology

Elena Franco, Mexico, 2018, 9:58

Juanita manages to turn her dreams into reality.

In 1985, Juanita was one of 16 Mexican women semifinalists in a contest that chose the first Mexican astronaut.  A pioneer for Mexican women, she created an opening for females in a field heretofore dominated by men.

Finalists 2018

Aphelion

Finalist

Sarah Hickey, United States, 2018, 6:38

A human pilot and his alien biologist companion embark on a mission to discover the mystery behind a strange shape in the stars. Along the way they grow closer, sharing commonalities, understanding their differences, and working together to keep their spaceship floating, all while pushing beyond known boundaries into the darkness.

Arc

Finalist

Kamil Dymek, Poland, 2018, 6:14

On a distant planet, the last descendant of a dying race awaits his demise when a mysterious life-giving creature crash lands in his world and gives him another chance at survival.

Back Home

Finalist

Stela Subashi, Albania, 2018, 2:25

Four year old Lucy travels back to Earth inside her paper-cut spaceship equipped with curiosity and a lot of imagination.

Hall of the Space Kings

Finalist

Elizabeth McKeon, United States, 2018, 5:22

Just another day in the life of an astronaut.

Lift Off

Finalist

Kevin Hughes, Ireland, 2018, 7:17

Grace aged 10, is woken up from her dream about going to the moon in a rocket ship by her parents and their friends arguing about the future in the sitting room below.

Oxidation

Finalist

Neta Ben Ezra, Israel, 2018, 1:30

Space is visible from the earth, how would that look like?

Particles

Finalist

Neta Ben Ezra, Israel, 2018, 2:45

Music Video for a Hebrew song called “helkikim”- Particles.

The beginning and the end are out there, just hard to find.

Rocketman

1st Prize

Charles Baldwin, United States, 2018, 3:47

This is the story of a phone call during John Glenn’s 1962 spaceflight.

Tape Machine

Finalist

Aidan Brezonick, United States, 2018, 3:17

An old-fashioned writer, dreaming of distant planets and adventure in the big infinite, discovers that he’s already living in the future. The quest for exploration never really ends, it merely changes.